[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3957-3958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01265]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD-2015-OS-0004]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness announces a proposed public information collection and seeks
public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by March
27, 2015.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information. Any
associated form(s) for this collection may be located within this same
electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow the
instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments.
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number,
form number, and title.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, please write to the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Military Community and Family Policy, ATTN:
Casualty Affairs, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-4000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Statement of Disposition of
Military Remains, DD Form X634; Disposition of Remains Election
Statement Initial Notification of Identified Partial Remains, DD Form
X635; Disposition of Remains Election Statement Notification of
Subsequently Identified Partial Remains, DD Form X3636; Disposition of
Organs Retained for Extended Examination, DD Form X637; Advanced
Restorative Art of Remains, DD Form X638; Election for Air
Transportation of Remains of Casualties Dying in a Theater of Combat
Operations, DD Form X639; OMB Control Number 0704-XXXX.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary
to obtain the election (as applicable) of the Person Authorized to
Direct Disposition (PADD) of the remains of the decedent. These forms
were directed by the Secretary of Defense for transparency and
standardization of the mortuary procedures as part of the Final Report
of the Dover Port Mortuary Independent Review Subcommittee
Implementation Plan and 180-day study. The applicable form(s) is
included in the individual case file of the decedent.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Person Authorized to
Direct Disposition (PADD); family members of the deceased.
Annual Burden Hours: 15.
Number of Respondents: 60.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
The respondents are the PADD of the decedent for whom mortuary
services as described on the applicable form (DD Form X634; DD Form
X635; DD Form X636; DD Form X637; DD Form X638; or DD Form X639) is
recommended or required, and the witness to that election. The PADD
documents their election, and the PADD and witness sign the applicable
form to formalize this process and document the election of the PADD.
These forms become a part of the Official Individual Deceased Personnel
File. If the PADD does not sign these forms, then the Department cannot
provide mortuary and transportation services to the PADD. Currently
there is a lack of standardization across the Military Services, as
each Service currently utilizes different forms for these elections and
they do not all capture the same information even on similar forms.
Standardizing the information collected is essential in maintaining the
transparency and integrity of the mortuary affairs process.
Dated: January 21, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-01265 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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