Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 152 / Thursday, August 7, 1997 / Notices 42485

The dress rehearsal is a full-scale

demonstration of all data collection and

processing systems planned for Census

2000. New procedures being considered

for Census 2000, such as user friendly

forms easily available in many

locations, multiple contacts with each

household, digital capture of forms, and

statistical estimation techniques have all

been tested individually in earlier

operations. The dress rehearsal will

provide a census-like environment to

demonstrate, simultaneously, the

efficacy of these procedures planned for

use in Census 2000.

The three sites chosen for the dress

rehearsal are: Sacramento, California;

Columbia, South Carolina and

surrounding counties; and Menominee

American Indian Reservation,

Wisconsin.

Because of timing issues the questions

on Race and Ethnicity that will be asked

during the dress rehearsal are not

included on the questionnaires

submitted with this request. These

questions are being determined by OMB

under Directive 15 and will be

submitted separately for review.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC,

Sections 141 and 193.

OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202)

395–7314.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: August 1, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–20788 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Proposal to Collect Information on

Transactions of U.S. Affiliates With

Their Foreign Parents

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

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 October 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. 20230.

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 Transactions of U.S. Affiliate,

Except a U.S. Banking Affiliate, with

Foreign Parent (Form BE–605) and

Transactions of U.S. Banking Affiliate

with Foreign Parent (Form BE–605

Bank), obtain quarterly sample data on

transactions and positions between

foreign-owned U.S. business enterprises

and their foreign parents. The data are

needed for compiling the U.S. balance

of payments accounts, the international

investment position of the United

States, and the national income and

product accounts. The data are also

needed to measure the amount of

foreign direct investment in the United

States, monitor changes in such

investment, assess its impact on the U.S.

and foreign economies, and, based upon

this assessment, make informed policy

decisions regarding foreign direct

investment in the United States.

The survey is being revised to bring

it into conformity with the proposed

design of the BE–12 Benchmark Survey

of Foreign Direct Investment in the

United States—1997. Beginning with

the report covering the first quarter of

1998, BEA plans to raise the exemption

level for reporting to $30 million

(measured by the foreign-owned U.S.

business enterprise’s total assets, sales

or gross operating revenues, or net

income or loss) from $20 million,

thereby reducing respondent burden for

small companies. It also plans to

request, for the first time, that trade in

services between U.S. affiliates and their

foreign parents be reported once each

year by type of service.

II. Method of Collection

Forms BE–605 and BE–605 Bank are

quarterly reports that must be filed

within 30 days after the end of each

quarter (45 days after the final quarter

of the respondent’s fiscal year) by every

U.S. business enterprise that is owned

10 percent or more by a foreign investor

and that has total assets, sales, or net

income (or loss) of over $30 million.

Potential respondents are those U.S.

business enterprises that reported in the

last benchmark survey of foreign direct

investment in the United States, along

with those affiliates that subsequently

entered the direct investment universe.

The data collected are sample data

covering transactions and positions

between foreign-owned U.S. business

enterprises and their foreign parents.

Universe estimates are developed from

the reported sample data.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0608–0009.

Form Number: BE–605/BE–605 Bank.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,950 per quarter; 15,800 annually.

Estimated Time Per Response: 11⁄4

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

19,750 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$592,500 (based on an estimated

reporting burden of 19,750 hours and an

estimated hourly cost of $30).

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 also will become a matter of public

record.
42486 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 152 / Thursday, August 7, 1997 / Notices

Dated: July 31, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–20755 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Proposal To Collect Information on the

Initial Report on a Foreign Person’s

Direct or Indirect Acquisition,

Establishment, or Purchase of a U.S.

Business Enterprise

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

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 October 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. 20230.

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 Initial Report on a Foreign

Person’s Direct or Indirect Acquisition,

Establishment, or Purchase of the

Operating Assets, of a U.S. Business

Enterprise, Including Real Estate (Form

BE–13) and the Report by a U.S. Person

Who Assists or Intervenes in the

Acquisition of a U.S. Business

Enterprise by, or Who Enters Into a Joint

Venture with, a Foreign Person (Form

BE–14) obtain initial data on new

foreign direct investment in the United

States. The survey collects identification

information on, and limited financial

and operating data for, the U.S. entity

being established or acquired. It also

collects identification information on

the new foreign owner. The data are

needed to measure the amount of new

foreign direct investment in the United

States, monitor changes in such

investment, assess its impact on the U.S.

economy, and, based upon this

assessment, make informed policy

decisions regarding foreign direct

investment in the United States.

This survey is being revised to bring

it into conformity with the proposed

design of the BE–12, Benchmark Survey

of Foreign Direct Investment in the

United States—1997. Beginning with

reports covering 1998 transactions, BEA

plans to raise the exemption level for

reporting to $3 million (measured by the

acquired or established company’s total

assets) from $1 million, thereby

reducing respondent burden for small

companies. A concomitant requirement

that a report be filed for all acquisitions

of 200 or more acres of U.S. land will

not be changed. BEA also proposes to

base industry coding of reporting

companies on the new North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS)

in place of the current system, which is

based on the U.S. Standard Industrial

Classification System. No changes are

being proposed for Form BE–14, except

that the exemption for reporting is

raised to correspond to the new

threshold for Form BE–13.

II. Method of Collection

The BE–13 survey must be filed by

every U.S. business with over $3 million

of assets or 200 or more acres of U.S.

land that is acquired to the extent of 10

percent or more, or is established, by a

foreign investor. It is a one-time report

that must be filed within 45 days of the

acquisition or establishment. An

exemption claim must be filed for

transactions that do not meet the

exemption levels of $3 million of assets

or 200 acres of land. The BE–14 survey

is filed by a person who assists in an

investment transaction, such as a real

estate broker or attorney, or who enters

into a U.S. joint venture with a foreign

person. Its purpose is to provide BEA

with the name and address of the newly

established or acquired U.S. company,

so that a BE–13 form can be mailed to

it for completion.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0608–0035.

Form Number: BE–13/BE–14.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,200 annually.

Estimated Time Per Response: 11⁄2

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

1,800 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $54,000

(based on an estimated reporting burden

of 1,800 hours and an estimated hourly

cost of $30).

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 also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: July 31, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–20756 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 912]

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Subzone

183A Dell Computer Corporation;

Austin, TX

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, an application from the

Foreign Trade Zone of Central Texas,

Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 183,

for authority to expand Foreign-Trade

Subzone 183A at the Dell Computer

Corporation plant in Austin, Texas, was

filed by the Board on March 27, 1997

(FTZ Docket 24–97, 62 FR 17147, 4/9/

97); and,

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in Federal Register

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