1625-0106 30-day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2018)]

[Notices]

[Pages 3010-3011]

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

[FR Doc No: 2018-01043]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0949]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0106

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

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

U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR),

abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval for

reinstatement, without change, of the following collection of

information: 1625-0106, Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial

Waters. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the

public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork

burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before

February 21, 2018.

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. Alternatively, you

may submit comments to OIRA using one of the following means:

(1) Email: [email protected].

(2) Mail: OIRA, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, attention

Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.

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.

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

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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. These comments will help OIRA determine whether

to approve the ICR referred to in this Notice.

We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments

and related materials. Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the

OMB Control Number of the ICR. They must also contain the docket number

of this request, [USCG-2017-0949], and must be received by February 21,

2018.

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 website'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).

OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain after the comment period for each ICR. An OMB Notice

of Action on each ICR will become available via a hyperlink in the OMB

Control Number: 1625-0106.

Previous Request for Comments

This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The

Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (82 FR 48837, October 20, 2017)

required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no comments.

Accordingly, no changes have been made to the Collections.

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, 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 to 351

hours per year due to an 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: January 16, 2018.

James D. Roppel,

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

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