81_FR_5526 81 FR 5505 - Submission for OMB Review; Comments Request

81 FR 5505 - Submission for OMB Review; Comments Request

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 21 (February 2, 2016)

Page Range5505-5505
FR Document2016-01859

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 modifying an existing information collection 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 collection techniques and uses of other forms of technology. The proposed change to OPIC-162 clarifies existing questions, incorporates sector-specific development impact questions and eliminates ineffective questions in an effort to harmonize development impact indicators with other Development Finance Institutions (``DFIs''). OPIC is a signatory to a ``Memorandum of Understanding'' with 25 partnering DFIs to harmonize development impact metrics where possible. The goal of this effort is to reduce the reporting burden on clients that receive financing from multiple DFIs and to instill best practices in the collection and the reporting on OPIC's developmental impacts. To minimize the reporting burden on respondents, OPIC has designed OPIC-162 as an electronic form with questions populating only if they relate to a project.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016) 
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

[OPIC-162, OMB 3420-0019]


Submission for OMB Review; Comments Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

ACTION: Notice and 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 is modifying an existing 
information collection 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 collection techniques and uses of other forms of technology.
    The proposed change to OPIC-162 clarifies existing questions, 
incorporates sector-specific development impact questions and 
eliminates ineffective questions in an effort to harmonize development 
impact indicators with other Development Finance Institutions 
(``DFIs''). OPIC is a signatory to a ``Memorandum of Understanding'' 
with 25 partnering DFIs to harmonize development impact metrics where 
possible. The goal of this effort is to reduce the reporting burden on 
clients that receive financing from multiple DFIs and to instill best 
practices in the collection and the reporting on OPIC's developmental 
impacts. To minimize the reporting burden on respondents, OPIC has 
designed OPIC-162 as an electronic form with questions populating only 
if they relate to a project.

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-162 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-162.

SUMMARY FORM UNDER REVIEW

    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Title: Self-Monitoring Questionnaire.
    Form Number: OPIC-162.
    Frequency of Use: One per investor per project annually.
    Type of Respondents: Business or other institutions and 
individuals.
    Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All.
    Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies or citizens 
investing overseas.
    Reporting Hours: 2,186 (4.7 hours per form).
    Number of Responses: 465 per year.
    Federal Cost: $48,518.
    Authority for Information Collection: Sections 231, 231A, 239(d), 
and 240A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
    Abstract (Needs and Uses): The Self-Monitoring Questionnaire is the 
principal document used by OPIC to monitor the developmental effects of 
OPIC's investment projects, monitor the economic effects on the U.S. 
economy, and collect information on compliance with environmental and 
labor policies.

    Dated: January 27, 2016.
Nichole Skoyles,
Administrative Counsel, Department of Legal Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-01859 Filed 2-1-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2016 / Notices 5505 No significant hazards consideration DATES: Comments must be received OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND comments received: Yes. The comment within sixty (60) calendar days of TECHNOLOGY POLICY received on Amendment No. 278 is publication of this Notice. addressed in the Safety Evaluation Nanotechnology Commercialization dated January 7, 2016. ADDRESSES: Mail all comments and Success Stories requests for copies of the subject form Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day to OPIC’s Agency Submitting Officer: ACTION: Request for information. of January 2016. James Bobbitt, Overseas Private For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Investment Corporation, 1100 New York SUMMARY: The purpose of this Request Anne T. Boland, for Information (RFI) is to seek examples Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527. Director, Division of Operating Reactor of commercialization success stories See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor stemming from U.S. Government- other information about filing. Regulation. funded nanotechnology research and [FR Doc. 2016–01771 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: development (R&D) since the inception BILLING CODE 7590–01–P OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: James of the National Nanotechnology Bobbitt, (202) 336–8558. Initiative (NNI) in 2001. The information gathered in response to this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All mailed RFI may be used as examples to OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT comments and requests for copies of the highlight the impact of the Initiative or CORPORATION subject form should include form to inform future activities to promote number OPIC–162 on both the envelope the commercialization of federally [OPIC–162, OMB 3420–0019] and in the subject line of the letter. funded nanotechnology R&D. Electronic comments and requests for Depending on the nature of the Submission for OMB Review; copies of the subject form may be sent Comments Request feedback, responses may be used to to James.Bobbitt@opic.gov, subject line shape the agenda for a workshop to AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment OPIC–162. share best practices and showcase Corporation (OPIC). SUMMARY FORM UNDER REVIEW commercial nanotechnology-enabled ACTION: Notice and request for products and services. Commercial comments. Type of Request: Revision of a entities, academic institutions, currently approved information government laboratories, and SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the collection. individuals who have participated in Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. federally funded R&D; collaborated with Title: Self-Monitoring Questionnaire. chapter 35), agencies are required to Federal laboratories; utilized federally publish a Notice in the Federal Register Form Number: OPIC–162. funded user facilities for nanoscale notifying the public that the agency is Frequency of Use: One per investor fabrication, characterization, and/or modifying an existing information per project annually. simulation; or have otherwise benefited collection for OMB review and approval from NNI agency resources are invited Type of Respondents: Business or and requests public review and to respond. other institutions and individuals. comment on the submission. Comments DATES: Responses are requested by are being solicited on the need for the Standard Industrial Classification February 29, 2016. information; the accuracy of OPIC’s Codes: All. ADDRESSES: You may submit responses burden estimate; the quality, practical Description of Affected Public: U.S. by any of the following methods (email utility, and clarity of the information to companies or citizens investing is preferred): be collected; and ways to minimize overseas. • Email: NNISuccessStories@ reporting the burden, including nnco.nano.gov. Include [NNI Success automated collection techniques and Reporting Hours: 2,186 (4.7 hours per form). Story] in the subject line of the message. uses of other forms of technology. • Mail: Mike Kiley, National The proposed change to OPIC–162 Number of Responses: 465 per year. Nanotechnology Coordination Office, clarifies existing questions, incorporates Federal Cost: $48,518. ATTN: RFI0116, 4201 Wilson Blvd., sector-specific development impact Stafford II, Suite 405, Arlington, VA Authority for Information Collection: questions and eliminates ineffective 22230. If submitting a response by mail, questions in an effort to harmonize Sections 231, 231A, 239(d), and 240A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as allow sufficient time for mail development impact indicators with processing. other Development Finance Institutions amended. Instructions: Submissions are limited (‘‘DFIs’’). OPIC is a signatory to a Abstract (Needs and Uses): The Self- to five pages, one of which we strongly ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding’’ with Monitoring Questionnaire is the recommend be an overview slide using 25 partnering DFIs to harmonize principal document used by OPIC to the template provided at www.nano.gov/ development impact metrics where monitor the developmental effects of NNISuccessStories. Responses must be possible. The goal of this effort is to OPIC’s investment projects, monitor the unclassified and should not contain any reduce the reporting burden on clients economic effects on the U.S. economy, sensitive personally identifiable that receive financing from multiple and collect information on compliance information (such as home address or DFIs and to instill best practices in the with environmental and labor policies. social security number), or information wgreen on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES collection and the reporting on OPIC’s Dated: January 27, 2016. that might be considered proprietary or developmental impacts. To minimize confidential). 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesComments must be received within sixty (60) calendar days of publication of this Notice.
ContactOPIC Agency Submitting Officer: James Bobbitt, (202) 336-8558.
FR Citation81 FR 5505 
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