[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 1696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-529]


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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: 652 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 163.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 4 hours.
    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 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 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 this survey, annual data needed 
for estimating an integral component of the transportation account 
would be unavailable. 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 and have annual 
total covered expenses of $250,000 or more. 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 
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: December 22, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-529 Filed 1-9-04; 8:45 am]
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