[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23371]


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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: (1) Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of 
United States Carriers (BE-30).
    (2) Survey of U.S. Airline Operators' Foreign Revenues and Expenses 
(BE-37).
    Form Number(s): BE-30/BE-37.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0011.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 780 hours (BE-30); 304 hours (BE-37).
    Number of Respondents: 39 (BE-30); 19 (BE-37).
    Avg Hours Per Response: 5 hours (BE-30); 4 hours (BE-37).
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of Economic Analysis is responsible for 
the compilation of the U.S. balance of payments accounts. The 
information collected in these surveys 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 and are used by 
government and private organizations for national and international 
policy formulation, and analytical studies. The information collected 
is also used for compiling the U.S. national income and product 
accounts, and for reporting to international organizations such as the 
International Monetary Fund. Without the information collected in these 
surveys, quarterly data needed for estimating an integral component of 
the transportation account would be unavailable. No other Government 
agency collects comprehensive quarterly data on U.S. ocean carriers' 
freight revenues and foreign expenses or U.S. airline operators' 
foreign revenues and expenses.
    These surveys request information from U.S. ocean and air carriers 
engaged in the international transportation of goods and/or passengers. 
Information is collected on a quarterly basis from U.S. ocean and air 
carriers with total annual covered revenues or total annual covered 
foreign expenses of $500,000 or more. U.S. ocean and air carriers with 
total annual covered revenues and total annual covered foreign expenses 
below $500,000 are exempt from reporting.
    Affected Public: U.S. ocean and air carriers.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: The International Investment and Trade in Services 
Survey 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 Diane Hynek, DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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 10201, 
New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-7245; 
e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: September 9, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-23371 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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