34712 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 136 / Friday, July 17, 2009 / Notices 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have 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 13, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–16963 Filed 7–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Quarterly Survey 

of Transactions in Selected Services 

and Intangible Assets With Foreign 

Persons 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 5 p.m. 

September 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, or via the 

Internet at dhynek@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information or copies of the survey and 

instructions to Christopher Emond, 

Chief, Special Surveys Branch, Balance 

of Payments Division, (BE–50), Bureau 

of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; 

phone: (202) 606–9826; fax: (202) 606– 

5318; or via the Internet at 

christopher.emond@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Form BE–125, Quarterly Survey of 

Transactions in Selected Services and 

Intangible Assets with Foreign Persons, 

obtains quarterly data from U.S. 

companies whose sales of covered 

services or intangible assets to foreign 

persons exceeded $6 million for the 

previous fiscal year or are expected to 

exceed that amount during the current 

fiscal year, or whose purchases of 

covered services or intangible assets 

from foreign persons exceeded $4 

million for the previous fiscal year or 

are expected to exceed that amount 

during the current fiscal year. The data 

collected are cut-off sample data. In 

addition, estimates are developed based 

upon previously reported or estimated 

data for non-respondents, including 

those U.S. persons who fall below the 

reporting threshold for the quarterly 

survey but reported on a previous 

benchmark survey. 

The data are needed to monitor U.S. 

international trade in these transactions, 

analyze its impact on the U.S. and 

foreign economies, compile and 

improve the U.S. economic accounts, 

support U.S. commercial policy on trade 

in selected services and intangible 

assets, conduct trade promotion, and 

improve the ability of U.S. businesses to 

identify and evaluate market 

opportunities. 

Responses will be due within 45 days 

after the close of each calendar quarter, 

except for the final quarter of the 

respondents’ fiscal year, when reports 

are due within 90 days after the close of 

the quarter. The data from the survey 

are primarily intended as general 

purpose statistics. They are needed to 

answer any number of research and 

policy questions related to cross-border 

trade in services and intangible assets. 

The BE–125 Form remains the same. 

No changes in the data collected or in 

exemption levels are proposed. 

II. Method of Collection 

The surveys are sent to the 

respondents by U.S. mail; the surveys 

are also available from our Web site. 

Respondents return the surveys one of 

four ways: U.S. mail, electronically 

using BEA’s electronic collection system 

(eFile), fax, or e-mail. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0067. 

Form Number: BE–125. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,800. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 16 

hours per mandatory response; and 1 

hour per other responses. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 98,800. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: The International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act, 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108, as 

amended. 

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 will 

have 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 13, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–16964 Filed 7–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 071003556–81194–02] 

RIN 0648–XQ22 

Fisheries off West Coast States; 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 

Amendment 15 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: List of Limited Entry Trawl 

Vessels Issued Pacific Whiting Vessel 

Licenses. 

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