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**AGENCY:**
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
**ACTION:**
Request for approval from OMB.
**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 for OMB review and approval.
**DATES:**
This 30-day notice is to inform the public, that this collection is being submitted to OMB for approval.
**ADDRESSES:**
Copies of the subject form may be obtained from the Agency Submitting Officer.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
*OPIC Agency Submitting Officer:* Essie Bryant, Record Manager, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20527; (202) 336-8563.
*SUMMARY FORM UNDER REVIEW:*
*Type of Request:* Extension, without change, of a currently approved collection.
*Title:* Expedited Screening Questionnaire (ESQ)—Downstream Investments.
*Form Number:* OPIC 168A & B.
*Frequency of Use:* OPIC-supported financial intermediaries will complete Form 168A and 168B for each company in which they propose to invest. Form could be used by any given OPIC-supported financial intermediary between 3-4 times per year depending on the number investments the financial intermediary intends to consummate in a given year.
*Type of Respondents:* Business or other for-profit institutions.
*Standard Industrial Classification Codes:* All.
*Description of Affected Public:* U.S. companies or citizens investing overseas.
*Standard Industrial Classification Codes:* All.
*Description of Affected Public:* U.S. companies or citizens investing overseas.
*Reporting Hours:* One hour per project.
*Number of Responses:* 63 per year.
*Federal Cost:* $1,280.00 per year.
*Authority for Information Collection:* Sections 231, 234(a), 239(d), and 240A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
*Abstract (Needs and Uses):* Form 168A and 168B is the principal document used by OPIC to determine OPIC-supported financial intermediaries' compliance with OPIC economic, environmental, labor rights, and human rights policies.
Dated: June 23, 2011.
Nicole Cadiente,
Administrative Counsel, Department of Legal Affairs.