80 FR 43479 - Submission for OMB Review; Comments Request
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 140 (July 22, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 140 (July 22, 2015)
| Page Range | 43479-43479 | |
| FR Document | 2015-17908 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 43479] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-17908] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 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 is submitting an existing collection in use without an OMB control number for OMB review and approval and requests public review and comment on the submission. Comments are being solicited on the need for the information; the accuracy of OPIC'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 sixty (60) calendar days of publication of this Notice. ADDRESSES: Mail all comments and requests for copies of the subject form to OPIC's Agency Submitting Officer: James Bobbitt, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for other information about filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: James Bobbitt, (202)336-8558. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All mailed comments and requests for copies of the subject form should include form number OPIC-257 on both the envelope and in the subject line of the letter. Electronic comments and requests for copies of the subject form may be sent to [email protected], subject line OPIC-257. Summary Form Under Review Type of Request: Approval for existing collection in use without an OMB control number. Title: Enterprise Development Network Project Information Questionnaire. Form Number: OPIC-257 Frequency of Use: Once per applicant per project. The form is used to generate online sales leads. It is completed by the applicant and the information collected is routed to OPIC-affiliated Loan Originators. Applicants may make multiple submissions of the same project information, but the overwhelming majority submit once per applicant per project. Type of Respondents: Business or other institutions; individuals. Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All. Description of Affected Public: Companies or citizens investing overseas. Reporting Hours: 16 hours (5 minutes per form). Number of Responses: 192 per year. Federal Cost: $0. Automated leads are generated and sent to OPIC Affiliates for review, prequalification and action. Authority for Information Collection: Sections 231; 234(b); and 234(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. Abstract (Needs and Uses): The Project Information Questionnaire is the principal document used by OPIC's Enterprise Development Network (EDN) to collect project and contact information. These leads are routed to a network of approved Loan Originators. After review, Loan Originators can contact the project sponsors and offer assistance in the preparation and submission of OPIC loan applications. Dated: July 17, 2015. Nichole Skoyles, Administrative Counsel, Department of Legal Affairs. [FR Doc. 2015-17908 Filed 7-21-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3210-01-P
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generic clearance if it meets the of a sensitive nature, such as sexual Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527.
following conditions: behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
• The collections are voluntary; and other matters that are commonly other information about filing.
• The collections are low-burden for considered private. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
respondents (based on considerations of OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: James
total burden hours, total number of Summary Form Under Review
Bobbitt, (202)336–8558.
respondents, or burden-hours per Type of Request: Approval of a new
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All mailed
respondent) and are low-cost for both information collection.
comments and requests for copies of the
the respondents and the Federal Title: Generic Clearance for the
subject form should include form
Government; Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
number OPIC–257 on both the envelope
• The collections are non- Agency Service Delivery.
Form Number: OPIC–258. and in the subject line of the letter.
controversial and do not raise issues of
Description of Affected Public: U.S. Electronic comments and requests for
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the companies or citizens investing copies of the subject form may be sent
solicitation of opinions from overseas. to James.Bobbitt@opic.gov, subject line
respondents who have experience with Estimated Number of Reponses: 40. OPIC–257.
the program or may have experience Average Expected Annual Number of Summary Form Under Review
with the program in the near future; Activities: 1.
• Personally identifiable information Average Number of Respondents per Type of Request: Approval for existing
(PII) is collected only to the extent Activity: 40. collection in use without an OMB
necessary and is not retained; Annual Number of Responses: 40. control number.
• Information gathered will be used Frequency of Response: Once per Title: Enterprise Development
only internally for general service request. Network Project Information
improvement and program management Burden Hours: 6.6 hours. Questionnaire.
Form Number: OPIC–257
purposes and is not intended for release Dated: July 15, 2015.
Frequency of Use: Once per applicant
outside of the agency; Nichole Skoyles,
• Information gathered will not be per project. The form is used to generate
Administrative Counsel, Department of Legal online sales leads. It is completed by the
used for the purpose of substantially Affairs.
informing influential policy decisions; applicant and the information collected
[FR Doc. 2015–17901 Filed 7–21–15; 8:45 am] is routed to OPIC-affiliated Loan
and
• Information gathered will yield
BILLING CODE 3210–01–P Originators. Applicants may make
qualitative information; the collections multiple submissions of the same
will not be designed or expected to project information, but the
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT overwhelming majority submit once per
yield statistically reliable results or used CORPORATION
as though the results are generalizable to applicant per project.
the population of study. Type of Respondents: Business or
Submission for OMB Review; other institutions; individuals.
Feedback collected under this generic Comments Request
clearance provides useful information, Standard Industrial Classification
but it does not yield data that can be AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment Codes: All.
generalized to the overall population. Corporation (OPIC). Description of Affected Public:
This type of generic clearance for ACTION: Notice and request for Companies or citizens investing
qualitative information will not be used comments. overseas.
Reporting Hours: 16 hours (5 minutes
for quantitative information collections
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the per form).
that are designed to yield reliably
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Number of Responses: 192 per year.
actionable results, such as monitoring Federal Cost: $0. Automated leads are
trends over time or documenting chapter 35), agencies are required to
publish a Notice in the Federal Register generated and sent to OPIC Affiliates for
program performance. Such data uses review, prequalification and action.
require more rigorous designs that notifying the public that the agency is
submitting an existing collection in use Authority for Information Collection:
address: The target population to which Sections 231; 234(b); and 234(c) of the
generalizations will be made, the without an OMB control number for
OMB review and approval and requests Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
sampling frame, the sample design amended.
(including stratification and clustering), public review and comment on the
submission. Comments are being Abstract (Needs and Uses): The
the precision requirements or power Project Information Questionnaire is the
calculations that justify the proposed solicited on the need for the
information; the accuracy of OPIC’s principal document used by OPIC’s
sample size, the expected response rate, Enterprise Development Network (EDN)
methods for assessing potential non- burden estimate; the quality, practical
utility, and clarity of the information to to collect project and contact
response bias, the protocols for data information. These leads are routed to a
collection, and any testing procedures be collected; and ways to minimize
reporting the burden, including network of approved Loan Originators.
that were or will be undertaken prior to After review, Loan Originators can
fielding the study. Depending on the automated collected techniques and
uses of other forms of technology. contact the project sponsors and offer
degree of influence the results are likely assistance in the preparation and
to have, such collections may still be DATES: Comments must be received
submission of OPIC loan applications.
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eligible for submission for other generic within sixty (60) calendar days of
mechanisms that are designed to yield publication of this Notice. Dated: July 17, 2015.
quantitative results. ADDRESSES: Mail all comments and Nichole Skoyles,
As a general matter, information requests for copies of the subject form Administrative Counsel, Department of Legal
collections will not result in any new to OPIC’s Agency Submitting Officer: Affairs.
system of records containing privacy James Bobbitt, Overseas Private [FR Doc. 2015–17908 Filed 7–21–15; 8:45 am]
information and will not ask questions Investment Corporation, 1100 New York BILLING CODE 3210–01–P
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice and request for comments. | |
| Dates | Comments must be received within sixty (60) calendar days of publication of this Notice. | |
| Contact | OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: James Bobbitt, (202)336-8558. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 43479 |
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