Agency Information Collection (Veteran's Application for Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability) Activity Under OMB Review, 33995 [2014-13810]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0404]
Agency Information Collection
(Veteran’s Application for Increased
Compensation Based on
Unemployability) Activity Under OMB
Review
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
Veterans Affairs, will submit the
collection of information abstracted
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment.
The PRA submission describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected cost and burden; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 14, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0404’’
in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632–
7492 or email crystal.rennie@va.gov.
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0404.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Veteran’s Application for
Increased Compensation Based on
Unemployability, VA Form 21–8940.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0404.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21–8940 is used
by Veterans to file a claim for increased
disability compensation based on
unemployability. Claimants are required
to provide current medical, educational,
and occupational history in order for
VA to determine whether he or she is
unable to secure or follow a
substantially gainful employment due to
service-connected disabilities.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
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respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on
January 3, 2014, at page 426.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 18,000
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 45 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
24,000.
Dated: June 9, 2014.
By direction of the Secretary.
Crystal Rennie,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014–13810 Filed 6–12–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Integrated Environmental Impact
Statement for the Department of
Veterans Affairs, Black Hills Health
Care System Proposed Improvements
and Reconfiguration, Hot Springs and
Rapid City, South Dakota; Comment
Period Extension
AGENCY:
Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA).
Notice of intent; Comment
period extension.
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) published, in the Federal
Register on May 16, 2014, the Notice of
Intent to prepare an integrated
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the proposed improvements to and
reconfiguration of the VA Black Hills
Health Care System (VA BHHCS)
services in the Hot Springs and Rapid
City, South Dakota vicinities. Due to
public request and the unavailability of
the regulations.gov public comment
Web site, the comment period for the
scoping process has been extended from
June 16, 2014 to August 16, 2014.
DATES: Public comments must be
received by August 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on VA’s notice of intent to prepare an
integrated EIS through
www.Regulations.gov or
vablackhillsfuture@va.gov. Please refer
to: ‘‘VA BHHCS Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Integrated EIS’’. Comments
may also be submitted to Staff Assistant
to the Director, VA Black Hills Health
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Care System, 113 Comanche Rd., Fort
Meade, SD 57741.
Staff
Assistant to the Director, VA BHHCS, at
the address above or by telephone, 605–
720–7170. Documents related to the VA
BHHCS proposed reconfiguration will
be available for viewing on the VA
BHHCS Web site: https://
www.blackhills.va.gov/
VABlackHillsFuture/.
Correction: In the Federal Register of
May 16, 2014 in FR Doc. 2014–11316,
on page 28603, in the second column,
correct the DATES caption to read:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
With the publication of this
notice, VA is initiating the scoping
process to identify issues and concerns
to be addressed in the integrated EIS.
Federal, state, and local agencies,
environmental organizations,
businesses, other interested parties and
the general public are encouraged to
submit their written comments
identifying specific issues or topics of
environmental concern that should be
addressed. VA will hold two or more
public scoping meetings within the VA
BHHCS service area; the dates, times,
and locations of which will be
announced and published at least 14
days prior to the meetings. All written
comments on the proposal should be
submitted by August 16, 2014. VA will
consider all comments received during
the 90-day public comment period in
determining the scope of the integrated
EIS.
Extension: The public comment
period for the scoping process for the
integrated environmental impact
statement for the proposed
improvements to and reconfiguration of
the VA Black Hills Health Care System
services in the Hot Springs and Rapid
City, South Dakota vicinities has been
extended from June 16, 2014 to August
16, 2014.
DATES:
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
designee, approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose
D. Riojas, Chief of Staff, Department of
Veterans Affairs, approved the Notice of
Intent on May 6, 2014, for publication.
Robert C. McFetridge,
Director of Regulations Policy and
Management, Office of the General Counsel,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0404]
Agency Information Collection (Veteran's Application for
Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability) Activity Under OMB
Review
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the
collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and
burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 14, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information
through www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725
17th St. NW., Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0404'' in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-7492 or email
crystal.rennie@va.gov. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0404.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Veteran's Application for Increased Compensation Based on
Unemployability, VA Form 21-8940.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0404.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21-8940 is used by Veterans to file a claim for
increased disability compensation based on unemployability. Claimants
are required to provide current medical, educational, and occupational
history in order for VA to determine whether he or she is unable to
secure or follow a substantially gainful employment due to service-
connected disabilities.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of
information was published on January 3, 2014, at page 426.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 18,000 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 45 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,000.
Dated: June 9, 2014.
By direction of the Secretary.
Crystal Rennie,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014-13810 Filed 6-12-14; 8:45 am]
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