Monetary Allowance for Outer Burial Receptacles, 99964-99965 [2024-29110]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 99964 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / Notices embedded third-party software or an external website. (14 CFR 382.43(e)). Carriers must provide a disclaimer notice for each link on their primary website that enables a user to access software or an external website that is not in the carrier’s control. The disclaimer notice must be activated the first time a user clicks the link and must notify the user that the application/ website is not within the carrier’s control and may not follow the same accessibility policies as the primary website. The Department anticipates that each covered U.S. and foreign carrier will incur costs associated with identifying all links on their websites that may require a disclaimer such as developing and reviewing the design and language for the disclaimer notice, as well as developing, testing, and deploying the code to the appropriate web pages. The incremental labor hours associated with providing the required disclaimer may vary depending on the number of links on the website to which this requirement applies. The FRA estimated that it will take an average of 6 labor hours per carrier to identify the links and then develop, test, and deploy the disclaimer notice on the website. We also estimate that it will take less than 30 minutes per year for a carrier to associate the notice with any new links to external websites or third-party software added to their websites. Respondents: Certificated U.S. and foreign air carriers operating to, from, and within the United States that operate at least one aircraft having a seating capacity of more than 60 passengers and own or control a primary website that markets air transportation to the general public in the United States. Estimated Number of Respondents: 170 U.S. and foreign carriers, of which the Department expects all to have achieved compliance with the requirement in a prior year. The Department estimates that each year there will be 14 new respondent carriers. Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 6 hours for carriers to create, test, and deploy the disclaimer. 30 minutes for carriers compliant in prior years to associate the notice with new links and third-party software. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 169 hours. This estimate was calculated by multiplying the total number of labor hours per year that a carrier is estimated to spend to develop, test, and deploy the online request form (6) by the estimated number of new respondent carriers each year (14). To that total we added the product of the number of hours that we VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:17 Dec 10, 2024 Jkt 265001 estimated carriers may spend associating the notice with new weblinks (.5 hours) and the number of carriers that are expected to have achieved compliance in a prior year (170). Frequency: One-time and recurrent requirements. Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including: (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the Department’s performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB’s clearance of this information collection. Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.26, 1.27, 1.48 and 1.49; DOT Order 1351.29. Issued in Washington, DC. Livaughn Chapman Jr., Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Office of Aviation Consumer Protection. [FR Doc. 2024–29014 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Monetary Allowance for Outer Burial Receptacles Department of Veterans Affairs. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is providing notice of the monetary allowance amount payable for outer burial receptacles (OBR) for qualifying interments in a VA national cemetery or in a VA grant-funded veterans cemetery that occur during calendar year (CY) 2025. The allowance is equal to the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners less any administrative costs associated with processing and paying the allowance. The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties of the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners, associated administrative costs, and the allowance amount payable for qualifying interments that occur in CY 2025. DATES: This allowance amount is effective on January 1, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Carter, Chief of Budget SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Execution Division, National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, telephone: 202– 461–9764 (this is not a toll-free number). Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States Code, authorizes VA to provide an OBR for each new grave used for casketed remains in an open VA national cemetery or in a cemetery that is the subject of a grant to a State or Tribal Organization under 38 U.S.C. 2408. Section 2306(e)(4) authorizes VA to administer this benefit using a voucher system or other system of reimbursement in situations where an OBR is purchased or provided in lieu of a Government-furnished graveliner. VA administers the OBR monetary allowance in accordance with 38 CFR 38.629, which specifies when payment of the monetary allowance is authorized and how the allowance amount is determined each year and requires VA to post the amount of the allowance in the Notices section of the Federal Register. This notice serves the purpose of meeting that requirement for CY 2025. The allowance for qualified interments that occur during CY 2025 is equal to the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners in fiscal year (FY) 2024, less the administrative cost incurred by VA in processing and paying the allowance in lieu of the Government-furnished graveliner. The average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners is determined by taking VA’s total cost during a fiscal year for single-depth graveliners that were procured for placement at the time of interment and dividing it by the total number of such graveliners procured by VA during that fiscal year. The calculation excludes both graveliners pre-placed in gravesites as part of cemetery gravesite development projects and all double-depth graveliners. Using this method of computation, the average cost was determined to be $439.00 for FY 2024. The administrative cost is based on the costs incurred by VA during CY 2024 that relate to processing and paying an allowance in lieu of the Government-furnished graveliner. This cost has been determined to be $9.00. The allowance payable for qualifying interments occurring during CY 2025, therefore, is $430.00. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\11DEN1.SGM 11DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / Notices Signing Authority Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed this document on December 5, 2024, and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication 99965 electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Luvenia Potts, Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 2024–29110 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 BILLING CODE 8320–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:17 Dec 10, 2024 Jkt 265001 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\11DEN1.SGM 11DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99964-99965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29110]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Monetary Allowance for Outer Burial Receptacles

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is providing notice of 
the monetary allowance amount payable for outer burial receptacles 
(OBR) for qualifying interments in a VA national cemetery or in a VA 
grant-funded veterans cemetery that occur during calendar year (CY) 
2025. The allowance is equal to the average cost of Government-
furnished graveliners less any administrative costs associated with 
processing and paying the allowance. The purpose of this notice is to 
inform interested parties of the average cost of Government-furnished 
graveliners, associated administrative costs, and the allowance amount 
payable for qualifying interments that occur in CY 2025.

DATES: This allowance amount is effective on January 1, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Carter, Chief of Budget 
Execution Division, National Cemetery Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, 
telephone: 202-461-9764 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States 
Code, authorizes VA to provide an OBR for each new grave used for 
casketed remains in an open VA national cemetery or in a cemetery that 
is the subject of a grant to a State or Tribal Organization under 38 
U.S.C. 2408. Section 2306(e)(4) authorizes VA to administer this 
benefit using a voucher system or other system of reimbursement in 
situations where an OBR is purchased or provided in lieu of a 
Government-furnished graveliner. VA administers the OBR monetary 
allowance in accordance with 38 CFR 38.629, which specifies when 
payment of the monetary allowance is authorized and how the allowance 
amount is determined each year and requires VA to post the amount of 
the allowance in the Notices section of the Federal Register. This 
notice serves the purpose of meeting that requirement for CY 2025.
    The allowance for qualified interments that occur during CY 2025 is 
equal to the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners in fiscal 
year (FY) 2024, less the administrative cost incurred by VA in 
processing and paying the allowance in lieu of the Government-furnished 
graveliner.
    The average cost of Government-furnished graveliners is determined 
by taking VA's total cost during a fiscal year for single-depth 
graveliners that were procured for placement at the time of interment 
and dividing it by the total number of such graveliners procured by VA 
during that fiscal year. The calculation excludes both graveliners pre-
placed in gravesites as part of cemetery gravesite development projects 
and all double-depth graveliners. Using this method of computation, the 
average cost was determined to be $439.00 for FY 2024.
    The administrative cost is based on the costs incurred by VA during 
CY 2024 that relate to processing and paying an allowance in lieu of 
the Government-furnished graveliner. This cost has been determined to 
be $9.00.
    The allowance payable for qualifying interments occurring during CY 
2025, therefore, is $430.00.

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Signing Authority

    Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed 
this document on December 5, 2024, 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.

Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-29110 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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