[Federal Register: December 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 244)]
[Notices]
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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 Numbers: 1625-0106
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded one
Information Collection Report (ICR)--1625-0106, Unauthorized entry into
Cuban territorial waters formerly, ``Unauthorized departure of U.S.
vessels and entry into Cuban territorial waters''), 33 CFR part 107--
abstracted below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
comment. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the
public. Review and comment by OIRA ensures that we impose only
paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before January 20,
2005.
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)(a) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001. (b) By mail to OIRA, 725 17th St, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the
Coast Guard.
(2)(a) By delivery to room PL-401 at the address given in paragraph
(1)(a) above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-9329. (b) By
delivery to OIRA, at the address given in paragraph (1)(b) above, to
the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
(3) By fax to (a) the Facility at (202) 493-2298 and (b) OIRA at
(202) 395-6566, or e-mail to OIRA at oira-docket@omb.eop.gov attention:
Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
(4)(a) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket
Management System at http://dms.dot.gov. (b) OIRA does not have a Web
site on which you can post your comments.
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: Ms. Barbara Davis), 2100
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is
(202) 267-2326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Barbara Davis, 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
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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.
Regulatory History: This request constitutes the 30-day notice
required by OIRA. The Coast Guard has already published the 60-day
notice required by OIRA (69 FR 62449, October 26, 2004). That notice
elicited no comments.
Request for Comments: The Coast Guard invites comments on the
proposed collection of information to determine whether the collections
are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department. In particular, the Coast Guard would appreciate comments
addressing: (1) The practical utility of the collections; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is
the subject of the collections; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments to DMS or OIRA must contain the OMB Control Number of the
Information Collection Reports (ICR) addressed. Comments to DMS must
contain the docket number of this request, [USCG 2004-19421]. Comments
to OIRA are best assured of having their full effect if OIRA receives
them on or before the 30th day after the publication of this request.
Information Collection Requests
1. 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 such 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. 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 Estimates: The estimated burden is 43.0 hours a year.
Dated: December 15, 2004.
Ronald T. Hewitt,
Assistant Commandant for C4 and Information Technology.
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