[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4374-4375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1712]


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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comments Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

ACTION: Notice and 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 for OMB review and approval and has requested 
public review and comment on the submission. OPIC received no comments 
in response to the sixty (60) day notice published in Federal Register 
volume 76, number 231, page 74834 on December 1, 2011. The

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purpose of this notice is to allow an additional thirty (30) days for 
public comments to be submitted. Comments are being solicited on the 
need for the information; the accuracy of the Agency's burden estimate; 
the quality, practical utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and ways to minimize reporting the burden, including 
automated collected techniques and uses of other forms of technology.

DATES: Comments must be received within thirty (30) calendar-days of 
publication of this Notice. OPIC plans to implement this form in Fall 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form may be obtained from the Agency 
Submitting Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Essie 
Bryant, Record Manager, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 
New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527; (202) 336-8563.

SUMMARY FORM UNDER REVIEW
    Type of Request: New form.
    Title: Office of Investment Policy Questionnaire.
    Form Number: OPIC248.
    Frequency of Use: Once per investor per 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: 552 (2.4 hours per project).
    Number of Responses: 230 per year.
    Federal Cost: $23,187.
    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 Office of Investment Policy 
Questionnaire is the principal document used by OPIC to prepare a 
developmental impact profile and determine the projected impact on the 
United States, as well as to determine the project's compliance with 
environmental and labor policies, as consistent with OPIC's authorizing 
legislation.

    Dated: January 20, 2012.
Nichole Cadiente,
Administrative Counsel, Administrative Affairs, Department of Legal 
Affairs.
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