[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42081-42082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11814]


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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 (BEA), Commerce.

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    Title: Survey of Foreign Airline Operators' Revenues and Expenses 
in the United States.
    Form Number(s): BE-9.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0068.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,920 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 60 per quarter; 240 annually.
    Average Hours Per Response: 8 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 quarterly 
data on foreign airline operators' revenues and expenses in the United 
States.
    The survey requests information from U.S. agents of foreign air 
carriers operating in the United States. The information is collected 
on a quarterly basis from foreign air carriers with annual total 
covered revenues or annual total covered expenses incurred in the 
United States of $5,000,000 or more. Foreign air carriers with annual 
total covered revenues and annual total covered expenses each below 
$5,000,000 are exempt from reporting.
    Affected Public: U.S. agents of foreign 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, as amended.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal 
by writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
Office 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. E6-11814 Filed 7-24-06; 8:45 am]
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