Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Entry or Departure for Flights To and From Cuba, 19348 [2014-07808]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07808]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[1651-0134]


 Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Entry or 
Departure for Flights To and From Cuba

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; extension of an 
existing collection of information.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of 
Homeland Security will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: 
Request for Entry or Departure for Flights To and From Cuba. CBP is 
proposing that this information collection be extended with a change to 
the burden hours. This document is published to obtain comments from 
the public and affected agencies.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before June 9, 2014 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and Rulings, Office of 
International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-
1177.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, 90 
K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments should address: (a) Whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimates 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 including the use of automated collection 
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e) 
the annual costs burden to respondents or record keepers from the 
collection of information (a total capital/startup costs and operations 
and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be 
summarized and included in the CBP request for OMB approval. All 
comments will become a matter of public record. In this document, CBP 
is soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
    Title: Request for Entry or Departure for Flights To and From Cuba.
    OMB Number: 1651-0134.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: Until recently, direct flights between the United States 
and Cuba were required to arrive or depart from one of three named U.S. 
airports: John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los Angeles 
International Airport, and Miami International Airport. On January 28, 
2011, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations were amended to 
allow additional U.S. airports that are able to process international 
flights to request approval of CBP to process authorized flights 
between the United States and Cuba.
    To be eligible to request approval to accept flights to and from 
Cuba, an airport must be an international airport, landing rights 
airport, or user fee airport, as defined and described in part 122 of 
the CBP regulations, and have adequate and up-to-date staffing, 
equipment and facilities to process international traffic. In order for 
an airport to seek approval to allow arriving and departing flights 
from Cuba, the port authority must send a written request to CBP 
requesting permission. Information about the program and how to apply 
may be found at https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/spotlights/2011-06-13-040000/dhs-cbp-approve-additional-us-ports-entry-flights-and-cuba.
    This information collection is authorized by 19 U.S.C.1433, 1644a, 
8 U.S.C 1103, and provided for by 19 CFR 122.153.
    Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the 
expiration date of this information collection with a change to the 
burden hours resulting from revised estimates of the number of 
respondents. There is no change to the information being collected.
    Type of Review: Extension (with change).
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2.

    Dated: March 31, 2014.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2014-07808 Filed 4-7-14; 8:45 am]
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