[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4018]


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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment Corporation

ACTION:  Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35), agencies are required to publish a Notice in the Federal 
Register notifying the public that the Agency is preparing an 
information collection request for OMB review and approval and to 
request public review and comment on the submission. OPIC published its 
first Federal Register Notice on this information collection request on 
December 12, 2002, in 66 FR 239, p. 64312, at which time a 60-calendar 
day comment period was announced. This comment period ended February 
11, 2002. No comments were received in response to this notice.
    This information collection submission has now been submitted to 
OMB for review. Comments are again being solicited on the need for the 
information, its practical utility, the accuracy of the Agency's burden 
estimate, and on ways to minimize the reporting burden, including 
automated collection techniques and uses of other forms of technology. 
The proposed form under review is summarized below.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form and the request for review 
submitted to OMB may be obtained from the Agency Submitting Officer. 
Comments on the form should be submitted to the OMB Reviewer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer

    Carol Brock, Records Manager, Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20527; 202/336-
8563.

OMB Reviewer

    David Rostker, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket 
Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 202/
395-3897.

Summary of Form Under Review

    Type of Request: Form Amendment.
    Title: Application for Political Risk Investment Insurance.
    Form Number: OPIC-52.
    Frequency of Use: Once per investor, per project.
    Type of Respondents: Business or other institutions.
    Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All.
    Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies investing overseas.
    Reporting Hours: 6\1/2\ hours per project.
    Number of Responses: 150 per year.
    Federal Cost: $24,300 per year.
    Authority for Information Collection: Sections 231 and 234(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
    Abstract (Needs and Uses): The OPIC 52 form is the principal 
document used by OPIC to determine the investor's and the project's 
eligibility, assess the environmental impact and developmental effects 
of the project, measure the economic effects for the United States and 
the host country economy, and collect information for underwriting 
analysis.

    Dated: February 13, 2002.
Rumu Sarkar,
Assistant General Counsel, Administrative Affairs, Department of Legal 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-4018 Filed 2-19-02; 8:45 am]
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