[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 72044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29417]
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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 Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign
Expenses of U.S. Carriers (BE-30) and the Quarterly Survey of U.S.
Airline Operators' Foreign Revenues and Expenses (BE-37).
OMB Control Number: 0608-0011.
Form Number: BE-30 and BE-37.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Responses: BE-30 responses: 280 annually (70 filed each
quarter; 62 reporting mandatory data and 8 that would file exemption
claims). BE-37 responses: 120 annually (30 filed each quarter; 29
reporting mandatory data, and 1 that would file an exemption claim).
Average Hours per Response: 4 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: 1,492 (BE-30 burden hours of
1,024 and BE-37 burden hours of 468).
Needs and Uses: The Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and
Foreign Expenses of United States Carriers (BE-30) is a survey that
collects data from U.S. ocean freight carriers (owners and operators)
whose total covered revenues or total covered expenses incurred outside
the United States were $500,000 or more in the previous year or are
expected to be $500,000 or more during the current year. The covered
revenues are: (1) Revenue on cargo outbound from U.S. ports and the
associated shipping weight; (2) revenue on cargo inbound into the
United States and the associated shipping weight; (3) revenue on cross-
trade cargoes; and (4) charter hire (with crew) and space leasing
revenues from foreign residents. The covered expenses are: (1) Fuel
expenses in foreign countries; (2) expenses in foreign countries (other
than fuel expenses); and (3) charter hire (with crew) and space leasing
payments to foreign residents.
The Quarterly Survey of U.S. Airline Operators' Foreign Revenues
and Expenses (BE-37) is a survey that collects data from U.S. airline
operators engaged in the international transportation of goods and/or
passengers and whose total covered revenues or total covered expenses
incurred outside the United States were $500,000 or more in the
previous year or are expected to be $500,000 or more during the current
year. The covered revenues are: (1) Revenue derived from carriage of
export freight and express from the United States to points outside the
United States; (2) revenue derived from carriage of freight and express
originating from, and destined to, points outside the United States;
(3) revenue derived from transporting passengers originating from, and
destined to, points outside the United States; (4) revenue from
transporting passengers to and from the United States and the
associated number of passengers; and (5) interline settlement receipts
from foreign airline operators. The covered expenses are: (1) Expenses
incurred outside the United States for fuel and oil, station and
maintenance bases, wages, and other goods and services purchased abroad
(except aircraft leasing expenses); (2) aircraft (with crew) leasing
expenses; and (3) interline settlement payments to foreign airline
operators.
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-30 and BE-37 surveys. 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) 395-5806.
Dated: November 13, 2015.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-29417 Filed 11-17-15; 8:45 am]
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