[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 4 (Friday, January 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 1077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-280]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance, the following proposal for an extension of a currently 
approved collection of information under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency:Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the United 
States.
    Form Number(s): BE-29.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0012.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 640 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 160.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 4 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of Economic Analysis is responsible for 
the computation and publication of the U.S. balance of payments 
accounts. The information collected in this survey is an integral part 
of the ``transportation'' portion of the U.S. balance of payments 
accounts. The balance of payments accounts, which are published 
quarterly in the Bureau's monthly publication, the Survey of Current 
Business, are one of the major statistical products of BEA. The 
accounts provide a statistical summary of U.S. international 
transactions. They are used by government and private organizations for 
national and international policy formulation, and analytical studies. 
Without the information collected in this survey, an integral component 
of the transportation account would be omitted. No other Government 
agency collects comprehensive annual data on foreign ocean carriers' 
expenses in the United States.
    The survey requests information from U.S. agents of foreign ocean 
carriers. Information is collected on an annual basis from U.S. agents 
that handle 40 or more port calls by foreign vessels or have annual 
total covered expenses above $250,000. U.S. agents with less than 40 
port calls or with annual total covered expenses below $250,000 are 
exempt from reporting.
    Affected Public: U.S. agents of foreign ocean carriers.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: The International Investment and Trade in Services 
Act, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Copies of the above extension of a currently approved collection 
can be obtained by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, DOC Forms 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations in response to this extension 
of a currently approved collection should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, room 10102, 
New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 29, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
DOC Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-280 Filed 1-4-01; 8:45 am]
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