[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1704-1705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-544]


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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

ACTION:  Request for comments.

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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 has prepared an 
information collection request for OMB review and approval and has 
requested public review and comment on the submission. OPIC published 
its first Federal Register Notice on this information collection 
request on October 24, 2000, in 65 FR #0206, p. 63640, at which time a 
60-calendar day comment period was announced. This comment period ended 
December 26, 2000. 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, 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 within 30 calendar days of this 
Notice.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form and the request for review 
submitted to OMB may be obtained from the Agency Submitting Officer. 
Comments on the form should be submitted to the OMB Reviewer.

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.
    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 of Form Under Review

    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Title: Political Risk Insurance Survey.
    Form Number: OPIC 233.
    Frequency of Use: Once per client.
    Type of Respondents: Individual business officer representatives of 
business institutions.

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    Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All.
    Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies or citizens 
investing overseas.
    Reporting Hours: 1 hour per client.
    Number of Responses: 480.
    Federal Cost: $0.
    Authority for Information Collection: Section 234A, of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
    Abstract (Needs and Uses): OPIC is sponsoring a survey to identify 
trends relating to its clients' experiences with political risk in 
emerging markets. The survey results will not only help OPIC identify 
new products and opportunities to fulfill its mandate to insure 
investments overseas against a broad range of political risks, but will 
also provide valuable information to the political risk insurance 
industry, thereby helping the industry to enhance its programs.

    January 3, 2001.
Rumu Sarkar,
Assistant General Counsel, Department of Legal Affairs.
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