Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Travel Service Provider and Carrier Service Provider Submission

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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