[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88950-88951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26166]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Services Surveys: BE-30, Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight 
Revenues and Foreign Expenses of U.S. Carriers, and the BE-37, 
Quarterly Survey of U.S. Airline Operators' Foreign Revenues and 
Expenses

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of

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Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance, in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) on or after the date of 
publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information 
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information 
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
June 28, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 
an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign 
Expenses of U.S. Carriers, and Quarterly Survey of U.S. Airline 
Operators' Foreign Revenues and Expenses.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0011.
    Form Number(s): BE-30 and BE-37.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Estimated Number of BE-30 Respondents: 200 annually (50 filed each 
quarter; 48 reporting mandatory data, and 2 that would file exemption 
claims or voluntary responses).
    Estimated Number of BE-37 Respondents: 120 annually (30 filed each 
quarter; 28 reporting mandatory data, and 2 that would file an 
exemption claim or voluntary response).
    Estimated Time per Response: For the BE-30, 4 hours is the average 
for those reporting mandatory data and one hour is the average for 
those filing an exemption claim or voluntary responses. For the BE-37, 
5 hours is the average for those reporting mandatory data and one hour 
is the average for those filing an exemption claim or voluntary 
responses. For the BE-30 and BE-37 surveys, hours may vary considerably 
among respondents because of differences in company size and 
complexity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,344 (776 for the BE-30; 568 
for the BE-37).
    Needs and Uses: The data 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 
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 trade in transport services component of the 
U.S. international transactions accounts (ITAs) and national income and 
product accounts (NIPAs).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services 
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0608-0011.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-26166 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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