[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 42081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11813]


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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 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: 624 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 156 annually.
    Average Hours Per Response: 4 hours.
    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 
this survey 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 annual 
data on foreign ocean carriers' expenses in the United States.
    The survey requests information from U.S. agents of foreign ocean 
carriers operating in the United States. The information is collected 
on an annual basis from U.S. agents that handle 40 or more port calls 
in the reporting period by foreign ocean vessels, and covered expenses 
for all foreign ocean vessels handled by the U.S. agent were $250,000 
or more. A report is not required if the total number of port calls by 
foreign ocean vessels handled by the U.S. agent in the reporting period 
is fewer than 40, or total annual covered expenses for all foreign 
ocean vessels handled by the U.S. agent are below $250,000.
    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, 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 
e-mail 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 e-mail 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. E6-11813 Filed 7-24-06; 8:45 am]
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