[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20942]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Cuban Remittance 
Affidavit

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 Cuban Remittance Affidavit 
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: Cuban Remittance Affidavit.
    OMB Number: 1505-0167.
    Abstract: The information is required of persons subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States who make remittances to close 
relatives in Cuba pursuant to Secs. 515.563 and 515.564 of the Cuban 
Assets Controls, 31 CFR part 515. The information will be used by the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury 
(``OFAC'') to monitor compliance with regulations governing family and 
emigration remittances.
    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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000,000 filers per quarter, each 
filing four times a year.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 45 to 75 seconds per form, with four 
forms filed annually per person.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 66,667, assuming each filer 
files four times per year.
    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, 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.

    Approved: July 31, 1998.
William B. Hoffman,
Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 98-20942 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am]
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