24224 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2022 / Notices 

Description: Transactions prohibited 

pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy 

Act, 50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq., the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., and 

other authorities may be authorized by 

means of specific licenses issued by 

OFAC. Such licenses are issued in 

response to applications submitted by 

persons whose property and interests in 

property have been blocked or who 

wish to engage in transactions that 

would otherwise be prohibited. The 

OFAC Application for the Release of 

Blocked Funds, which provides a 

standardized method of application for 

all applicants seeking the unblocking of 

funds, is available in electronic format 

on OFAC’s website. By obviating the 

need for applicants to write lengthy 

letters to OFAC, this form reduces the 

overall burden of the application 

process. Since February 2000, use of the 

OFAC Application for the Release of 

Blocked Funds to apply for the 

unblocking of funds has been 

mandatory pursuant to a revision in 

OFAC’s regulations at 31 CFR 501.801. 

See 65 FR 10707 (February 29, 2000). 

Applications to OFAC for the release of 

blocked funds can be made via the 

electronic licensing portal here: https:// 

home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/ 

financial-sanctions/ofac-licenseapplication-page. 

Affected Public: The likely 

respondents and record-keepers affected 

by this collection of information are 

U.S. financial institutions, U.S. 

individuals/businesses, other for-profit 

institutions, and non-governmental 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Based on recent data received and 

trends, the estimate for the number of 

unique reporting respondents is 

approximately 4,000 respondents per 

year. 

Frequency of Response: The estimated 

annual frequency of responses is 

approximately 1 per respondent, based 

on average transaction volume. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: The estimated total number 

of responses per year is approximately 

4,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: OFAC 

assesses that there is an average time 

estimate of 40 minutes per response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The estimated total annual 

reporting burden is approximately 2,667 

hours. 

Request for Comments 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

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. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

[Docket No. OFAC–2022–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request for Persons 

Providing Travel and Carrier Services 

to Cuba 

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 comment on 

proposed or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Currently, the Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) within the Department 

of the Treasury is soliciting comments 

concerning OFAC’s information 

collection requirements for persons 

providing authorized travel or carrier 

services related to Cuba, which are 

contained within the Cuban Assets 

Control Regulations. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before June 21, 2022 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions on the website for 

submitting comments. 

Email: OFACreport@treasury.gov with 

Attn: Request for Comments (Cuban 

Travel and Carrier Services). 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and refer 

to Docket Number OFAC–2022–0001 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number 1505– 

0168. Comments received will be made 

available to the public via https://

www.regulations.gov or upon request, 

without change and including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or 

Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, 202–622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Persons Providing Travel and 

Carrier Services to Cuba. 

OMB Number: 1505–0168. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Description: Requirements to retain 

records are codified in § 515.572(b) of 

the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 

31 CFR part 515 (the ‘‘Regulations’’). 

Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction who 

provide authorized travel or carrier 

services related to Cuba are required to 

maintain for at least five years from the 

date of the transaction a certification 

from each customer indicating the name 

and address of each customer and the 

section of the Regulations (in the case of 

generally licensed travel), or the specific 

license number, that authorizes the 

person to travel to Cuba. 

The records covered by this 

information collection must be provided 

on request to the U.S. Department of the 

Treasury and will be used to monitor 

compliance with regulations governing 

persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction, 

including travel agents, airlines and 

vessel operators, providing authorized 

travel and carrier services with respect 

to Cuba and persons who travel to Cuba. 

Forms: Section 515.572(b)(1) does not 

specify any particular form of 

recordkeeping. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

households, travel and carrier 

businesses, other for-profit businesses, 

non-governmental organizations. The 

likely respondents and record-keepers 

affected by this collection of 

information are U.S. travel and carrier 

businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

OFAC estimates, based on multiple 

sources including data received from 

the U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Customs and Border 


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Protection, and information collected by 

OFAC, that the number of unique 

record-keepers is approximately 35,000 

per year. OFAC believes the significant 

decline in the number of unique 

respondents over the past three years is 

largely due to a change in methodology, 

including improved data, as well as to 

other factors discussed below. Pursuant 

to this methodology, OFAC has 

identified a smaller number of travel 

service providers but a larger number of 

records per respondent. OFAC believes 

that the decline in the number of unique 

respondents can also be attributed to the 

following: (1) An overall decline in 

travel worldwide due to the Coronavirus 

Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic; (2) 

OFAC’s elimination of the group 

people-to-people educational travel 

authorization in June 2019; and (3) 

amendments to the Department of 

Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and 

Security’s regulations that restrict the 

temporary sojourn of aircraft and vessels 

to Cuba, also in June 2019. OFAC 

assesses that the number of annual trips 

will likely slowly increase over the 

coming three years if travel restrictions 

due to the COVID–19 pandemic 

continue to ease, although there is some 

uncertainty due to the ongoing 

pandemic. 

Estimated Number of Records per 

Respondent: Based on newly acquired 

data and OFAC’s revised methodology, 

the estimated number of records is 

approximately 10 per respondent. 

(Some recordkeepers may keep far more 

records and some far less; 10 is an 

average.) 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Records: Based on additional data and 

OFAC’s revised methodology, the 

estimated total number of annual 

records is approximately 350,000. OFAC 

has factored into our assessment a likely 

increase in travel between the United 

States and Cuba over the next three 

years as pandemic travel restrictions 

ease, but believes that numbers of 

travelers will not rise to levels present 

when a wider variety of types of travel 

to Cuba were generally licensed. 

Estimated Time per Record: OFAC 

assesses that there is an average time 

estimate of 1 minute per record. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The estimated total annual 

reporting burden is approximately 5,800 

hours. 

Request for Comments 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in OFAC’s 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 

required to provide information. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08657 Filed 4–21–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–XXXX] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Veterans Engagement Action 

Center (VEAC) Surveys 

AGENCY: Veterans Experience Office, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans Experience 

Office (VEO), Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before 4/29/2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Evan Albert, Director of Measurement, 

Veterans Experience Office, EMD 

Directorate, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420 or email to 

evan.albert@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘VEAC Survey Feedback’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘VEO VEAC Survey Feedback’’ 

in any correspondence. 

Under the PRA of 1995, Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

This request for comment is being made 

pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VEO invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VEO’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VEO’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Authority: FY2021 MILCON House 

report 116–445. 

Title: Veterans Engagement Action 

Center (VEAC) Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Abstract: Veterans Experience Action 

Center (VEAC) is a Veterans Affairs (VA) 

program established to proactively assist 

Veterans in a selected state with a onestop resource for all their needs. The 

VEAC brings together VA benefits, 

health care and other resources in 

partnership with state VA resources. 

The VEAC gathers feedback from 

Veterans, Active Military, Guard/ 

Reservist, Family members, caregivers, 

providers, and survivors. The VEAC 

then provides that feedback to VA 

leaders to measure the success of the 

outreach event and measure the ease, 

effectiveness, emotion, and trust from 

the participants as they exit. The 

surveys will further allow the Veterans 

Experience Office (VEO) to measure 

whether the needs of the participants 

were met. Additional areas where the 

survey results will impact: 

• Identifies gaps and challenges in 

health care, benefits, and service 

delivery. 

• Identifies areas for how VA can best 

support local efforts in a holistic 

fashion. 


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