[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 48412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20786]


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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: Annual Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the 
United States.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0012.
    Form Number: BE-29.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Responses: 80 annually (70 reporting mandatory data, and 
10 that would file exemption claims).
    Average Hours per Response: 3 hours is the average for those 
reporting data and one hour is the average for those filing an 
exemption, but hours may vary considerably among respondents because of 
differences in the volume and complexity of information on the foreign 
ocean carriers represented by the reporter.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 220.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' 
Expenses in the United States (BE-29) is a survey that collects data 
from U.S. agents of foreign ocean carriers who handle 40 or more 
foreign ocean port calls in the reporting period, or report total 
covered expenses of $250,000 or more in the reporting period for all 
foreign ocean vessels handled by the U.S. agent. The covered expenses 
are: (1) Port call services such as pilotage, towing and tugboat 
services, harbor fees, and berth fees; (2) cargo-related services such 
as loading, unloading, and storing cargo at U.S. ports; (3) fuels and 
oils (bunkers) purchased in U.S. ports; (4) other vessel operating 
expenses such as stores and supplies, vessel repairs, and personnel 
expenses in the United States; and (5) other expenses such as U.S. 
agents' and brokers' fees and commissions and expenses related to 
maintaining U.S. offices, such as rent, advertising, and wages.
    The data collected on the survey are needed to monitor U.S. trade 
in transport services, to analyze the impact of these cross-border 
services 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 not making any 
modifications to the current BE-29 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: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Robert Sivinski, (202) 395-1205.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov 
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/. 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].

Sheleen Dumas,
Department Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20786 Filed 9-24-18; 8:45 am]
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