[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72044-72045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29415]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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), Department of Commerce.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of Foreign Airline Operators' Revenues and 
Expenses in the United States.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0068.
    Form Number: BE-9.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Responses: 180 annually (45 filed each quarter; 44 
reporting mandatory data, and 1 that would file an exemption claim).
    Average Hours per Response: 6 hours is the average for those 
reporting data and 1 hour is the average for those not reporting data, 
but hours may vary considerably among respondents because of 
differences in company size and complexity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,060.
    Needs and Uses: The Quarterly Survey of Foreign Airline Operators' 
Revenues and Expenses in the United

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States (BE-9) is a survey that collects data from U.S. offices, agents, 
or other representatives of foreign airline operators that transport 
freight and express to or from the United States and whose total 
covered revenues or total covered expenses were $5 million or more in 
the previous year or are expected to be $5 million or more during the 
current year. The covered revenues are freight revenue on merchandise 
exported from, or imported into, the United States. The covered 
expenses are expenses incurred in the United States for: (1) Fuel and 
oil; (2) wages and salaries paid to employees in the United States; (3) 
agents' and brokers' fees and commissions for arrangement of freight 
and passenger transportation; (4) aircraft handling and terminal 
services, aircraft (with crew) leasing expenses, and (5) all other 
expenses incurred in the United States except aircraft leasing (without 
crew) expenses.
    Respondents are also asked to report: (1) Shipping weights on which 
freight revenues were earned; (2) the number of passengers transported 
to/from the United States; and (3) revenues associated with these 
passengers.
    The data are needed to monitor U.S. trade in transport services, to 
analyze the impact on the U.S. and foreign economies, to compile and 
improve the U.S. economic accounts, to support U.S. commercial policy 
on trade in transport services, to conduct trade promotion, and to 
improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market 
opportunities. The data are used in estimating the transport component 
of the U.S. international transactions accounts (ITAs) and national 
income and product accounts (NIPAs).
    The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is proposing no additions or 
modifications to the current BE-9 survey. The effort to keep current 
reporting requirements unchanged is intended to minimize respondent 
burden while considering the needs of data users. Existing language in 
the instructions and definitions will be reviewed and adjusted as 
necessary to clarify survey requirements.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-806.

    Dated: November 13, 2015.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. 2015-29415 Filed 11-17-15; 8:45 am]
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