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###### Overseas Private Investment Corporation

# AGENCY:

Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

# 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 msut be received on or before July 2, 2001.

# 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:*                         Form Renewal.                    

*Title:*                         Request for Registration for Political Risk Investment Insurance.                    

*Form Number:*                         OPIC-50.                    

*Frequency of USE:*                         Once per investor, per project.                    

*Type of Respondents:*                         Business or other institutions.                    

*Standard Industrial Classification Codes:*                         All.                    

*Description of Affected Public:*                         U.S. companies investing overseas.                    

*Reporting Hours:*1/2                         hour per project.                    

*Number of Responses:*                         850 per year.                    

*Federal Cost:*                         $1,600 per year.                    

*Authority for Information Collection:*                         Sections 231 and 234(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.                    

*Abstract (Needs and Uses):*                         The OPIC 50 form is submitted by eligible investors to register their intent to make international investments, and ultimately, to seek OPIC insurance. By submitting Form 50 to OPIC prior to making an irrevocable commitment, the incentive effect of OPIC is demonstrated.                    

Dated: April 27, 2001.

Rumu Sarkar,

Assistant General Counsel, Administrative Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 01-10956 Filed 5-1-01; 8:45 am]

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