[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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