Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 75406 [2012-30583]

Download as PDF 75406 Notices Federal Register Vol. 77, No. 245 Thursday, December 20, 2012 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce will submit 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 (BEA). Title: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States. OMB Control Number: 0608–0034. Form Number(s): BE–15. Type of Request: Regular submission. Number of Respondents: 4,000 annually. Average Hours per Response: 19.5 hours is the average, but may vary considerably among respondents because of differences in company size and complexity. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 77,825. Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE–15) obtains sample data on the financial structure and operations of U.S. affiliates of foreign investors. The data are needed to provide reliable, useful, and timely measures of foreign direct investment in the United States, assess its impact on the U.S. economy, and based upon this assessment, make informed policy decisions regarding foreign direct investment in the United States. The data are used to derive annual estimates of the operations of U.S. affiliates of foreign investors, including their balance sheets; income statements; property, plant, and equipment; employment and employee compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods and services; taxes; and research and development activity. In addition, data covering employment are collected by state. The data are also VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:07 Dec 19, 2012 Jkt 229001 used to update similar data for the universe of U.S. affiliates collected once every five years on the BE–12 benchmark survey. The survey incorporates changes that were made to the 2012 BE–12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States. The exemption level for reporting on the survey is unchanged from the previous (2011) survey. The BE–15 annual survey is sent to potential respondents in March of each year. A completed report covering a reporting company’s fiscal year ending during the previous calendar year is due by May 31 (or by June 30 for reporting companies that use BEA’s eFile system). Reports must be filed 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 (or loss) of over $40 million. As an alternative to filing paper forms, BEA offers its electronic filing option, the eFile system, for use in reporting on Form BE–15. For more information about eFile, go to www.bea.gov/efile. Potential respondents are those U.S. business enterprises that reported in the 2012 benchmark survey, along with businesses that subsequently entered the direct investment universe. The BE– 15 is a sample survey, as described; universe estimates are developed from the reported sample data. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Frequency: Annual. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395–3093. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via email at jjessup@doc.gov. 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, FAX number (202) 395–7245, or via email at pbugg@omb.eop.gov. PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: December 14, 2012. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–30583 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–06–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–90–2012] Foreign-Trade Zone 26—Atlanta, GA; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC, (Diesel Engines), Griffin, GA Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC (Perkins Shibaura), an operator of FTZ 26, submitted a notification of proposed production activity for its facility in Griffin, Georgia. The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 29, 2012. The Perkins Shibaura facility is located within Site 6 of FTZ 26. The facility is used for the production of diesel engines used in off-road vehicles. Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Perkins Shibaura from customs duty payments on the foreign status components and materials used in export production. On its domestic sales, Perkins Shibaura would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to diesel engines (free) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. Components and materials sourced from abroad include: Plastic hoses, gaskets, copper washers/gaskets, sign plates, relief valves, hose assemblies, thermostat covers/cases, valve bodies, sensors, resistors, radiators, and electronic control units (duty rate ranges from free to 5%). Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is January 29, 2013. A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., E:\FR\FM\20DEN1.SGM 20DEN1

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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
appearing in this section.

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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2012 / 
Notices

[[Page 75406]]



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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 (BEA).
    Title: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United 
States.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0034.
    Form Number(s): BE-15.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 4,000 annually.
    Average Hours per Response: 19.5 hours is the average, but may vary 
considerably among respondents because of differences in company size 
and complexity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 77,825.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in 
the United States (Form BE-15) obtains sample data on the financial 
structure and operations of U.S. affiliates of foreign investors. The 
data are needed to provide reliable, useful, and timely measures of 
foreign direct investment in the United States, assess its impact on 
the U.S. economy, and based upon this assessment, make informed policy 
decisions regarding foreign direct investment in the United States. The 
data are used to derive annual estimates of the operations of U.S. 
affiliates of foreign investors, including their balance sheets; income 
statements; property, plant, and equipment; employment and employee 
compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods and services; taxes; 
and research and development activity. In addition, data covering 
employment are collected by state. The data are also used to update 
similar data for the universe of U.S. affiliates collected once every 
five years on the BE-12 benchmark survey.
    The survey incorporates changes that were made to the 2012 BE-12, 
Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States. The 
exemption level for reporting on the survey is unchanged from the 
previous (2011) survey.
    The BE-15 annual survey is sent to potential respondents in March 
of each year. A completed report covering a reporting company's fiscal 
year ending during the previous calendar year is due by May 31 (or by 
June 30 for reporting companies that use BEA's eFile system). Reports 
must be filed 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 (or loss) of over $40 
million.
    As an alternative to filing paper forms, BEA offers its electronic 
filing option, the eFile system, for use in reporting on Form BE-15. 
For more information about eFile, go to www.bea.gov/efile.
    Potential respondents are those U.S. business enterprises that 
reported in the 2012 benchmark survey, along with businesses that 
subsequently entered the direct investment universe. The BE-15 is a 
sample survey, as described; universe estimates are developed from the 
reported sample data.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via email at jjessup@doc.gov.
    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, FAX number (202) 395-7245, or via email 
at pbugg@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: December 14, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-30583 Filed 12-19-12; 8:45 am]
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