2011-30441. Submission for OMB Review; Comments Request

AGENCY:

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

ACTION:

Notice and 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 has prepared an information collection for OMB review and approval and has requested public review and comment on the submission. Comments are being solicited on the need for the information; the accuracy of the Agency's burden estimate; the quality, practical utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize reporting the burden, including automated collected techniques and uses of other forms of technology.

DATES:

Comments must be received within 60 calendar-days of publication of this Notice.

ADDRESSES:

Copies of the subject form may be obtained from the Agency Submitting Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Essie Bryant, Record Manager, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527; [phone].

Summary Form Under Review

Type of Request: Revised form.

Title: Sponsor Disclosure Report.

Form Number: OPIC-129.

Frequency of Use: Once per investor per project.

Type of Respondents: Business or other institution (except farms); not-for-profit institutions.

Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies or citizens investing overseas.

Reporting Hours: 2100 hours (3 hours per response).

Number of Responses: 700 per year.

Federal Cost: $70,574.

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 information provided in the OPIC-129 is used by OPIC as a part of the Character Risk Due Diligence/background check procedure (similar to a commercial bank's Know Your Customer procedure) that it performs on each party that has a significant relationship (5% or more beneficial ownership, provision of significant credit support, significant managerial relationship) to the projects that OPIC finances.

Dated: November 21, 2011.

Nichole Cadiente,

Administrative Counsel, Administrative Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs.