[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 37033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15635]


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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION


Agency Report Form Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

ACTION: Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provision 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 April 15, 2003, in Vol 68, No. 72, 67 FR 18300, at which 
time a 60-day comment period was announced. This comment period ended 
June 16, 2003. No comments were received in response to this notice.
    This information collection submission has now been submitted to 
OMB for emergency processing 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, OMB control number 3420-0023, 
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 
prepared for submission 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 Form Under Review

    Type of Request: Revised form.
    Title: Self-Monitoring Questionnaire for Investment Funds' Sub-
projects.
    Form Number: OPIC-217.
    Frequency of Use: Annually for duration of project.
    Type of Respondents: Business or other institution (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.
    Authority for Information Collection: Sections 231, 234(a), 239(d), 
and 240A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
    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 17, 2003.
Eli Landy,
Senior Counsel, Administrative Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-15635 Filed 6-14-03; 8:45 am]
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