[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62449-62450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23964]


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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 Number 1625-0106

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Coast Guard intends to seek the approval of OMB for the renewal of an 
Information Collection Request (ICR), 1625-0106, Unauthorized Entry 
into Cuban Territorial Waters. Before submitting this ICR to OMB, the 
Coast Guard is inviting your comments.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before December 27, 
2004.

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) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20590-0001. Caution: Because of recent delays in the delivery of 
mail to Federal facilities, your comments may reach the Facility more 
quickly if you choose one of the other means described below.
    (2) By delivery to 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. The telephone 
number is (202) 366-9329.
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at (202) 493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    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: Mr. Arthur Requina), 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is 
(202) 267-2326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Arthur Requina, 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 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.
    Information Collection Request:
    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 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.

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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 Estimate: The estimated burden is 43.0 hours a year.

    Dated: October 21, 2004.
Ronald T. Hewitt,
Assistant Commandant for C4 and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 04-23964 Filed 10-25-04; 8:45 am]
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