83 FR 6839 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of International Air Travelers
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 32 (February 15, 2018)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 32 (February 15, 2018)
| Page Range | 6839-6840 | |
| FR Document | 2018-03132 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 6839-6840] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-03132] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of International Air Travelers AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce. 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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on or before April 16, 2018. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the internet at [email protected]). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Richard Champley or Claudia Wolfe, ITA National Travel & Tourism Office (NTTO), 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20230, Contact information: [email protected] (202) 482-4753 or [email protected] (202) 482-4555. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The ``Survey of International Air Travelers'' (Survey) program, administered by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) of the International Trade Administration provides source data required to (1) estimate international travel and passenger fare exports, imports and the trade balance for the United States, (2) comply with the U.S. Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-145), collect a one percent sample of inbound travelers, analyze and report information to government and industry stakeholders, and support the increase of U.S. exports, (3) to comply with the 1961, 1981, and 1996 travel and tourism related acts to collect and publish comprehensive international travel and tourism, statistics and other marketing information, and (4) support the continuation of the Travel & Tourism Satellite Accounts for the United States, which provide the only spending and employment figures for the industry, and (5) to support the goals of objectives of the National Travel & Tourism Strategy. The Survey program contains the core data that is collected, analyzed and communicated by NTTO with other government agencies, associations and businesses that share the same objective of increasing U.S. international travel exports. The Survey assists NTTO in assessing the economic impact of international travel on state and local economies, providing visitation estimates, key market intelligence, and identifying traveler and trip characteristics. The U.S. Department of Commerce assists travel industry enterprises to increase international travel and passenger fare exports for the country as well as outbound travel on U.S. carriers. The Survey program provides the only available estimates of nonresident visitation to the states and cities within the United States, as well as U.S. resident travel abroad. A revised survey instrument (questionnaire) (English version plus its translations into eleven foreign languages) was implemented in 2012. It reflects input from over 70 respondents, including: Travel Industry (airlines, travel associations, destinations, lodging); Consultants; Financial Firms; Educational Institutions; and other U.S. Government Agencies. A minor (`non-substantive') change was implemented [[Page 6840]] in 2016 to better reflect the visitor's entry experience into the U.S. This was requested by the U.S. Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board to measure compliance with U.S. National Goals. The revised Survey questionnaire reflects changes in various questions relating to: Trip purpose; Payment methods; Booking/ Information sources; additional package components, health care/ vaccinations, travel insurance information, additional transportation utilized, Assessment of the visitor's entry and overall experience; and intentions for further travel to the United States; Ethnicity/race. Several questions from the pre-existing 1996 questionnaire were eliminated to further streamline the survey. II. Method of Collection The survey instrument/questionnaire (`Survey of International Air Travelers', a/k/a SIAT) continues to be in paper format and is self- administered by the passenger who volunteers to take the survey, either while in the departure gate area or on-board the flight. The flights are selected randomly and this approach is described as `cluster sampling.' The majority (90%) of the passenger surveys are collected in U.S. airport departure gate areas. About 10% of all the passenger surveys are collected during flight (on-board) post departure (Canada is not part of the program). U.S. and foreign flag airlines that volunteer to participate in the Survey program enable the collection either in U.S. departure gate areas or on-board flights. NTTO is planning to change the format to electronic or to an equally statistically valid process once compelling results have been attained. To date there have been four `e-Survey' tests: The first test in partnership with Global Distribution Systems (GDS), the second and third tests with major airlines in their respective boarding areas to leverage passenger's personal electronic devices (PED) and Wi-Fi capabilities in the airports and on-board certain flights, and the fourth test used `tablet' devices to capture passenger responses in the airport gate areas. Other tests are planned in the foreseeable future based on the results of NTTO's recent request for information as preparation for the next contract cycle. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0625-0227. Form Number(s): None. Type of Review: Regular submission [extension of a current information collection]. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 300,000 due to mandate of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 which requires a `one percent' sample of overseas arrivals. Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 75,000. Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0. 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 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. Sheleen Dumas, Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2018-03132 Filed 2-14-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-P
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notice of initiation with respect to RHI- Notification Regarding Administrative Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Refmex SA de C.V. and Vesuvius Protective Orders 20230, Contact information:
Mexico S.A. de C.V.3 On January 29, This notice serves as the only richard.champley@trade.gov (202) 482–
2018, the petitioner timely withdrew its reminder to parties subject to 4753 or claudia.wolfe@trade.gov (202)
request for an administrative review for administrative protective order (APO) of 482–4555.
both companies.4 their responsibility concerning the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Rescission of Administrative Review disposition of proprietary information I. Abstract
disclosed under APO in accordance
The ‘‘Survey of International Air
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
Travelers’’ (Survey) program,
Commerce will rescind an written notification of the return or
administered by the National Travel and
administrative review, in whole or in destruction of APO materials or
Tourism Office (NTTO) of the
part, if the parties that requested a conversion to judicial protective order is
International Trade Administration
review withdraw the request within 90 hereby requested. Failure to comply
provides source data required to (1)
days of the date of publication of the with the regulations and the terms of an estimate international travel and
notice of initiation of the requested APO is a sanctionable violation. passenger fare exports, imports and the
review. The petitioner withdrew its This notice is published in trade balance for the United States, (2)
request for review by the 90-day accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and comply with the U.S. Travel Promotion
deadline, and no other party requested 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–145), collect a
an administrative review of this order. 351.213(d)(4). one percent sample of inbound
Therefore, we are rescinding the Dated: February 9, 2018. travelers, analyze and report
administrative review of the James Maeder, information to government and industry
antidumping duty order on certain Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, for stakeholders, and support the increase
magnesia carbon bricks from Mexico Antidumping and Countervailing Duty of U.S. exports, (3) to comply with the
covering the period September 1, 2016, Operations performing the duties of Deputy 1961, 1981, and 1996 travel and tourism
through August 31, 2017. Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and related acts to collect and publish
Countervailing Duty Operations. comprehensive international travel and
Assessment [FR Doc. 2018–03163 Filed 2–14–18; 8:45 am] tourism, statistics and other marketing
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P information, and (4) support the
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs continuation of the Travel & Tourism
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess Satellite Accounts for the United States,
antidumping duties on all appropriate DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE which provide the only spending and
entries. Because Commerce is employment figures for the industry,
rescinding this administrative review in International Trade Administration and (5) to support the goals of objectives
its entirety, the entries to which this of the National Travel & Tourism
administrative review pertained shall be Proposed Information Collection;
Strategy.
assessed at rates equal to the cash Comment Request; Survey of The Survey program contains the core
deposit of estimated antidumping duties International Air Travelers data that is collected, analyzed and
required at the time of entry, or AGENCY: International Trade communicated by NTTO with other
withdrawal from warehouse, for Administration, Commerce. government agencies, associations and
consumption, in accordance with 19 ACTION: Notice.
businesses that share the same objective
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends of increasing U.S. international travel
to issue appropriate assessment SUMMARY: The Department of exports. The Survey assists NTTO in
instructions directly to CBP 41 days Commerce, as part of its continuing assessing the economic impact of
after the date of publication of this effort to reduce paperwork and international travel on state and local
notice in the Federal Register. respondent burden, invites the general economies, providing visitation
public and other Federal agencies to estimates, key market intelligence, and
Notification to Importers take this opportunity to comment on identifying traveler and trip
proposed and/or continuing information characteristics. The U.S. Department of
This notice serves as the only
collections, as required by the Commerce assists travel industry
reminder to importers of their enterprises to increase international
responsibility, under 19 CFR Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
travel and passenger fare exports for the
351.402(f)(2), to file a certificate country as well as outbound travel on
regarding the reimbursement of comments must be submitted on or
before April 16, 2018. U.S. carriers. The Survey program
antidumping duties prior to liquidation provides the only available estimates of
of the relevant entries during this ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments nonresident visitation to the states and
review period. Failure to comply with to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental cities within the United States, as well
this requirement may result in the Paperwork Clearance Officer, as U.S. resident travel abroad.
presumption that reimbursement of Department of Commerce, Room 6616, A revised survey instrument
antidumping duties occurred and the 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, (questionnaire) (English version plus its
subsequent assessment of double Washington, DC 20230 (or via the translations into eleven foreign
antidumping duties. internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). languages) was implemented in 2012. It
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: reflects input from over 70 respondents,
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and Requests for additional information or including: Travel Industry (airlines,
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR copies of the information collection travel associations, destinations,
52268, 52270 (November 13, 2017). instrument and instructions should be lodging); Consultants; Financial Firms;
4 See Letter from the petitioner, regarding
‘‘Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from Mexico:
directed to Richard Champley or Educational Institutions; and other U.S.
Withdrawal of Request For Administrative Claudia Wolfe, ITA National Travel & Government Agencies. A minor (‘non-
Review,’’ dated January 29, 2018. Tourism Office (NTTO), 1401 substantive’) change was implemented
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in 2016 to better reflect the visitor’s Affected Public: Individuals or Ambica Stainless Steels Limited. The
entry experience into the U.S. This was households. review covers two producers or
requested by the U.S. Department of Estimated Number of Respondents: exporters of subject merchandise:
Commerce Travel and Tourism 300,000 due to mandate of the Travel Ambica Steels Limited (Ambica), and
Advisory Board to measure compliance Promotion Act of 2009 which requires a Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd.
with U.S. National Goals. ‘one percent’ sample of overseas (Bhansali). We invited parties to
The revised Survey questionnaire arrivals. comment on the preliminary results.
reflects changes in various questions Estimated Time per Response: 15 None were received. Accordingly, for
relating to: Trip purpose; Payment minutes. the final results, we continue to find
methods; Booking/Information sources; Estimated Total Annual Burden that Ambica and Bhansali had no
additional package components, health Hours: 75,000. shipments during the POR.
care/vaccinations, travel insurance Estimated Total Annual Cost to DATES: Applicable February 15, 2018.
information, additional transportation Public: $0. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
utilized, Assessment of the visitor’s Mark Kennedy, AD/CVD Operations,
entry and overall experience; and IV. Request for Comments
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
intentions for further travel to the Comments are invited on: (a) Whether International Trade Administration,
United States; Ethnicity/race. Several the proposed collection of information U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
questions from the pre-existing 1996 is necessary for the proper performance Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
questionnaire were eliminated to further of the functions of the agency, including DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–7883.
streamline the survey. whether the information shall have
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
II. Method of Collection
agency’s estimate of the burden Background
The survey instrument/questionnaire (including hours and cost) of the On November 7, 2017, Commerce
(‘Survey of International Air Travelers’, proposed collection of information; (c) published the Preliminary Results.1 In
a/k/a SIAT) continues to be in paper ways to enhance the quality, utility, and the Preliminary Results, we determined
format and is self-administered by the clarity of the information to be that Ambica and Bhansali had no
passenger who volunteers to take the collected; and (d) ways to minimize the shipments of subject merchandise
survey, either while in the departure burden of the collection of information during the POR. Commerce gave
gate area or on-board the flight. The on respondents, including through the interested parties an opportunity to
flights are selected randomly and this use of automated collection techniques comment on the Preliminary Results.
approach is described as ‘cluster or other forms of information We received no comments. Commerce
sampling.’ The majority (90%) of the technology. conducted this review in accordance
passenger surveys are collected in U.S. Comments submitted in response to with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act
airport departure gate areas. About 10% this notice will be summarized and/or of 1930, as amended (the Act).
of all the passenger surveys are included in the request for OMB Commerce has exercised its discretion
collected during flight (on-board) post approval of this information collection; to toll deadlines for the duration of the
departure (Canada is not part of the they also will become a matter of public closure of the Federal Government from
program). U.S. and foreign flag airlines record. January 20 through 22, 2018. If the new
that volunteer to participate in the
Sheleen Dumas, deadline falls on a non-business day, in
Survey program enable the collection
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the accordance with Commerce’s practice,
either in U.S. departure gate areas or on-
Chief Information Officer. the deadline will become the next
board flights.
NTTO is planning to change the [FR Doc. 2018–03132 Filed 2–14–18; 8:45 am] business day. The revised deadline for
format to electronic or to an equally BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P
the final results of this review is now
statistically valid process once March 12, 2018.2
compelling results have been attained. Scope of the Order
To date there have been four ‘e-Survey’ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The merchandise subject to the order
tests: The first test in partnership with is SSB. SSB means articles of stainless
Global Distribution Systems (GDS), the International Trade Administration
steel in straight lengths that have been
second and third tests with major [A–533–810] either hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-
airlines in their respective boarding drawn, cold-rolled or otherwise cold-
areas to leverage passenger’s personal Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final
finished, or ground, having a uniform
electronic devices (PED) and Wi-Fi Determination of No Shipments;
solid cross section along their whole
capabilities in the airports and on-board Antidumping Duty Administrative
length in the shape of circles, segments
certain flights, and the fourth test used Review; 2016–2017
of circles, ovals, rectangles (including
‘tablet’ devices to capture passenger AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
responses in the airport gate areas. International Trade Administration, 1 See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary
Other tests are planned in the Department of Commerce. Determination of No Shipments and Partial
foreseeable future based on the results Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
of NTTO’s recent request for SUMMARY: On November 7, 2017, the Review; 2016–2017, 82 FR 51601 (November 7,
information as preparation for the next Department of Commerce (Commerce) 2017) (Preliminary Results).
2 See Memorandum for The Record from
published the preliminary results of the
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contract cycle. Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
administrative review of the Enforcement and Compliance, performing the non-
III. Data antidumping duty order on stainless exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant
OMB Control Number: 0625–0227. steel bar (SSB) from India. The period Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
Form Number(s): None. of review (POR) is February 1, 2016, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government’’ (Tolling Memorandum),
Type of Review: Regular submission through January 31, 2017. In the dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this
[extension of a current information preliminary results, Commerce segment of the proceeding have been extended by
collection]. rescinded the administrative review for 3 days.
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| Dates | To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on or before April 16, 2018. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Richard Champley or Claudia Wolfe, ITA National Travel & Tourism Office (NTTO), 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20230, Contact information: [email protected] (202) 482-4753 or [email protected] (202) 482-4555. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 6839 |
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