Federal Register: March 26, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 58)

DOCID: FR Doc 03-7158

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Overseas Private Investment Corporation

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Request for comments.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DATES: Comments must be received within 30 calendar days of this notice.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

Under the provision 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 Agency is preparing an information collection request for OMB review and approval and to request public review and comment on the submission.

At OPIC's request, OMB is reviewing this information collection for emergency processing for 90 days, under OMB control number 34200020.

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.

SUMMARY:

Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Bruce Campbell, Record Manager, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20572; 2023368563.
Summary Form Under Review

Type of Request: Revised form.

Title: Expedited Screening Questionnaire OnLending Transactions.

Form Number: OPIC 168.

Frequency of Use: Once 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 investing overseas.

Reporting Hours: 3.5 hours per project.

Number of Responses: 300 per year.

Federal Cost: $15,750.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The application is the principal document used by OPIC to determine the investor's and the project's eligibility for debt financing, assess the environmental impact and developmental effects of the project, measure the economic effects for the U.S. and the host country economy, and collect information for underwriting analysis.

Dated: March 20, 2003.
Eli Landy,
Senior Counsel & FOIA Director.
[FR Doc. 037158 Filed 32503; 8:45 am]
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