[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76620-76621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27165]


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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

[Public Notice: 2022-6033]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; EIB 
92-51 Application for Special Buyer Credit Limit (SBCL) Under Multi-
Buyer Export Credit Insurance Policies

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and comments request.

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SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), as a 
part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, invites the public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the 
proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. The Application for Special Buyer Credit Limit (SBCL) 
Under Multi-Buyer Export Credit Insurance Policies is used by 
policyholders, the majority of whom are U.S. small businesses, who 
export U.S. goods and services. This

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application provides EXIM Bank with the credit information on a foreign 
buyer credit limit request needed to make a determination of 
eligibility for EXIM Bank support in adherence to legislatively 
required reasonable reassurance of repayment and other statutory 
requirements. The application can be reviewed at: https://img.exim.gov/s3fs-public/pub/pending/eib-92-51.pdf. Application for Special Buyer 
Credit Limit (SBCL) Under Multi-Buyer Export Credit Insurance Policies.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before February 13, 2023 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically on 
WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail to Ms. Risa Pickle, Export-Import Bank 
of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20571.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Titles and Form Number: EIB 92-51 Application for Special Buyer 
Credit Limit (SBCL) Under Multi-Buyer Export Credit Insurance Policies.
    OMB Number: 3048-0015.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Need and Use: This application provides EXIM Bank with the credit 
information on a foreign buyer credit limit request needed to make a 
determination of eligibility for EXIM Bank support in adherence to 
legislatively required reasonable reassurance of repayment and other 
statutory requirements.
    The changes to this form are intended to improve the sequence and 
layout of the foreign buyer credit questions and add description of the 
drop-down menus.
    Affected Public: This form affects business entities involved in 
the export of U.S. goods and services. The estimated number of 
respondents and the annual hour burden has been lowered to only count 
the new applicants. The estimate of the overall burden to the public 
has been reduced after considering that EXIM automatically processes 
renewals of Special Buyer Credit Limit requests in the Exim Online 
(EOL) system, and, thus, the renewing policyholders don't have to 
manually complete an application.
    The number of respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated time per respondents: 30 minutes.
    The frequency of response: As needed.
    Annual hour burden: 1,000 total hours.
    Government Expenses:
    Reviewing time per hour: 1 hour.
    Responses per year: 2,000.
    Reviewing time per year: 2,000 hours.
    Average Wages per hour: $42.50.
    Average cost per year (time * wages): $ 85,000.
    Benefits and overhead: 20%.
    Total Government Cost: $ 102,000.

Andy Chang,
Director, IT Records Management, Agency Clearance Officer, Office of 
the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-27165 Filed 12-14-22; 8:45 am]
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