Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 151 /Thursday, August 6, 1998 / Notices 42107

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: Businesses.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

20, with a total of 30 reports filed per

year (not all respondents have

reportable transactions for each calendar

quarter).

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 6.7

hours per report.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 201.

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.

R. Richard Newcomb,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

[FR Doc. 98–20943 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P

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.

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]

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Registration of Libyan

Travel

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets

Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent