Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 125 / Wednesday, June 28, 2000 / Notices 39865

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Englemeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086 , 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington

D.C. 20230 or by E-mail to

LEngelme@doc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instruments and instructions should be

directed to: R. David Belli, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Bureau of

Economic Analysis, BE–50 (OC),

Washington D.C. 20230 (Telephone:

202–606–9800).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Annual Survey of Selected

Services Transactions with Unaffiliated

Foreign Persons (Form BE–22) obtains

reliable and up-to-date information on

selected U.S. services transactions with

unaffiliated foreign persons. It is

intended to update the results of the

BE–20, Benchmark Survey of Selected

Services Transactions with Unaffiliated

Foreign Persons. The BE–20 survey is

conducted once every five years, and

the last survey covered 1996. A BE–22

survey is conducted each of the four

years between the two benchmark

surveys; the last BE–22 survey covered

1999. Some of the major purposes of the

survey are to provide information

needed in formulating U.S. international

trade policy on services, supporting

bilateral and multilateral trade

negotiations and monitoring trade

agreements, compiling the U.S.

international transactions and national

income and product accounts, assessing

and promoting U.S. competitiveness in

international trade in services, and

improving the ability of U.S. businesses

to identify and evaluate market

opportunities. No changes are being

proposed for Form BE–22.

II. Method of Collection

The BE–22 survey must be filed by

each U.S. person that had transactions

(either sales or purchases) in excess of

$1,000,000 with an unaffiliated foreign

person in any of the services covered by

the survey. If a U.S. person had

transactions (either sales or purchases)

in the types of services covered by the

survey but they were $1,000,000 or less,

the U.S. person is requested to

voluntarily provide an estimate of the

total for each type of service. The data

collected are sample data covering the

transactions between U.S. persons and

unaffiliated foreign persons. Universe

estimates are developed from the

reported sample.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0608–0060.

Form Number: BE–22.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit, not-for-profit institutions,

farms, and State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,500 annually.

Estimated Time Per Response: 11.5

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

17,250 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$517,500 (based on an estimated

reporting burden of 17,250 hours and

estimated hourly cost of $30).

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 22, United

States Code, Sections 3101–3108.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden (Including hours

and cost) of the proposed collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: June 22, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–16289 Filed 6–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1105]

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 26;

Atlanta, GA Area

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, the Georgia Foreign-Trade

Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade

Zone 26 (Atlanta, Georgia), submitted an

application to the Board for authority to

expand FTZ 26 to include a site at the

Canton-Cherokee County Business and

Industrial Park located in Canton,

Georgia (Site 3), adjacent to the Atlanta

Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 59–

99; filed 11/23/99);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register (64 FR 67844, 12/3/99) and the

application has been processed

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s

regulations; and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that the proposal is in the public

interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby

orders:

The application to expand FTZ 26 is

approved, subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including Section

400.28, and further subject to the

Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation

limit.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of

June 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:

Pierre V. Duy,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–16376 Filed 6–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1107]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status,

SMC Pneumatics, Inc. (Pneumatic

Automation Components);

Indianapolis, IN

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act, of June 18,