[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26298]


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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 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 
September 23, 2004, in Vol. 69, No. 184, page 57102, at which time a 
60-day comment period was announced. This comment period ended November 
22, 2004. 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; the accuracy of the Agency's burden estimate; the quality, 
practical utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
on ways to minimize the reporting burden, including automated 
collection techniques and uses of other forms of technology. The 
proposed form under review, OMB control number 3420-0019, is summarized 
below.

DATES: Comments must be received within 30 calendar days of publication 
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 
Agency submitting officer.

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 Insurance & Finance 
Projects.
    Form Number: OPIC-162.
    Frequency of Use: Annually for duration of project.
    Type of Respondents: Business or other institution (except farms); 
individuals.
    Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies or citizens 
investing overseas.
    Reporting Hours: 8.5 hours per project.
    Number of Responses: 300 per year.
    Federal Cost: $23,919.
    Authority for Information Collection: Sections 231, 234(a), 239(d), 
and 240A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend.
    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: November 23, 2004.
Eli Landy,
Senior Counsel, Administrative Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-26298 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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