[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48837-48838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22840]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0949]


Information Collection Request to Office of Management and 
Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0106

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of 
its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0106, 
Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial Waters; without change. Our 
ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. 
Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting 
comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before December 19, 
2017.

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. See the ``Public 
participation and request for comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section for further instructions on submitting comments.
    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.

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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 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. In response to 
your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not to seek an 
extension of approval for the Collection. We will consider all comments 
and material received during the comment period.
    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments 
and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of 
the ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG-2017-0949], and 
must be received by December 19, 2017.

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 Web site'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).

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, U.S. Coast Guard 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 from 01 
hours to 351 hours a year due to the 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: October 16, 2017.
James D. Roppel,
U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-22840 Filed 10-19-17; 8:45 am]
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