Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 167 / Monday, August 31, 2009 / Notices 44845 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–21016 Filed 8–27–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–S 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency 

Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that 

at 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 

2009, the Board of Directors of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

met in closed session to consider 

matters related to the Corporation’s 

supervision and resolution activities. 

In calling the meeting, the Board 

determined, on motion of Director John 

E. Bowman (Acting Director, Office of 

Thrift Supervision), seconded by Vice 

Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, 

concurred in by Director John C. Dugan 

(Comptroller of the Currency), Director 

Thomas J. Curry (Appointive), and 

Chairman Sheila C. Bair, that 

Corporation business required its 

consideration of the matters which were 

to be the subject of this meeting on less 

than seven days’ notice to the public; 

that no earlier notice of the meeting was 

practicable; that the public interest did 

not require consideration of the matters 

in a meeting open to public observation; 

and that the matters could be 

considered in a closed meeting by 

authority of subsections (c)(4), (c)(6), 

(c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), and (c)(9)(B) of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), 

(c)(9)(A)(ii), and (c)(9)(B)). 

The meeting was held in the Board 

Room of the FDIC Building located at 

550—17th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Dated: August 27, 2009. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–21007 Filed 8–27–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

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 24, 

2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Ivan Hurwitz, Bank Applications 

Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045-0001: 

1. Max Bancorp, LLC, New York, New 

York; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring a majority of the 

voting shares of Sandhills Holding 

Company, Inc. and indirectly, Sandhills 

Bank, both of North Myrtle Beach, 

South Carolina. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offerbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198-0001: 

1. Manhattan Banking Corporation, 

Manhattan, Kansas; to retain 5.85 

percent of the voting shares of Sonoran 

Bank, N.A., Phoenix, Arizona. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 26, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–20922 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Toxicology Program (NTP): 

Report on Carcinogens (RoC); 

Availability of the Draft Background 

Document for Formaldehyde; Request 

for Comments on the Draft 

Background Document; 

Announcement of the Formaldehyde 

Expert Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS); National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

ACTION: Availability of background 

document; request for comments; and 

announcement of a meeting 

SUMMARY: The NTP announces the 

availability of the draft background 

document for formaldehyde by 

September 3, 2009, on the RoC Web site 

(http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/29679) or in 

printed text from the RoC (see 

ADDRESSES below). The NTP invites the 

submission of public comments on the 

draft background document for 

formaldehyde. The expert panel will 

meet on November 2–4, 2009, at the 

Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport at 

Research Triangle Park, 4810 Page Creek 

Lane, Durham, NC 27703 to peer review 

the draft background document for 

formaldehyde and, once completed, 

make a recommendation regarding the 

listing status (i.e., known to be a human 

carcinogen, reasonably anticipated to be 

a human carcinogen, or not to list) for 

formaldehyde in the 12th Edition of the 

RoC (12th RoC). The RoC expert panel 

meeting is open to the public with time 

scheduled for oral public comments. 

Attendance is limited only by the 

available meeting room space. 

Following the expert panel meeting and 

completion of the expert panel report, 

the NTP will post the final background 

document and the expert panel report 

on the RoC Web site. 

DATES: The expert panel meeting for 

formaldehyde will be held on November 

2–4, 2009. The draft background 

document for formaldehyde will be 

available for public comment by 

September 3, 2009. The deadline to 

submit written comments is October 16, 

2009, and the deadline for preregistration to attend the meeting and/ 

or to provide oral comments at the 

meeting is October 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The RoC expert panel 

meeting on formaldehyde will be held at 

the Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport at 

Research Triangle Park, 4810 Page Creek 

Lane, Durham, NC 27703. Access to online registration and materials for the 

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site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/29679). 

Comments on the draft background 

document should be sent to Dr. Ruth M. 

Lunn, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD K2– 

14, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, 

FAX: (919) 541–0144, or 

lunn@niehs.nih.gov. Courier address: 

Report on Carcinogens Center, 530 

Davis Drive, Room 2006, Morrisville, 

NC 27560. Persons needing interpreting 

services in order to attend should 

contact (301) 402–8180 (voice) or (301) 

435–1908 (TTY). Requests should be 

made at least seven business days in 

advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Ruth M. Lunn, Director, RoC Center, 

(919) 316–4637, lunn@niehs.nih.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NTP announced the RoC review 

process for the 12th RoC on April 16, 

2007, in the Federal Register (72 FR 

18999, available at http:// 

ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/15208). As part of 

that process, an expert panel meeting is 

being convened on November 2–4, 2009, 

to review formaldehyde for possible 

listing in the 12th RoC. The draft 

background document for formaldehyde 

will be available on the RoC Web site by 

September 3, 2009, or in printed text 

from the RoC Center (see ADDRESSES

above). Persons can register free-ofcharge with the NTP listserv (http:// 

ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/231) to receive 

notification when draft RoC background 

documents for candidate substances and 

meetings related to the 12th RoC are 

made available on the RoC Web site. 

Formaldehyde is a high production 

chemical with a wide array of uses. The 

predominant use of formaldehyde in the 

United States is in the production of 

industrial resins (mainly urea, phenol, 

polyacetal, and melamine resins) that 

are used primarily to manufacture 

products such as adhesives and binders 

for wood products. Other uses include 

as a chemical intermediate, in 

agriculture (for example as a fumigant), 

in the production of paraformaldehyde 

and chelating agents, embalming and 

fixative or preservative in the medical 

and research fields, and as a 

preservative in numerous consumer 

products such as cleaning agents and 

cosmetic products. Formaldehyde has 

been detected in indoor and outdoor air, 

surface water and groundwater, soil, 

and food products and is generally 

considered to be ubiquitous in the 

environment. Formaldehyde (gas) is 

currently listed in the 11th RoC as 

reasonably anticipated to be a human 

carcinogen and was nominated for 

reclassification of its listing status in the 

12th RoC. 

Preliminary Agenda and Registration 

Preliminary agenda topics include: 

• Oral public comments on 

formaldehyde; 

• Peer review of the draft background 

document on formaldehyde; 

• Recommendation on the listing 

status of formaldehyde in the 12th RoC 

and scientific justification. 

The meeting is scheduled for 

November 2–4, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 

adjournment each day. It is anticipated 

that the meeting will adjourn by 4 p.m. 

on November 4, although adjournment 

may occur earlier or later depending 

upon the time needed for the expert 

panel to complete its work. A copy of 

the preliminary agenda, expert panel 

roster, and any additional information, 

when available, will be posted on the 

RoC Web site or may be requested from 

the Director of the RoC Center (see 

ADDRESSES above). Individuals who 

plan to attend the meeting are 

encouraged to register on-line by 

October 26, 2009, to facilitate planning 

for the meeting. 

Request for Comments 

The NTP invites both written and oral 

public comments on the draft 

background document on formaldehyde. 

Persons submitting written comments 

are asked to include their name and 

contact information (affiliation, mailing 

address, telephone and facsimile 

numbers, e-mail, and sponsoring 

organization, if any) and send them to 

Dr. Lunn (see ADDRESSES above) for 

receipt by October 16, 2009. All written 

comments identified by the individual’s 

name and affiliation or sponsoring 

organization (if applicable) will be 

posted on the RoC Web site prior to the 

meeting and distributed to the expert 

panel and RoC staff for their 

consideration in the peer review of the 

draft background document and/or 

preparation for the meeting. 

Time will be set aside at the expert 

panel meeting for the presentation of 

oral public comments. Seven minutes 

will be available for each speaker (one 

speaker per organization). Persons can 

register on-line to present oral 

comments or by contacting Dr. Lunn 

(see ADDRESSES above). When 

registering to comment orally, please 

provide your name, affiliation, mailing 

address, telephone number, e-mail and 

sponsoring organization (if any). If 

possible, send a copy of the statement 

or talking points to Dr. Lunn by October 

26, 2009. This statement will be 

provided to the expert panel to assist 

them in identifying issues for discussion 

and will be noted in the meeting record. 

Registration for presentation of oral 

comments will also be available at the 

meeting on November 2–4, 2009, from 

7:30–8:30 a.m. Time allowed for 

comments by on-site registrants may be 

less than for pre-registered speakers and 

will be determined by the number of 

persons who register at the meeting to 

give oral comments. Persons registering 

at the meeting are asked to bring 25 

copies of their statement or talking 

points for distribution to the expert 

panel and for the record. 

Background Information on the RoC 

The RoC is a congressionally 

mandated document [Section 301(b)(4) 

of the Public Health Services Act, 42 

U.S.C. 241(b)(4)], that identifies and 

discusses agents, substances, mixtures, 

or exposure circumstances (collectively 

referred to as ‘‘substances’’) that may 

pose a hazard to human health by virtue 

of their carcinogenicity. Substances are 

listed in the report as either known or 

reasonably anticipated to be human 

carcinogens. The NTP prepares the RoC 

on behalf of the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services. Information about the 

RoC and the nomination process can be 

obtained from its homepage (http:// 

ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc) or by 

contacting Dr. Lunn (see For Further 

Information Contact above). The NTP 

follows a formal, multi-step process for 

review and evaluation of selected 

substances. The formal evaluation 

process is available on the RoC Web site 

(http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/15208) or in 

printed copy from the RoC Center. 

Dated: August 21, 2009. 

John R. Bucher, 

Associate Director, National Toxicology 

Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–20878 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health 

Decision To Evaluate a Petition To 

Designate a Class of Employees for 

the Metals and Controls Corporation in 

Attleboro, MA, To Be Included in the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice as required 

by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to 


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