1625-0106 60-day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2017)]

[Notices]

[Pages 48837-48838]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2017-22840]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0949]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0106

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request

(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of

its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0106,

Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial Waters; without change. Our

ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public.

Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting

comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before December 19,

2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2017-0949] to the Coast Guard using the Federal

eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public

participation and request for comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for further instructions on submitting comments.

A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the Internet

at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from:

Commandant (CG-612), Attn: Paperwork Reduction Act Manager, U.S. Coast

Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE., Stop 7710, Washington, DC

20593-7710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of

Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-372-8405,

for questions on these documents.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

This Notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to

OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard

collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information

describing the Collection's purpose, the Collection's likely burden on

the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection,

and other important information describing the Collection. There is one

ICR for each Collection.

The Coast Guard invites comments on whether this ICR should be

granted based on the Collection being necessary for the proper

performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the Coast Guard

would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical utility of the

Collection; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the Collection;

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of information

subject to the Collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the

Collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information technology. In response to

your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not to seek an

extension of approval for the Collection. We will consider all comments

and material received during the comment period.

We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments

and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of

the ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG-2017-0949], and

must be received by December 19, 2017.

Submitting Comments

We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be

submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate

instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice, and all public

comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and

can be viewed by following that Web site's instructions. Additionally,

if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will

be notified when comments are posted.

We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted

without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any

personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the

docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal

Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal

Register (70 FR 15086).

Information Collection Request

Title: Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial Waters.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0106.

Summary: The Coast Guard, pursuant to Presidential proclamation and

order of the Secretary of Homeland Security, is requiring U.S. vessels,

and vessels without nationality, less than 100 meters, located within

the internal waters or the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of the

United States, that thereafter enter Cuban territorial waters, to apply

for and receive a Coast Guard permit.

Need: The information is collected to regulate departure from U.S.

territorial waters of U.S. vessels, and vessels without nationality 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 will be issued a Coast Guard permit.

The permit regulation requires that applicants hold United States

Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and U.S.

Department of Treasury the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

licenses that permit exports to and transactions with Cuba. The USCG

permit process thus allows the agency to collect information from

applicants about their status vis-[agrave]-vis BIS and OFAC licenses

and monitor compliance with BIS and OFAC regulations. These two

agencies administer statutes and regulations that proscribe exports to

(BIS) and transactions with (OFAC) Cuba. Accordingly, in order to

assist BIS and OFAC in the enforcement of these license requirements,

as directed by the President and the Secretary of Homeland Security,

the Coast Guard is requiring certain U.S. vessels, and vessels without

nationality, to demonstrate that they hold these licenses before they

depart for Cuban waters.

Forms: CG-3300, U.S. Coast Guard Application for Permit to Enter

Cuban Territorial Seas.

Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 01

hours to 351 hours a year due to the increase in applicants after the

normalization of relations with the Cuban government.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: October 16, 2017.

James D. Roppel,

U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Information Management.

[FR Doc. 2017-22840 Filed 10-19-17; 8:45 am]

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