[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 109 (Friday, June 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34013-34014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14288]


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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION


Agency Report Form Under OMB Review

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 has prepared an 
information collection request for OMB review and approval and has 
requested public review and comment on the submission. OPIC published 
its first Federal Register notice on this information collection 
request on March 27, 2003, in 68 FR 15008, at which time a 60-calendar 
day comment period was announced. This comment period ended May 29, 
2003. No comments were received in response to this notice.
    This information collection submission had been forwarded to OMB 
for review through an emergency extension on April 8, 2003. 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 within 30 calendar days of this 
notice.

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: Bruce 
I. Campbell, Records Management Officer, 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: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval is expiring.
    Title: Self-Monitoring Questionnaire for Insurance and Finance 
Projects.
    Form Number: OPIC-162.
    Frequency of Use: Annually for duration of project.
    Type of Respondents: Business or other institutions (except farms); 
individuals.
    Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All.
    Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies or citizens 
investing overseas.
    Reporting Hours: 3 hours per project.
    Number of Responses: 325 per year.
    Federal Cost: $19,500 per year.
    Authority for Information Collection: Sections 231 and 234(b) and 
(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.

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    Abstract (Needs and Uses): The questionnaire is completed by OPIC-
assisted investors annually. The questionnaire allows OPIC's assessment 
of effects of OPIC-assisted projects on the U.S. economy and 
employment, as well as on the environment and economic development 
abroad.

    Dated: June 2, 2003.
Eli Landy,
Senior Counsel, Administrative Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-14288 Filed 6-5-03; 8:45 am]
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