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Foreign Residents. These changes will
not have a material effect on overall
respondent burden.
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 gross
operating revenues, or net income
(positive or negative) of over $30
million. Potential respondents are those
U.S. business enterprises that were
required to report in the BE–12,
Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States—2002,
along with those U.S. business
enterprises 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 affiliated foreign groups.
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 organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,950 per quarter; 15,800 annually.
Estimated Time Per Response: 11⁄4
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 19,750.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$790,000 (based on an estimated
reporting burden of 19,750 hours and an
estimated hourly cost of $40).
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;
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they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: July 11, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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International Trade Administration
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market conditions and opportunities in
various industries and countries of the
former Soviet Union. These information
products provided by BISNIS are in the
form of e-mails, faxes, and paper
mailers. The Publication Subscription
form is a quick way for interested
parties to tell BISNIS which products
they want and their industry and
country interests.
II. Method of Collection
Internet, fax, mail, or telephone.
BISNIS Publication Subscription Form
III. Data
Title: BISNIS Publication
Subscription Form.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment
request.
OMB Number: 0625–0236.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit firms.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: 5
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 170 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: The
estimated annual cost for this collection
is $5,100.00 ($4,080.00 for respondents
and $1,020.00 for Federal government).
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(C) (2) (A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before September 13,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th & Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230. Phone number:
(202) 482–0266. E-mail:
dHynek@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Request for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to: Philip de Leon,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Foreign Commercial Service,
Business Information Service for the
Newly Independent States (BISNIS),
14th & Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; Phone number:
(202) 482–2109, and fax number: (202)
482–3574.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The International Trade
Administration’s (ITA) Business
Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS) program
offers business information and
counseling to U.S. companies seeking to
export or to invest in the countries of
the former Soviet Union. A critical
component of the program is the
dissemination of information regarding
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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 shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and costs) 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 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 11, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
BISNIS Publication Subscription Form
Title: BISNIS Publication Subscription Form.
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 burdens, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(C) (2) (A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 13,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th &
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Phone number: (202)
482-0266. E-mail: dHynek@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to: Philip de Leon, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Business Information Service for the
Newly Independent States (BISNIS), 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; Phone number: (202) 482-2109, and fax number:
(202) 482-3574.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The International Trade Administration's (ITA) Business Information
Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS) program offers
business information and counseling to U.S. companies seeking to export
or to invest in the countries of the former Soviet Union. A critical
component of the program is the dissemination of information regarding
market conditions and opportunities in various industries and countries
of the former Soviet Union. These information products provided by
BISNIS are in the form of e-mails, faxes, and paper mailers. The
Publication Subscription form is a quick way for interested parties to
tell BISNIS which products they want and their industry and country
interests.
II. Method of Collection
Internet, fax, mail, or telephone.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0625-0236.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit firms.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 170 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: The estimated annual cost for this
collection is $5,100.00 ($4,080.00 for respondents and $1,020.00 for
Federal government).
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 shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and costs) 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 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 11, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-3755 Filed 7-14-05; 8:45 am]
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