[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 32932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15428]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis


Annual Survey of Construction, Engineering, Architectural, and 
Mining Services Provided by U.S. Firms to Unaffiliated Foreign Persons

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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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 August 20, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Madeleine Clayton, 
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
6086, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 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 DC 20230 
(Telephone: 202-606-9800).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Annual Survey of Construction, Engineering, Architectural, and 
Mining Services Provided by U.S. Firms to Unaffiliated Foreign Persons 
(Form BE-47) obtains reliable and up-to-date information on U.S. sales 
to unaffiliated foreign persons of construction, engineering, 
architectural, and mining services. The information gathered is needed, 
among other purposes, to support U.S. trade policy initiatives and to 
compile the U.S. international transactions, input-output, and national 
income and product accounts. No changes are being proposed for Form BE-
47.

II. Method of Collection

    The BE-47 survey will be sent each year to potential respondents in 
January and responses are due by March 31. A U.S. person providing 
construction, engineering, architectural, or mining services to 
unaffiliated foreign persons is required to report if the gross value 
of new contracts received or the gross operating revenues from all 
existing contracts is $1 million or more during the covered year. A 
U.S. person that receives a form but is not required to report data 
must file an exemption claim.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0608-0015.
    Form Number: BE-47.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions 
providing construction, engineering, architectural, and mining services 
to unaffiliated foreign persons.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 155 annually.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 4.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 700 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $21,000 (based on an estimated 
reporting burden of 700 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 will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: June 14, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-15428 Filed 6-18-01; 8:45 am]
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