Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 38 / Friday, February 27, 2009 / Notices 8941 

This notice issued February 25, 2009. 

Stephen Llewellyn, 

Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. E9–4369 Filed 2–25–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

[Public Notice 108] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank, as a 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The form will be used by 

Banks to apply for comprehensive or 

political insurance coverage on foreign 

banks for letter of credit transactions. 

Our customers will be able to submit 

this form on paper or electronically. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 28, 2009 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments and 

requests for additional information to 

Walter Kosciow, Export-Import Bank of 

the U.S., 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571, (202) 565–3649. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and Form Number: 

Export-Import Bank of the United 

States Application for Issuing Bank 

Credit Limit (IBCL) Under Bank Letter 

of Credit Policy, EIB 92–36. 

OMB Number: 3048–0016. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Need and Use: The information 

requested enables the applicant to 

provide Ex-Im Bank with the 

information necessary to process credit 

risk applications involving foreign letter 

of credit issuing banks. 

Affected Public: The form affects 

entities involved in the export of U.S. 

goods and services. 

Estimated Annual Respondents: 371. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 124 hours. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use: 1 to 12 

times per year depending on the 

particular respondent’s need/risk 

portfolio. 

Solomon Bush, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–4220 Filed 2–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

[Public Notice 107] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank) provides 

working capital guarantees to lenders. In 

assessing the creditworthiness of an 

applicant, we review EIB/SBA Form 84– 

1. This form provides information 

which allows Ex-Im Bank to obtain 

legislatively required reasonable 

assurance of repayment, as well as to 

fulfill other statutory requirements. The 

following changes have been made to 

the form by the SBA: a field for the Email address; a field for the County (of 

business); an increase in selection for 

race; a change in reference to the Code 

of Federal Regulations for the 

Debarment/Suspension paragraph; a 

change in the agreements paragraph 

(Part C, Section 1) from ‘‘SBA form 159’’ 

to ‘‘SBA form 159(7a)’’ and the addition 

of the following provision: ‘‘Each 

proprietor, each general partner, each 

limited partner, member or stockholder 

owning 20% or more, each guarantor 

and the spouse, when applicable, of 

each of these must sign. * * * Attach a 

separate sheet of paper, if necessary.’’ 

Additionally, SBA added the following 

notices: (1) The Flood Disaster 

Protection Act, (2) Executive Orders— 

Floodplain Management and Wetland 

Protection, (3) the Occupational Safety 

and Health Act, (4) Civil Rights 

Legislation, (5) the Equal Credit 

Opportunity Act, (8) Executive Order 

11738—Environmental Protection, (9) 

the Immigration Reform and Control Act 

of 1986, and (10) the Lead-Based Paint 

Poisoning Prevention Act. One item was 

deleted from the checklist of 

information to be attached, #16, SBA 

form 1261. Also added into the notices 

section were the ‘‘Statements Required 

by Law and Executive Order’’, which 

applies to both Ex-Im Bank and SBA. 

Notices on the Debt Collection Act of 

1982 and the Deficit Reduction Act of 

1984, the Freedom of Information Act 

and the Right to Financial Privacy Act 

of 1978 were added and are applicable 

to customers of Ex-Im Bank and SBA. 

Ex-Im Bank made the following 

changes: in the Guarantor and 

Additional Borrower Representations 

and Certifications section ‘‘(SBA 

Applicants only), (for subsection b)’’ 

was added. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 28, 2009 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Ex-Im Bank Customers 

direct all comments and requests for 

additional information to Smaro 

Karakatsanis, Loan Officer, Business 

Credit Division, Export-Import Bank of 

the U.S., 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571 (202) 565–3943, 

(800) 565–3946, extension 3943, or 

smark.karakatsanis@exim.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles and Form Numbers: U.S. Small 

Business Administration, Export-Import 

Bank of the United States Joint 

Application for Working Capital 

Guarantee. 

OMB Number: 3048–0003. 

Form Number: EIB–SBA 84–1. 

Type of Review: Revision and 

extension of expiration date. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 673. 

Export-Import Bank: 496. 

Small Business Administration: 177. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.5 

Hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,682.5. 

Export-Import Bank: 1,240.0. 

Small Business Administration: 442.5. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use: Upon 

application for guarantees of working 

capital loans advanced by the lenders to 

U.S. exporters. 

Dated: February 24, 2009. 

Solomon Bush, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

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