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or anti-predatory lending with formal 

regulatory standards? 

• Does any guidance contained in 

Advisory Bulletins 2005–AB–08, 2007– 

AB–01, and 2008–AB–02 need 

additional emphasis or clarification? 

• Should FHFA explicitly address 

other mortgage loan features as a control 

against predatory lending, or is it 

sufficient that Advisory Bulletin 2008– 

AB–02 requires an FHLBank to only 

accept residential mortgage loans (and 

such loans backing private-label MBS) 

as eligible collateral for advances when 

they conform to the interagency 

guidance? Some loan features that may 

be associated with either high risk or 

potentially predatory loans are 

addressed in the Federal Reserve 

Board’s Amendments to Regulation Z 

(Truth in Lending) which will go into 

effect later in 2009 and 2010. For 

‘‘higher-priced mortgages,’’ the 

amended regulation addresses a 

borrower’s ability to repay the loan, 

prepayment penalties, income 

verification, and escrow accounts. 

• Should FHFA seek any additional 

statutory authority to support its ability 

to prohibit an FHLBank from accepting 

loans with predatory characteristics as 

collateral for advances? 

• As the federal financial institution 

regulatory agencies, such as through the 

Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council, look to modify or 

enhance guidance with respect to 

nontraditional or subprime mortgage 

products, should FHFA be formally and 

directly involved? 

Copies of all comments will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information you provide, such as your 

name and address, on the FHFA internet 

web site at http://www.fhfa.gov. In 

addition, copies of all comments 

received will be available for 

examination by the public on business 

days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 

3 p.m., at the Federal Housing Finance 

Agency, Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20552. To make 

an appointment to inspect comments, 

please call the Office of General Counsel 

at (202) 414–3751. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

James B. Lockhart III, 

Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–18545 Filed 8–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8070–01–P 

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND 

CONCILIATION SERVICE 

Arbitration Services; Proposed Agency 

Information Collection Activities; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service. 

ACTION: Notice to Mediation Agencies 

(Form F–7) Proposed Modifications. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 

Service (FMCS) agency form F–7 is 

being revised. Following publication of 

this Notice and any responsive 

comments, FMCS will submit to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for review of this 

Notice to Mediation Agencies (Agency 

Form F–7) form. The request will seek 

OMB approval of a modified Form F–7 

and new expiration date of 

approximately October 1, 2012. FMCS is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the collection as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 3, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

by mail to the Office of Arbitration 

Services, Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service, 2100 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20427 or by 

contacting the person whose name 

appears under the section headed FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Comments may be submitted also by fax 

at (202) 606–3749 or electronic mail (email) to arbitration@fmcs.gov. All 

comments must be identified by the 

appropriate agency form number. No 

confidential business information (CBI) 

should be submitted through e-mail. 

Information submitted as a comment 

concerning this document may be 

claimed confidential by marking any 

part or all of the information as ‘‘CBI.’’ 

Information so marked will not be 

disclosed but a copy of the comment 

that does contain CBI must be submitted 

for inclusion in the public record. FMCS 

may disclose information not marked 

confidential publicly without prior 

notice. All written comments will be 

available for inspection in Room 704 at 

the Washington, DC address above from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vella M. Traynham, Director of 

Arbitration Services, FMCS, 2100 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20427. 

Telephone (202) 606–5111; Fax (202) 

606–3749. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the modified Form F–7 are available 

from the Office of Arbitration Services 

by calling, faxing or writing Vella M. 

Traynham at the address above. Please 

ask for the form by title and agency form 

number. 

I. Information Collection Requests 

FMCS is seeking comments on the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR). 

Title: Notice to Mediation Agencies; 

Form F–7; OMB No. 3076–0004; 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2006. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a 

previously approved notice with 

changes in the substance of the form. 

Affected Entities: Parties affected by 

this information collection are private 

sector employers and labor unions 

involved in interstate commerce that file 

notices for mediation services to the 

FMCS. 

Frequency: Parties complete this form 

once, which is at the time of an 

impending expiration of a collective 

bargaining agreement. 

Abstract: Under the Labor 

Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 

U.S.C. 158(d), Congress listed specific 

notice provisions so that no party to a 

collective bargaining agreement can 

terminate or modify that contract, 

unless the party wishing to terminate or 

modify the contract sends a written 

notice to the other party sixty days prior 

to the expiration date (29 U.S.C. 

158(d)(1)), and offers to meet and confer 

with the other party for the purpose of 

negotiating a new or modified contract 

(29 U.S.C. 158(d)(2)). Furthermore, the 

Act requires that parties notify the 

Federal Mediation and Conciliation 

Service within thirty days after such 

notice of the existence of a bargaining 

dispute (29 U.S.C. 158(d)(3)). The 1974 

amendments to the National Labor 

Relations Act, which extended coverage 

to nonprofit health care institutions, 

also created a notification procedure in 

the health care industry requiring 

parties to notify each other 90 days in 

advance of termination and 60 days in 

advance to FMCS (29 U.S.C. 158(d)). 

This amendment also requires 30-day 

notification of bargaining for an initial 

agreement to the FMCS. To facilitate 

handling of more than 18,000 such 

notices a year, FMCS created a specific 

information collection form. The 

purpose of this information collection 

activity is for FMCS to comply with its 

statutory duty to receive these notices, 

to facilitate assignment of mediators to 

assist in labor disputes, and to assist the 

parties in knowing whether or not 

proper notice was given. The 

information from these notices is sent 

electronically to the appropriate field 

manager who assigns the cases to a 

mediator so that the mediator may 

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1Pursuant to 46 CFR 501.24(a), the Commission 

has delegated to the Secretary the authority to 

approve applications for permission to practice 

before the Commission and to issue admission 

certificates to approved applicants. 

contact labor and management quickly, 

efficiently, and offer dispute resolution 

services. Either party to a contract may 

make a request in writing for a copy of 

the notice filed with FMCS. The F–7 

form was created to allow FMCS to 

gather desired information in a uniform 

manner. The collection of such 

information, including the name of the 

employer or employer association, 

address and phone number, e-mail 

address, official contact, bargaining unit 

and establishment size, location of 

affected establishment and negotiations, 

industry, union address, phone number, 

e-mail address and official contact, 

contract expiration date or renewal date, 

whether the notice is filed on behalf of 

the employer or the union, and whether 

this is a health care industry notice is 

critical for reporting and mediation 

purposes. 

Burden Statement: The current 

annual burden estimate is 

approximately 18,000 respondents. This 

one-page form takes about 10 minutes to 

complete. 

II. Request for Comments 

FMCS solicits comments to: 

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collecton of information is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information to be collected will have 

practical utility. 

(ii) Enhance the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information. 

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

(iv) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic 

collection technologies or other forms of 

information technology. 

III. The Official Record 

The official record is the paper 

electronic record maintained at the 

address at the beginning of this 

document. FMCS will transfer all 

electronically received comments into 

printed-paper form as they are received. 

Dated: July 30, 2009. 

Michael J. Bartlett, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–18579 Filed 8–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6732–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

TIME AND DATE: 12:00 p.m., Monday, 

August 10, 2009. 

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal 

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C 

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments, 

promotions, assignments, 

reassignments, and salary actions) 

involving individual Federal Reserve 

System employees. 

2. Any items carried forward from a 

previously announced meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Smith, Director, or Dave 

Skidmore, Assistant to the Board, Office 

of Board Members at 202–452–2955. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may 

call 202–452–3206 beginning at 

approximately 5 p.m. two business days 

before the meeting for a recorded 

announcement of bank and bank 

holding company applications 

scheduled for the meeting; or you may 

contact the Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov for an electronic 

announcement that not only lists 

applications, but also indicates 

procedural and other information about 

the meeting. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, July 31, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–18757 Filed 7–31–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 09–05] 

Application of Leonardo Ortiz for 

Admission To Practice Before the 

Federal Maritime Commission; Order 

Initiating Proceeding 

On December 31, 2007, Respondent 

Leonardo Ortiz (‘‘Mr. Ortiz’’) filed his 

Application for Admission to Practice 

before the Federal Maritime 

Commission (‘‘Form FMC–12’’). 

According to his application, Mr. Ortiz 

is self-employed. His business is located 

at 4324 Belton Highway, Anderson, SC 

29621. 

The Federal Maritime Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) allows for attorney and 

non-attorney practitioners. In order to 

be admitted to practice before the 

Commission as a non-attorney, Rule 27 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 46 CFR § 502.27, 

requires that the applicant file proof that 

he or she possesses, to the satisfaction 

of the Commission, ‘‘the necessary legal, 

technical, or other qualifications to 

render valuable service before the 

Commission and is otherwise competent 

to advise and assist in the presentation 

of matters before [it].’’ Further, if the 

Commission is not satisfied that the 

applicant has sufficient qualifications, it 

will notify the applicant and, if 

requested, the applicant will be granted 

a hearing ‘‘for the purpose of showing 

his or her qualifications.’’ 46 CFR 

502.29. 

After reviewing his application, the 

Commission determined that Mr. Ortiz 

did not demonstrate that he possesses 

the qualifications required to practice 

before the Commission.1 On April 15, 

2009, the Secretary of the Commission 

notified Mr. Ortiz of the Commission’s 

intent to deny his application for 

admission to practice before it and the 

procedures permitting a request for a 

hearing. On April 29, 2009, Mr. Ortiz 

filed his request for a hearing on the 

issue. 

Now therefore, it is ordered that 

pursuant to Rule 29 of the Commission’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 46 CFR 

502.29, the Commission institute a 

proceeding for the purpose of allowing 

Mr. Ortiz to show his qualifications to 

practice before it as a non-lawyer; 

It is further ordered that this matter be 

heard before the Commission; 

It is further ordered that this 

proceeding is limited to the submission 

of affidavits of fact and memoranda of 

law; 

It is further ordered that any person 

having an interest and desiring to 

intervene in this proceeding shall file a 

petition for leave to intervene in 

accordance with Rule 72 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 46 CFR 502.72. Such petition 

shall be accompanied by the petitioner’s 

memorandum of law and affidavit of 

fact, if any, and shall be filed no later 

than the day fixed below; 

It is further ordered that Leonardo 

Ortiz is named as Respondent in this 

proceeding. Affidavits of fact and 

memoranda of law shall be filed by the 

Respondent and any intervenors in 

support of the Respondent no later than 

September 4, 2009; 

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