[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22594]


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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: Emergency Oil and Gas Guarantee Loan Board.
    Title: Emergency Oil and Gas Guarantee Loan Program--Guarantee 
Agreement.
    Form Number(s): ELB-1.
    Agency Approval Number: 3003-0001.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,475.
    Number of Respondents: 23.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 80.
    Needs and Uses: The Emergency Oil and Gas Guarantee Loan Board 
developed a guarantee agreement that must be signed by qualified oil 
and gas companies that receive loan guarantees. The information being 
collected will be used and is necessary to ensure that the applicant is 
meeting the conditions of the guarantee agreement and to protect the 
Federal government from default and/or fraud. The information is also 
required as supporting documentation for annual or other audits that 
may be conducted by or on behalf of the Board or by the General 
Accounting Office for as long as the guarantee agreement is in effect.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits
    OMB Desk Officer: Dave Rostker, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Dave Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 29, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-22594 Filed 9-1-00; 8:45 am]
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