[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 66132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27557]


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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 proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments 
concerning OFAC's Travel Service Provider and Carrier Service Provider 
information collection.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before December 27, 
2011 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: 
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov.
    Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Fax: Attn: Request for Comments (TSP/CSP Information Collection) 
(202) 622-1657.
    Mail: Attn: Request for Comments (TSP/CSP Information Collection), 
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 1500 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and the Federal Register Doc. number that appears at the end of this 
document. Comments received will be made available to the public via 
regulations.gov or upon request, without change and including any 
personal information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director for Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202/622-2490, Assistant Director for 
Licensing, tel.: 202/622-2480, Assistant Director for Policy, tel.: 
202/622-4855, Office of Foreign Assets Control, or Chief Counsel 
(Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202/622-2410, Office of the General 
Counsel, Department of the Treasury (not toll free numbers).

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. Travel service 
providers are required to collect information on persons traveling on 
direct flights to Cuba and forward that information to carrier service 
providers, for ultimate submission to OFAC.
    Current Actions: The information collection is being revised to 
reflect changes in the estimated number of travelers per year and the 
time needed to provide the required information.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households and businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 4 minutes per entry for travel 
service providers, or up to 1,000,000 minutes annually for travel 
service providers in the aggregate (16,667 hours); and up to 4 minutes 
per entry for carrier service providers, or up to 1,000,000 minutes 
annually for carrier service providers in the aggregate (16,667 hours).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 33,334.
    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 Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') 
control number. Books or records relating to a 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.

    Dated: October 20, 2011.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-27557 Filed 10-24-11; 8:45 am]
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