32896 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 115 /Tuesday, June 16, 1998 / Notices

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA).

DATES: Comments on the proposed

information collection must be received

by August 17, 1998, to be assured of

consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,

1951 Constitution Ave, NW, Room 210–

SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Comments

may also be submitted electronically to

jtreleas@osmre.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information and related form, contact

John A. Trelease, at (202) 208–2783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implementing provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13), require that interested

members of the public and affected

agencies have an opportunity to

comment on information collection and

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies

information collections that OSM will

be submitting to OMB for approval. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and

a person is not required to respond to,

a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. The OMB control number for

this collection of information will be

placed on the forms along with the

expiration date once assigned by OMB.

OSM will request a 3-year term of

approval for this information collection

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) The

need for the collection of information

for the performance of the functions of

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility and clarity

of the information collection; and (4)

ways to minimize the information

collection burden on respondents, such

as use of automated means of collection

of the information. A summary of the

public comments will accompany

OSM’s submission of the information

collection request to OMB.

This notice provides the public with

60 days in which to comment on the

following information collection

activity:

Title: Technical Evaluations Series.

OMB Control Number: 1029–NEW.

Summary: The series of surveys are

needed to ensure that technical

assistance activities, technology transfer

activities and technical forums are

useful for those who participate or

receive the assistance. Specifically,

representatives from State and Tribal

regulatory and reclamation authorities,

representatives of industry,

environmental or citizen groups, or the

public, are the recipients of the

assistance or participants in these

forums. These surveys will be the

primary means through which OSM

evaluates its performance in meeting the

performance goals outlined in its annual

plans developed pursuant to the

Government Performance and Results

Act.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once.

Description of Respondents: 26 State

and Tribal governments, industry

organizations and individuals who

request information or assistance.

Total Annual Responses: 1,600.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 267.

Dated: June 11, 1998.

Kathryn S. O’Toole,

Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

[FR Doc. 98–15945 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COOPERATION AGENCY

Overseas Private Investment

Corporation Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment

Corporation, IDCA.

ACTION: 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

preparing an information collection

request for OMB review and approval

and to request public review and

comment on the submission. Comments

are 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

under review is summarized below.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 17, 1998.

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: Carol

Brock, Records Manager, Overseas

Private Investment Corporation, 1100

New York Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20527; 202/336–8563.

summary of form under review

Type of Request: Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval

is expiring.

Title: Application for Financing.

Form Number: OPIC–115.

Frequency of Use: Once per investor

per project.

Type of Respondents: Business or

other institutions; 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: 300 per year.

Federal Cost: $14,796 per year.

Authority for Information Collection:

Sections 231 and 234(b) and (c) of the

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The

application is the principal document

used by OPIC to determine the

investor’s and project’s eligibility, assess

the environmental impact and

developmental effects of the project,

measure the economic effects for the

United States and the host country

economy, and collect information for

underwriting analysis.

Dated: June 10, 1998.

James R. Offutt,

Assistant General Counsel, Department of

Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–15922 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Civil Division; Agency Information

Collection Activities; Proposed

Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Review; Reinstatement, without

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired; Claims Under the Radiation

Exposure Act.

The Justice Department’s, Civil

Division has submitted the following

information collection request for

review and clearance in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. This proposed information

collection is published to obtain

comments from the public and affected

agencies. Comments are encouraged and

will be accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until

August 17, 1998.