[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30338-30339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14356]
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment Corporation, IDCA.
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 March 21, 1997, in 62 FR 13589, at which time a 60-calendar
day comment period was announced. This comment period ended on May 21,
1997. No comments were received in response to the notice.
This information collection submission has not been solicited 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 collected techniques and uses of other forms of technology.
The proposed form under review is summarized below.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 3, 1997.
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: Lena Paulsen, Manager, Information
Center, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20527; 202/336-8565.
OMB Reviewer: Victoria Wassmer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20503, 202/395-5871.
Summary of Form Under Review
Type of Request: New form.
Title: Small Business Application for Financing.
Form Number: OPIC 220.
Frequency of Use: Once per investor per project.
Type of Respondents: Business or other institutions (except farms);
individuals.
Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All.
Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies or citizens
investing overseas.
Reporting Hours: 3 hours per project.
Number of Responses: 100 per year.
Federal Cost: $3,000.00 per year.
Authority for Information Collection: Sections 231 and 234 (b) and
(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
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Abstract (Needs and Uses): The application is sent to U.S.
companies requesting information concerning OPIC's finance program. The
information provided by these companies is reviewed by OPIC finance
officers to determine the soundness of the proposed project and the
applicants qualification for receiving OPIC financial assistance.
Dated: May 22, 1997.
James R. Offutt,
Assistant General Counsel, Department of Legal Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-14356 Filed 6-2-97; 8:45 am]
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