Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22609-22610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10527]


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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

[Public Notice 37]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the United States.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C., Chapter 35), the Export-Import Bank of the United States is 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve both an extension and revision to several insurance 
forms which will all expire on May 31, 1999. The Export-Import Bank of 
the United States (Ex-Im Bank) provides a variety of export credit 
insurance policies to exporters and institutions financing exports. The 
forms covering these policies are the applications for insurance which 
incorporate questionnaires and certificates. They provide information 
which allows the Bank to obtain legislatively required reasonable 
assurance of repayment and they fulfill other statutory requirements. 
The forms EIB 92-34, -41, -45, -48, -50, -64, and 92-79 now request, 
but do not require, gender and ethnic identification. EIB Form 92-48 
has been revised to include Ex-Im Bank guidelines describing standards 
of creditworthiness for foreign obligors and, under certain 
circumstances, the form will require demonstration that such standards 
are met. The revisions to EIB 92-48 will probably result in a longer 
response time. All of the forms require a three-year extension. A 
request for public comment on this was published in 64 FR, 6654, 
February 10, 1999. No comments were received.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before May 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments or requests for additional 
information to OMB Desk Officer Jeffrey Hill, Office of Management and 
Budget, Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20503, (202) 395-3176.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Garcia (202) 565-3335.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following Ex-Im Bank forms (all with OMB 
Control Number 3048-0009) encompass a variety of export credit 
insurance policies. They affect all entities involved in the export of 
U.S. goods and services including exporters, banks, insurance brokers 
and non-profit or state and local governments acting as facilitators.
    1. Application for Quotation Export Credit Insurance Commercial 
Bank Insureds, EIB 92-34.
    2. Application for Short-Term Single-Buyer Coverage Financial 
Institution Buyer Credit Policies, EIB 92-41.
    3. Financing or Operating Lease Converge Explanation of Application 
Form for Export Credit Insurance, EIB 92-45.
    4. Application for Multibuyer Export Credit Insurance Policy, EIB 
92-50.
    5. Application for Short-Term Single-Buyer Policy (For Exporters 
Only), EIB 92-64.
    6. Application for Export Credit Insurance Umbrella Policy, EIB 92-
72.
    7. Broker Registration Form, EIB 92-79.
    8. Application for Export Credit Medium Term Insurance (Capital 
Goods and Services Only), EIB 92-48.
    The notice currently being submitted to OMB lists the following 
information: (1) the titles of the information collections proposed; 
(2) the Office of the agency to collect the information; (3) the OMB 
approval number; (4) the description of the need for the

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information and its proposed use; (5) the agency form numbers; (6) what 
members of the public will be affected by the proposals; (6) how 
frequently information submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of 
the total number of hours needed to prepare the information submission 
including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of 
responses; (9) whether the proposal, in each case, is an extension or 
revision of the information collection. In addition the following 
burden statement has been submitted to OMB:
    Type of Request: Revision and extension of expiration date.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.
    Frequency of Reporting or Use: Applications submitted one time; 
renewals annually.

    Dated: April 22, 1999.
Daniel A. Garcia,
Agency Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-10527 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am]
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