83_FR_2836 83 FR 2823 - Sunshine Act: OPIC Annual Public Hearing

83 FR 2823 - Sunshine Act: OPIC Annual Public Hearing

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 13 (January 19, 2018)

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FR Document2018-01006

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-01006]


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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION


Sunshine Act: OPIC Annual Public Hearing

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 8, 2018.

PLACE: Offices of the Corporation, Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New 
York Avenue NW, Washington, DC.

STATUS: Hearing OPEN to the Public at 10 a.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. Thursday, February 22, 2018. The notice must include the 
individual's name, title, organization, address, email, 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 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. Thursday, February 22, 2018. Such statement 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.
    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 Catherine F.I. Andrade at (202) 336-8768, or via email at 
[email protected].

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 17, 2018.
Catherine F.I. Andrade,
OPIC Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01006 Filed 1-17-18; 11:15 am]
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                                               presenters should provide the Cognizant                 PURPOSE:  Annual Public Hearing to                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                               ACRS Staff with a CD containing each                    afford an opportunity for any person to                COMMISSION
                                               presentation at least 30 minutes before                 present views regarding the activities of
                                                                                                                                                              [Release No. 34–82498; File No. SR–
                                               the meeting.                                            the Corporation.                                       NYSEAMER–2017–26]
                                                  In accordance with Subsection 10(d)
                                               of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C.                       PROCEDURES:    Individuals wishing to
                                                                                                       address the hearing orally must provide                Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
                                               552b(c), certain portions of this meeting                                                                      American LLC; Order Approving a
                                               may be closed, as specifically noted                    advance notice to OPIC’s Corporate
                                                                                                                                                              Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule
                                               above. Use of still, motion picture, and                Secretary no later than 5 p.m. Thursday,
                                                                                                                                                              971.1NY To Amend the Duration of a
                                               television cameras during the meeting                   February 22, 2018. The notice must                     Customer Best Execution Auction
                                               may be limited to selected portions of                  include the individual’s name, title,
                                               the meeting as determined by the                        organization, address, email, telephone                January 12, 2018.
                                               Chairman. Electronic recordings will be                 number, and a concise summary of the                   I. Introduction
                                               permitted only during the open portions                 subject matter to be presented.
                                                                                                                                                                 On November 17, 2017, NYSE
                                               of the meeting.                                            Oral presentations may not exceed ten               American LLC (‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE
                                                  ACRS meeting agendas, meeting                        (10) minutes. The time for individual                  American’’) filed with the Securities
                                               transcripts, and letter reports are                     presentations may be reduced                           and Exchange Commission
                                               available through the NRC Public                        proportionately, if necessary, to afford               (‘‘Commission’’) pursuant to Section
                                               Document Room at pdr.resource@                          all participants who have submitted a                  19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
                                               nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at 1–800–                timely request an opportunity to be                    of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
                                               397–4209, or from the Publicly                          heard.                                                 thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to
                                               Available Records System (PARS)
                                                                                                          Participants wishing to submit a                    amend Rule 971.1NY (Electronic Cross
                                               component of NRC’s document system
                                                                                                       written statement for the record must                  Transactions) to modify the parameters
                                               (ADAMS) which is accessible from the
                                                                                                       submit a copy of such statement to                     for the duration of a Customer Best
                                               NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/
                                                                                                       OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no later than               Execution (‘‘CUBE’’) Auction. The
                                               reading-rm/adams.html or http://
                                                                                                       5 p.m. Thursday, February 22, 2018.                    proposed rule change was published for
                                               www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
                                                                                                       Such statement must be typewritten,                    comment in the Federal Register on
                                               collections/ACRS/.
                                                                                                       double-spaced, and may not exceed                      December 4, 2017.3 The Commission
                                                  Video teleconferencing service is
                                                                                                       twenty-five (25) pages.                                received no comment letters on the
                                               available for observing open sessions of
                                                                                                                                                              proposed rule change. This order
                                               ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use                        Upon receipt of the required notice,                approves the proposed rule change.
                                               this service should contact Mr. Theron                  OPIC will prepare an agenda for the
                                               Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician                     hearing identifying speakers, setting                  II. Description of the Proposed Rule
                                               (301–415–6702), between 7:30 a.m. and                   forth the subject on which each                        Change
                                               3:45 p.m. (ET), at least 10 days before                 participant will speak, and the time                      CUBE is a process by which an ATP
                                               the meeting to ensure the availability of               allotted for each presentation. The                    Holder may electronically submit for
                                               this service. Individuals or                            agenda will be available at the hearing.               execution an order it represents as agent
                                               organizations requesting this service                                                                          (‘‘CUBE Order’’) against principal
                                               will be responsible for telephone line                     A written summary of the hearing will
                                                                                                                                                              interest or against any other order it
                                               charges and for providing the                           be compiled, and such summary will be
                                                                                                                                                              represents as agent.4 When the
                                               equipment and facilities that they use to               made available, upon written request to
                                                                                                                                                              Exchange receives a valid CUBE Order
                                               establish the video teleconferencing                    OPIC’s Corporate Secretary, at the cost
                                                                                                                                                              for auction processing, a Request for
                                               link. The availability of video                         of reproduction.                                       Responses (‘‘RFR’’) detailing the series,
                                               teleconferencing services is not                        CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:                        the side of the market, the size of the
                                               guaranteed.                                             Information on the hearing may be                      CUBE Order, and the limit price of the
                                                 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day           obtained from Catherine F.I. Andrade at                CUBE Order is sent to all ATP Holders
                                               of January 2018.                                        (202) 336–8768, or via email at                        that subscribe to receive RFR messages.
                                                 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                catherine.andrade@opic.gov.                            Currently, the amount of time given to
                                               Russell E. Chazell,                                                                                            ATP Holders to respond with competing
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    OPIC is a                interest to trade against the CUBE Order
                                               Advisory Committee Management Officer.
                                                                                                       U.S. Government agency that provides,                  (‘‘Response Time Interval’’) is randomly
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–00933 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       on a commercial basis, political risk                  set by the CUBE mechanism for each
                                               BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                  insurance and financing in friendly                    auction but cannot be shorter than 500
                                                                                                       developing countries and emerging                      milliseconds or longer than 750
                                                                                                       democracies for environmentally sound                  milliseconds, unless the auction is
                                               OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT                             projects that confer positive                          concluded early.5 The Exchange
                                               CORPORATION                                             developmental benefits upon the project                proposes to revise the Response Time
                                                                                                       country while creating employment in                   Interval to provide that the duration of
                                               Sunshine Act: OPIC Annual Public                        the U.S. OPIC is required by section                   a CUBE Auction shall be a random
                                               Hearing                                                 231A(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of               period of time within parameters
                                                                                                       1961, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’) to hold at
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                                               TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday,                    least one public hearing each year.                      1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                               March 8, 2018.                                                                                                   2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
                                                                                                         Dated: January 17, 2018.
                                               PLACE: Offices of the Corporation,                                                                               3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82162

                                               Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New                      Catherine F.I. Andrade,                                (November 28, 2017), 82 FR 57322 (‘‘Notice’’).
                                                                                                                                                                4 See Exchange Rule 971.1NY.
                                               York Avenue NW, Washington, DC.                         OPIC Corporate Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                5 See Exchange Rule 971.1NY(c)(4)(A)–(F)
                                               STATUS: Hearing OPEN to the Public at                   [FR Doc. 2018–01006 Filed 1–17–18; 11:15 am]
                                                                                                                                                              (providing the scenarios that would result in the
                                               10 a.m.                                                 BILLING CODE 3210–01–P                                 early termination of a CUBE Auction).



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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Dates10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 8, 2018.
FR Citation83 FR 2823 

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