[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76474-76475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27898]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2004-19421]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0106

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded one 
Information Collection Report (ICR)--1625-0106, Unauthorized entry into 
Cuban territorial waters formerly, ``Unauthorized departure of U.S. 
vessels and entry into Cuban territorial waters''), 33 CFR part 107--
abstracted below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
comment. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the 
public. Review and comment by OIRA ensures that we impose only 
paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before January 20, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2004-19421] more than once, please submit them 
by only one of the following means:
    (1)(a) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department 
of Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. (b) By mail to OIRA, 725 17th St, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the 
Coast Guard.
    (2)(a) By delivery to room PL-401 at the address given in paragraph 
(1)(a) above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-9329. (b) By 
delivery to OIRA, at the address given in paragraph (1)(b) above, to 
the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (3) By fax to (a) the Facility at (202) 493-2298 and (b) OIRA at 
(202) 395-6566, or e-mail to OIRA at [email protected] attention: 
Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (4)(a) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket 
Management System at http://dms.dot.gov. (b) OIRA does not have a Web 
site on which you can post your comments.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
notice. Comments and material received from the public, as well as 
documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, 
will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or 
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket 
on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Copies of the complete ICR are available through this docket on the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov, and also from Commandant (CG-611), U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, room 6106 (Attn: Ms. Barbara Davis), 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is 
(202) 267-2326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Barbara Davis, Office of 
Information Management, (202) 267-2326, for questions on these 
documents; or Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, (202) 366-0271, for questions on the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public participation and request for 
comments: We encourage you to participate in this request for comments 
by submitting comments and related materials. We will post all comments 
received, without change, to http://dms.dot.gov, and they will include 
any personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with 
DOT to use their Docket Management Facility. Please see the paragraph 
on DOT's ``Privacy Act Policy'' below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your 
name and address, identify the docket number for this request for 
comment [USCG-2004-19421], indicate the specific section of this 
document or the ICR to which each comment applies, and give the reason 
for each comment. You may submit your comments and material by 
electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management 
Facility at the address under ADDRESSES, but please submit them by only 
one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an 
unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for 
copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would 
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, 
self-addressed postcard or envelope.
    We will consider all comments and material received during the 
comment period. We may change the documents supporting this collection 
of information or even the underlying requirements in view of them.
    Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as 
documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, go 
to http://dms.dot.gov at any time and conduct a simple search using the 
docket number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in 
room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5

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p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments 
received in dockets by the name of the individual submitting the 
comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the Privacy 
Act Statement of DOT in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
    Regulatory History: This request constitutes the 30-day notice 
required by OIRA. The Coast Guard has already published the 60-day 
notice required by OIRA (69 FR 62449, October 26, 2004). That notice 
elicited no comments.
    Request for Comments: The Coast Guard invites comments on the 
proposed collection of information to determine whether the collections 
are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department. In particular, the Coast Guard would appreciate comments 
addressing: (1) The practical utility of the collections; (2) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is 
the subject of the collections; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 
collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments to DMS or OIRA must contain the OMB Control Number of the 
Information Collection Reports (ICR) addressed. Comments to DMS must 
contain the docket number of this request, [USCG 2004-19421]. Comments 
to OIRA are best assured of having their full effect if OIRA receives 
them on or before the 30th day after the publication of this request.

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Unauthorized entry into Cuban territorial waters 
(Formerly, ``Unauthorized departure of U.S. vessels and entry into 
Cuban territorial waters'').
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0106.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Certain individuals.
    Form: None.
    Abstract: The President by proclamation and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security by order have directed and authorized the U.S. Coast 
Guard to regulate the anchorage and movement of certain U.S. vessels, 
and vessels without nationality, located within the territorial waters 
of the United States, that thereafter enter Cuban territorial waters. 
The Coast Guard has issued a final rule (69 FR 41367, July 8, 2004) 
that requires all such U.S. registered vessels, and vessels without 
nationality, less than 100 meters in length, to apply for and receive a 
permit to enter Cuban territorial waters. This requirement is necessary 
to preclude such vessels from departing U.S. waters and thereafter 
entering Cuban waters, unless such vessels hold licenses from other 
government agencies that allow them to engage in exports to, and 
transactions with Cuba. The information is collected to regulate 
departure of U.S. vessels from U.S. territorial waters and entry 
thereafter into Cuban territorial waters. The need to regulate this 
vessel traffic supports ongoing efforts to enforce the Cuban embargo, 
which is designed to bring about an end to the current government and a 
peaceful transition to democracy. Accordingly, only applicants that 
demonstrate prior U.S. government approval for exports to and 
transactions with Cuba may be issued a Coast Guard permit.
    Burden Estimates: The estimated burden is 43.0 hours a year.

    Dated: December 15, 2004.
Ronald T. Hewitt,
Assistant Commandant for C4 and Information Technology.
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