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###### Overseas Private Investment Corporation

          - [OPIC-129; OMB-3420-0018]

# AGENCY:

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comments.

# 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 is modifying and renewing an existing previously approved information collection for OMB review and approval and requests public review and comment on the submission. Comments are being solicited on the need for the information; the accuracy of OPIC'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 sixty (60) calendar days of publication of this Notice.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Mail all comments and requests for copies of the subject form to OPIC's Agency Submitting Officer: James Bobbitt, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527. See                         **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION**                         for other information about filing.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: James Bobbitt, (202)336-8558.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    All mailed comments and requests for copies of the subject form should include form number OPIC-129 on both the envelope and in the subject line of the letter. Electronic comments and requests for copies of the subject form may be sent to                     *James.Bobbitt@opic.gov,*                     subject line OPIC-129.                

## Summary Form Under Review

*Type of Request:*                     Revision of currently approved information collection.                

*Title:*                     Sponsor Disclosure Report.                

*Form Number:*                     OPIC-129.                

*Frequency of Use:*                     One 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.                          ( print page 10523)    

*Reporting Hours:*                     1890 (3 hours per response).                

*Number of Responses:*                     630 per year.                

*Federal Cost:*                     $64,801.80 ($51.43 × 630 × 2).                

*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 information provided in the OPIC-129 is used by OPIC as a part of the Character Risk Due Diligence/background check procedure (similar to a commercial bank's Know Your Customer procedure) that it performs on each party that has a significant relationship (10% or more beneficial ownership, provision of significant credit support, significant managerial relationship) to the projects that OPIC finances. The only change being made is to adjust the threshold from 5% to 10% in order to make OPIC's due diligence process more efficient and less resource intensive without significantly increasing the reputational and project risks associated with OPIC transactions.                

Dated: February 23, 2015.

Nichole Cadiente,

Administrative Counsel, Department of Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 2015-04026 Filed 2-25-15; 8:45 am]

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