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DOCUMENT ACTION: Request for approval.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Submission for OMB Review

DATES: This 30-day notice is to inform the public, that this collection is being submitted to OMB for approval.

DOCUMENT 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 for OMB review and approval. Comments were solicited in the 60day notice, posted on October 2, 2007, and no comments were received.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Essie Bryant, Record Manager, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20527; (202) 3368563.
Summary Form Under Review

Type of Request: Revised form.

Title: Application for Political Risk Insurance.

Form Number: OPIC52.

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 or citizens investing overseas.

Reporting Hours: 9 hours per project.

Number of Responses: 100 per year.

Federal Cost: $24,300.00.

Authority for Information Collection: Sections 231, 234(a), 239(d), and 240A 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 the project's eligibility for political risk insurance, 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 insurance underwriting analysis.

Dated: December 7, 2007.
John Crowley III,
Senior Counsel, Administrative Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs. [FR Doc. 076030 Filed 121107; 8:45 am]
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