[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20942]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Cuban Remittance
Affidavit
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Cuban Remittance Affidavit
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before October 5, 1998
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Dennis P. Wood, Chief,
Compliance Programs Division, or William B. Hoffman, Chief Counsel,
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Annex--2d Floor, Washington, D.C. 20220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
about the filings or procedures should be directed to Dennis P. Wood,
Chief, Compliance Programs Division, Office of Foreign Assets Control,
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, Annex--2d Floor, Washington, D.C. 20220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Cuban Remittance Affidavit.
OMB Number: 1505-0167.
Abstract: The information is required of persons subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States who make remittances to close
relatives in Cuba pursuant to Secs. 515.563 and 515.564 of the Cuban
Assets Controls, 31 CFR part 515. The information will be used by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury
(``OFAC'') to monitor compliance with regulations governing family and
emigration remittances.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the notice at
this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000,000 filers per quarter, each
filing four times a year.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 45 to 75 seconds per form, with four
forms filed annually per person.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 66,667, assuming each filer
files four times per year.
The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of
information covered by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records
relating to this collection of information must be retained for five
years.
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates
of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and
purchase of services to provide information.
Approved: July 31, 1998.
William B. Hoffman,
Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 98-20942 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am]
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