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OMB Control No: 2900-0365	ICR Reference No: 202208-2900-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202002-2900-007
Agency/Subagency: VA	Agency Tracking No: 2900-0365
Title: Request for Disinterment
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/23/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/22/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2023	06/30/2023	06/30/2023
Responses	1,777	0	1,777
Time Burden (Hours)	296	0	296
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Information is used to determine if requester is entitled to disinter a loved one from or within a national cemetery. Next-of-kin are generally initiators of disinterment requests.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 38 USC Section 2404 Name of Law: National Cemeteries and Memorials Administration

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 5068	01/28/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 19074	04/03/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Request for Disinterment	40-4970

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	1,777	1,777
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	296	296
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The burden related to the number of requests for disinterment made in a national cemetery is increasing and can be unanticipated based on the veteran population surrounding that national cemetery. There are a number of reasons for the increase in disinterment actions to more than 1777 in the current period of review: 1. The decedent’s family relocates to another area and disinters their loved one to be at a nearby cemetery. 2. Family/next of kin (NOK) disinters the remains and relocates the remains to a private cemetery where other family members are buried. 3. Cemetery disinters remains and reinters at another gravesite within the same cemetery (i.e. family member is interred in the columbaria, garden niche, or an in-ground location. The subsequent interment is a casketed burial, the cremated remains are disinterred and the remains are joined in the casket site. Most Veteran authorized one gravesite).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $31,310

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Brian Hurley 202 461-5870 brian.hurley1@va.gov

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