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FACA, which requires committees to 

maintain diversity across a broad range 

of constituencies, sectors, and groups. 

The following criteria will be used to 

evaluate nominees: 

• Possess a strong interest in 

furthering and achieving the goals and 

objectives of the Gulf Program. 

• Willingness to assume 

responsibility to communicate the Gulf 

Program’s policies/priorities with 

persons of their respective area. 

• Serve as an advocate and voice for 

their respective area and report on 

issues of concern to the Gulf Program. 

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and 

written communication skills. 

• Extensive professional knowledge 

of the Gulf of Mexico, environmental 

policies, practices and technologies that 

are essential to preserving the Gulf. 

Nominations must include a resume 

and a short biography describing the 

professional and educational 

qualifications of the nominee, as well as 

the nominee’s current business address, 

e-mail addresses, and daytime 

telephone number. Interested 

candidates may self-nominate. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: 

Gloria Car, Designated Federal Officer, 

Gulf of Mexico Program, Mail Code 

EPA/GMP, Bldg. 1100, Rm. 232, Stennis 

Space Center, MS 39529–6000. You may 

also e-mail nominations to 

car.gloria@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria D. Car, Designated Federal 

Officer, Gulf of Mexico Program Office, 

Mail Code EPA/GMPO, Bldg. 1100, Rm. 

232, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529– 

6000 at (228) 688–2421. 

Dated: August 13, 2009. 

Gloria D. Car, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20037 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than 

September 4, 2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166–2034: 

1. Charles S. Penick, Mary M. Penick, 

and the Charles S. Penick Mary M. 

Penick Revocable Trust, with Charles 

and Mary Penick as Trustees, both of 

Morrilton, Arkansas; acting in concert to 

retain voting shares of Petit Jean 

Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly 

retain voting shares of Petit Jean State 

Bank, both of Morrilton, Arkansas. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 

1. Laura G. Gard Revocable Living 

Trust, Laura G. Gard, Trustee, Marshall, 

Illinois; to acquire additional voting 

shares of Herky Hawk Financial Corp., 

Monticello, Iowa, and thereby inidrectly 

acquire additional voting shares of 

Citizens State Bank, Monticello, Iowa, 

and New Vienna Savings Bank, New 

Vienna, Iowa. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 17, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–19993 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices, 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies; Correction 

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc. 

E9–18639 published on page 39076 of 

the issue for Wednesday, August 5, 

2009. 

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of 

San Francisco heading, the entry for 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., 

The Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi UFJ, 

Ltd., both of Tokyo, Japan, and 

UnionBanCal Corporeation, San 

Francisco, California, is revised to read 

as follows: 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, 

Inc., The Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi UFJ, 

Ltd., both of Tokyo, Japan, and 

UnionBanCal Corporation, San 

Francisco, California; to acquire Texas 

First Bank–Winnie, Winnie Texas, and 

simultaneously merge it with and into 

Union Bank, National Association, San 

Francisco, California. 

Comments on this application must 

be received by August 28, 2009. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 17, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–19992 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than September 14, 

2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166–2034: 

1. Farmers and Merchants Bancorp, 

Inc., Hannibal, Missouri; to become a 

bank holding company through the 

conversion of its thrift subsidiary, F&M 


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Bank and Trust Company, Hannibal, 

Missouri, into a state nonmember bank. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

SP Acquisition Holdings, Inc., New 

York, New York; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Frontier 

Financial Corporation, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Frontier Bank, both of Everett, 

Washington. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 17, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–19991 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New] 

Agency Emergency Information 

Collection Clearance Request for 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed information collection request 

for public comment. Interested persons 

are invited to send comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including any of the following subjects: 

(1) The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. To obtain copies of 

the supporting statement and any 

related forms for the proposed 

paperwork collections referenced above, 

e-mail your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and OS document identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 7- 

days. 

Proposed Project: HAvBED 

Assessment for 2009–H1N1 Influenza 

Serious Illness, OMB No. 0990–NEW– 

HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), 

Office of Preparedness and Emergency 

Operations (OPEO). 

Abstract: The Office of the Secretary 

(OS) is requesting emergency action for 

this clearance by the Office of 

Management and Budget no later than 

August 28, 2009. ASPR is requesting 

emergency processing procedures for 

this application because this 

information is needed immediately to 

help reduce morbidity and mortality 

from 2009–H1N1 by providing decision 

makers with timely, usable information 

regarding the status of the health care 

system. The urgent timeline is 

supported by the fact that Americans are 

already becoming ill and even dying 

due to 2009–H1N1 infection, and that 

numerous countries in the Southern 

Hemisphere (who are currently 

experiencing their traditional influenza 

season) have had a large surge in 

seriously ill patients. The Southern 

Hemisphere experience is leading to 

valid anticipation of many additional 

seriously ill patients in the US over the 

upcoming months. During the spring 

and summer novel H1N1 response in 

the US, we did not have an adequate 

understanding of disease severity, 

health care system resource needs such 

as ventilators and ICU beds, and did not 

learn from our collective experiences 

caring for these seriously ill patients. If 

we do not develop a national data 

collection mechanism for seriously ill 

people infected with H1N1 then we 

cannot adequately support hospitals to 

care for these patients. 

Pursuant to section 2811 of the PHS 

Act, the ASPR serves as the principal 

advisor to the Secretary on all matters 

related to Federal public health and 

medical preparedness and response for 

public health emergencies. In addition 

to other tasks, the ASPR coordinates 

with State, local, and tribal public 

health officials and healthcare systems 

to ensure effective integration of Federal 

public health and medical assets during 

an emergency. ASPR’s National Hospital 

Preparedness Program (HPP) awards 

cooperative agreements to each of the 50 

states, the Pacific Islands, and US 

territories (for a total of 62 awardees) to 

improve surge capacity and enhance 

community and hospital preparedness 

for public health emergencies. These 62 

awardees are responsible for enhancing 

the preparedness of the nation’s nearly 

6000 hospitals. These awards are 

authorized under section 391C–2 of the 

Public Health Service (PHS) Act. For 

this data collection the 62 HPP 

awardees will gather data from the 6000 

hospitals using a Web-based interface 

known as HAvBED. The data gathered 

from the hospitals will be reported to 

the HHS Secretary’s Operations Center 

weekly for 6 months. If the seriousness 

of the stress on the hospitals increases 

daily reporting may be requested. 

Depending on the nature of the 

existing systems at the hospitals, the 

data may be obtained manually or 

readily available electronically through 

existing systems. States would have 

their own procedures for training staff 

on how to use their existing systems, so 

there would not be an additional 

training burden for learning those 

systems. For manual data collection 

using the HAvBED system personnel 

would need to be trained. The system is 

easy to use and intuitive. The user guide 

provides information to help people 

quickly understand how to use the 

system. See Attachment 2 for a copy of 

the user guide. Based on the experience 

of the system administrator in working 

with users, training time to learn the 

HAvBED data entry procedures is no 

more than one hour. On average it takes 

40 minutes of explanation and 20 

minutes of hands on practice with the 

training site. 

The actual data collection time for the 

hospitals is approximately 1 hour and 

the states will spend approximately 3 

hours compiling the information from 

all of the hospitals in their State/ 

territory. For automated systems the 

time would be less. These estimates are 

based on a pilot test of the system. This 

cost model assumes daily data 

collection over 3 months and weekly for 

3 months. 

6 MONTHS ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses/ 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Hospital staff (Training) ................................................................................... 6000 1 1 6000 


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