[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20944]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Travel Service Provider
and Carrier Service Provider Submission
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 Travel Service Provider and
Carrier Service Provider 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: Travel Service Provider and Carrier Service Provider
Submission.
OMB Number: 1505-0168.
Abstract: The information is required of persons who have been
authorized by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of
the Treasury (``OFAC'') to handle travel arrangements to, from, and or
within Cuba or to provide charter air service to Cuba. To ensure that
there is compliance with regulations applicable to Cuban travel, OFAC
has instituted a three-step process to collect information to meet
sanctions enforcement needs. Individuals traveling to Cuba are required
to submit the information to travel service providers, who forward it
to carrier service providers for ultimate submission to OFAC.
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 and businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 109,200.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: Five to 10 minutes per individual
traveler per trip to Cuba; 5 minutes per entry for travel service
providers, or up to 54,600 entries annually for travel service
providers in the aggregate (4,550 hours); and up to 5 minutes per entry
for carrier service providers, or up to 54,600 entries annually for
carrier service providers in the aggregate (4,550 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,100.
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 (this present collection involves the use of automated
collection techniques and 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.
R. Richard Newcomb,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 98-20944 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am]
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