[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46969-46970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21972]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) will submit to the Office of 
Management

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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).
    Title: Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the United 
States.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0012.
    Form Number(s): BE-29.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 330.
    Number of Respondents: 110.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The BEA is responsible for the compilation of the 
U.S. international transactions accounts (ITAs), 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. In addition, 
they provide input into other U.S. economic measures and accounts, 
contributing particularly to the National Income and Product Accounts. 
The ITAs 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 
ITAs. Without this information, an integral component of the ITAs 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: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    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.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail at [email protected], or by 
FAX at 202-395-7245.

    Dated: September 8, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-21972 Filed 9-11-09; 8:45 am]
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