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Estimated Time per Response: IC–1:
20 minutes for new filings and 7.5
minutes for biennial updates and
changes to complete the Form MCS–
150. IC–2: 26 minutes for new filings
and 5 minutes for biennial updates and
changes to complete the Form MCS–
150B. IC–3: 20 minutes for new filings
and 7.5 minutes for biennial updates
and changes to complete the Form
MCS–150C.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2022.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and biennially.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
116,072 hours [114,864 hours for IC–1 +
530 hours for IC–2 + 678 hours for IC–
3].
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
information. The Agency will
summarize or include your comments in
the request for OMB’s clearance of this
ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Registration.
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Dated: Dec. 13, 2021.
John A. Lipold,
Designated Federal Official, IRS Office of
National Public Liaison.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Notice of Meeting

[FR Doc. 2021–27342 Filed 12–16–21; 8:45 am]

Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

The Electronic Tax
Administration Advisory Committee
(ETAAC) will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, from 4 to 5
p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
virtually via ZoomGov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Sean Parman, Office of National Public
Liaison, at (202) 317–6247, or send an
email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988),

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that a public meeting of the ETAAC will
be held on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, to
discuss topics that may be
recommended for inclusion in a future
report of the Committee.
The meeting will be held from 4:00 to
5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It will
take place via ZoomGov.
To register and receive the meeting
link, members of the public may contact
Mr. Sean Parman by calling 202–317–
6247 or sending an email to
[email protected]. The ETAAC was
established under statute to provide
continuing advice to the IRS regarding
the IRS organizational strategy for
electronic tax administration. The
Committee discusses issues pertaining
to electronic tax administration,
including the prevention of identity
theft and refund fraud. It supports the
overriding goal that paperless filing
should be the preferred and most
convenient method of filing tax and
information returns. ETAAC members
convey the public’s perceptions of IRS
electronic tax administration activities,
offer constructive observations about
current or proposed policies, programs
and procedures, and suggest
improvements.
Time permitting, prior to the close of
the meeting, interested persons may
make oral statements germane to the
Committee’s work. Anyone wishing to
make an oral statement should contact
Mr. Sean Parman at PublicLiaison@
irs.gov and include the written text or
an outline of the proposed comments. In
addition, members of the public may
submit written statements by sending to:
[email protected].

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0098]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Dependents’
Application for VA Education Benefits
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration
(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs,

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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 and it
includes the actual data collection
instrument.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control
No. 2900–0098.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688
or email [email protected]. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0098’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3311 (as
amended by Pub. L. 113–146, section
701, effective August 7, 2014), 3513,
3697A, 5113, 5101, 5102, and 5103; 38
CFR 21.3030 and 21.9510.
Title: Dependents’ Application for VA
Education Benefits.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0098.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA claims examiners use
the information from this collection to
help determine whether an applying
individual qualifies for DEA or Fry
Scholarship benefits. The information
will also be used to determine if the
program of education the applicant
wishes to pursue is approved for
educational assistance. The information
on the form can be obtained only from
the claimant, and a determination
cannot be made without the
information.
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 at 86 FR
195 on October 13, 2021, pages 57000
and 57001.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 47,855
hours.
Estimated Average Burden Time per
Respondent: 45 minutes.
DATES:

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Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
63,807.
By direction of the Secretary.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer (Alt), Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Reasonable Charges for Outpatient
Medical Care or Services; v4.225,
Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Update and
National Average Administrative
Prescription Drug Charge Update
AGENCY:

Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA).
ACTION:

Notice.

This VA notice updates the
data for calculating what VA refers to as
the Reasonable Charges collected or
recovered by VA for medical care or
services provided or furnished by VA to
a veteran. This notice also updates the
National Average Administrative
Prescription Costs for purposes of
calculating VA’s charges for
prescription drugs that were not
administered during treatment but
provided or furnished by VA to a
veteran.

SUMMARY:

This change is effective January
1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debra Vatthauer, Office of Finance,
Revenue Operations, Payer Relations
and Services, Rates and Charges,
Veterans Health Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 128
Bingham Road, Suite 1000, Asheville,
NC 28806; email: debra.vatthauer@
va.gov; telephone: 608–821–7346 (This
is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 38 CFR
17.101(a)(1) sets forth VA’s collection or
recovery regulations, pursuant to 38
U.S.C. 1729, for medical care or services
provided or furnished by VA to a
Veteran for: A nonservice-connected
disability for which the veteran is
entitled to care (or the payment of
expenses for care) under a health plan
contract; a nonservice-connected
disability incurred incident to the
veteran’s employment and covered
under a worker’s compensation law or
plan that provides reimbursement or
indemnification for such care and
services; or, for a nonservice-connected
disability incurred as a result of a motor
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automobile accident reparations
insurance. VA refers to the charges for
services as derived under 38 CFR 17.101
as ‘‘reasonable charges.’’ Section 17.101
provides the methodologies for
establishing billed amounts for several
types of charges; however, this notice
will only address partial hospitalization
facility charges; outpatient facility
charges; physician and other
professional charges, including
professional charges for anesthesia
services and dental services; pathology
and laboratory charges; observation care
facility charges; ambulance and other
emergency transportation charges; and
charges for durable medical equipment,
drugs, injectables, and other medical
services, items, and supplies identified
by Healthcare Common Procedure
Coding System (HCPCS) Level II codes.
Section 17.101(a)(2) provides that the
actual charge amounts at individual VA
medical facilities based on these
methodologies and the data sources
used for calculating those actual charge
amounts will either be published in a
notice in the Federal Register (FR) or
will be posted on VA’s website at:
https://www.va.gov/communitycare/
revenue_ops/payer_rates.asp.
Certain charges are updated as stated
in this notice and will be effective on
January 1, 2022.
In cases where VA has not established
charges for medical care or services
provided or furnished at VA expense
(by either VA or non-VA providers)
under other provisions or regulations,
the method for determining VA’s
charges is set forth at section
17.101(a)(8).
Based on the methodologies set forth
in section 17.101, this notice provides
an update to charges for CY 2022
HCPCS Level II and Current Procedural
Terminology codes. Charges are also
being updated based on more recent
versions of data sources for the
following charge types: Partial
hospitalization facility charges;
outpatient facility charges; physician
and other professional charges,
including professional charges for
anesthesia services and dental services;
pathology and laboratory charges;
observation care facility charges;
ambulance and other emergency
transportation charges; and charges for
durable medical equipment, drugs,
injectables and other medical services,
items and supplies identified by HCPCS
Level II codes. As of the date of this
notice, the actual charge amounts at
individual VA medical facilities are
based on the methodologies and data
sources described in section 17.101. The
nationwide charges will be posted on
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communitycare/revenue_ops/payer_
rates.asp under the heading
‘‘Reasonable Charges Data Tables’’ and
identified as ‘‘v4.225 Data Tables
(Outpatient and Professional).’’
Acute inpatient facility charges and
skilled nursing facility/sub-acute
inpatient facility charges remain the
same as set forth in the notice published
in the Federal Register on September
13, 2021 (86 FR 50953).
We are also updating the list of VA
medical facility locations. The list of VA
medical facility locations, including the
first three digits of their zip codes will
be posted on VA’s website under the
heading ‘‘VA Medical Facility
Locations’’ and identified as ‘‘v4.225
(Jan 22).’’
Consistent with section 17.101 (a)(2),
the updated data and supplementary
tables containing the changes described
in this notice will be posted on VA’s
website at https://www.va.gov/
communitycare/revenue_ops/payer_
rates.asp under the heading
‘‘Reasonable Charges Rules, Notices and
Federal Register’’ and identified as
‘‘v4.225 Federal Register Notice 01/01/
22 (Outpatient and Professional)’’. The
updated data, and supplementary tables
containing the changes described will
be effective until changed by a
subsequent FR notice. Consistent with
section 17.101(a)(3), the list of data
sources used for calculating the actual
charge amounts listed above also will be
posted on VA’s website under the
heading ‘‘Reasonable Charges Data
Sources’’ and identified as ‘‘Reasonable
Charges v4.225 Data Sources
(Outpatient and Professional) (PDF).’’
Section 17.101(m) establishes the
charges for prescription drugs not
administered during treatment, as part
of medical care or services provided or
furnished by VA to a veteran under
section 17.101(a)(1) for a nonserviceconnected disability for which the
veteran is entitled to care (or the
payment of expenses for care) under a
health plan contract; for a nonserviceconnected disability incurred incident
to the veteran’s employment and
covered under a worker’s compensation
law or plan that provides
reimbursement or indemnification for
such care and services; or for a
nonservice-connected disability
incurred as a result of a motor vehicle
accident in a state that requires
automobile accident reparations
insurance.
As indicated in section 17.101(m),
when VA provides or furnishes
prescription drugs not administered
during treatment, within the scope of
care described in section 17.101(a)(1),
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