Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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

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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 August 9,

1996, in 61 FR 155, at which time a 60 calendar day comment period was

announced. This comment period ended October 8, 1996. 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

Lena Paulsen, Manager, Information Center, Overseas Private

Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 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 NW., Washington, DC 20503, 202/

395-5871.

SUMMARY OF FORM UNDER REVIEW:

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Title: Self Monitoring Questionnaire.

Form Number: OPIC-162.

Frequency of Use: Annually.

Type of Respondents: Business or other individuals.

Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies assisted by OPIC.

Reporting Hours: 2 hours per form.

Number of Responses: 180 annually.

Federal Cost: $2,700 annually.

Authority for Information Collection: Section 231(k)2, of the

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The questionnaire is completed by OPIC-

assisted investors annually. The questionnaire allows OPIC's assessment

of effects of OPIC-assisted projects on the U.S. economy and

employment, as well as on the environment and economic development

abroad.

Dated: October 9, 1996.

James R. Offutt,

Assistant General Counsel, Department of Legal Affairs.

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