Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: August 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 151)]

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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.

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 filedannually 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. 98-20942Filed8-3-98; 8:45 am]

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