[Federal Register: January 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 10)]
[Notices]               
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

 
January 29, 2008 Annual Public Hearing

    Time and Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 2 p.m.
    Place: Offices of the Corporation, Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 
New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    Status: Hearing OPEN to the Public at 2 p.m.
    Purpose: Annual Public Hearing to afford an opportunity for any 
person to present views regarding the activities of the Corporation.

Procedures

    Individuals wishing to address the hearing orally must provide 
advance notice to OPIC's Corporate Secretary no later than 5 p.m., 
Wednesday, January 23, 2008. The notice must include the individual's 
name, organization, address and telephone number, and a concise summary 
of the subject matter to be presented.
    Oral presentations may not exceed ten (10) minutes. The time for 
individual presentations may be reduced proportionately, if necessary, 
to afford all participants who have submitted a timely request to 
participate, an opportunity to be heard.
    Participants wishing to submit a written statement for the record 
must submit a copy of such statement to OPIC's Corporate Secretary no 
later than 5 p.m., Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Such statements must be 
typewritten, double-spaced and may not exceed twenty-five (25) pages.
    Upon receipt of the required notice, OPIC will prepare an agenda 
for the hearing identifying speakers, setting forth the subject on 
which each participant will speak, and the time allotted for each 
presentation. The agenda will be available at the hearing.

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    A written summary of the hearing will be compiled, and such summary 
will be made available, upon written request to OPIC's Corporate 
Secretary, at the cost of reproduction.
    Contact Person for Information: Information on the hearing may be 
obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 336-8438, via facsimile at (202) 
408-0136, or via e-mail at cdown@opic.gov.
    Supplementary Information: OPIC is a U.S. Government agency that 
provides, on a commercial basis, political risk insurance and financing 
in friendly developing countries and emerging democracies for 
environmentally sound projects that confer positive developmental 
benefits upon the project country while creating employment in the U.S. 
OPIC is required by section 231A(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended (the ``Act'') to hold at least one public hearing each 
year.

    Dated: January 11, 2008.
Connie M. Downs,
OPIC Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 08-119 Filed 1-11-08; 1:17 pm]

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