Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for collection of information under

the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Title: Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Expenses of United

States, Carriers--BE-30, Survey of U.S. Airline Operators' Foreign

Revenues and Expenses--BE-37.

Form Number(s): BE-30/BE-37.

OMB Approval Number: 0608-0011

Type of Request: Extension--regular submission.

Burden: 800/320.

Number of Respondents: 40/20.

Avg Hours Per Response: 5 hours/4 hours.

Needs and Uses: The Bureau of Economic Analysis is responsible for

the computation and publication of the U.S. balance of payments

accounts. The information collected in these surveys are an integral

part of the ``transportation'' portion of the U.S. balance of payments

accounts. The balance of payments accounts, which are published

quarterly in the Bureau's monthly publication, the Survey of Current

Business, are one of the major statistical products of BEA. The

accounts provide a statistical summary of U.S. international

transactions. They are used by government and private organizations for

national and international policy formulation, and analytical studies.

Without the information collected in these surveys, an integral

component of the transportation account would be omitted. No other

Government agency collects comprehensive quarterly data on U.S. ocean

carriers' freight revenues and expenses or U.S. airline operators'

foreign revenues and expenses.

Affected Public: U.S. ocean and air carriers.

Frequency: One-time.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.

OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.

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 Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10201, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: November 13, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 97-30343 Filed 11-18-97; 8:45 am]

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