[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42080-42081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11810]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
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 Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of 
United States Carriers (BE-30) and 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 per quarter; 156 annually (BE-30); 19 per 
quarter; 76 annually (BE-37).
    Average Hours Per Response: 5 hours (BE-30); 4 hours (BE-37).
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is 
responsible for the compilation of the U.S. international transactions 
accounts (ITA), which it publishes quarterly in news releases, on its 
web site, and in its monthly journal, the Survey of Current Business. 
These accounts provide a statistical summary of all U.S. international 
transactions and, as such, are one of the major statistical products of 
BEA. They are used extensively by both government and private 
organizations for national and international economic policy 
formulation and for analytical purposes. The information collected in 
these surveys is used to develop the ``transportation'' portion of the 
ITA. Without this information, an integral component of the ITA would 
be omitted. 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 international transportation of goods and/or passengers. The 
information is collected on a quarterly basis from U.S. ocean and air 
carriers whose total annual covered revenues or total annual covered 
expenses are, or are expected to be, $500,000 or more. U.S. ocean and 
air carriers whose total annual covered revenues and total annual 
covered expenses are, or are expected to be, each below $500,000 are 
exempt from reporting.
    Affected Public: U.S. ocean and air carriers.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

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    Legal Authority: The International Investment and Trade in Services 
Survey Act, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal 
by writing Diane Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
Officer of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via 
email at [email protected].
    Send written comments on the proposed information collection within 
30 days of publication of this notice to the Office of Management and 
Budget, O.I.R.A., Attention PRA Desk Officer for BEA, via email at 
[email protected], or by fax at 202-395-7245.

     Dated: July 20, 2006.
 Madeleine Clayton,
 Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-11810 Filed 7-24-06; 8:45 am]
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