2064 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2012 / Notices 

In connection with this application, 

Applicant also has applied to acquire 

First Southeast 401(k) Fiduciaries, Inc., 

and First Southeast Investor Services, 

Inc., both in Charleston, South Carolina, 

and thereby engage in financial and 

investment advisory activities and 

agency transactional services for 

customer investments, pursuant to 

sections 225.28(b)(6) and(b)(7) of 

Regulation Y. 

Comments on this application must 

be received by January 27, 2012. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 9, 2012. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–498 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding 

Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Home Owners’ Loan Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) (HOLA), 

Regulation LL (12 CFR Part 238), and 

Regulation MM (12 CFR Part 239), and 

all other applicable statutes and 

regulations to become a savings and 

loan holding company and/or to acquire 

the assets or the ownership of, control 

of, or the power to vote shares of a 

savings association and nonbanking 

companies owned by the savings and 

loan 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 application 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 HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e)). 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 10(c)(4)(B) of the 

HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(c)(4)(B)). Unless 

otherwise noted, nonbanking activities 

will be conducted throughout the 

United States. 

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 February 6, 

2012. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 

(Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice 

President) 701 East Byrd Street, 

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528: 

1. HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc., Clyde, 

North Carolina; to become a savings and 

loan holding company upon the 

conversion of HomeTrust Bank, Clyde, 

North Carolina, from a mutual to stock 

form of ownership. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 9, 2012. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–500 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals To Engage in or 

To Acquire Companies Engaged in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under the Home 

Owners’ Loan Act (HOLA) (12 U.S.C. 

1461 et seq.), and Regulation LL (12 CFR 

part 238) or Regulation MM (12 CFR 

part 239) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is described in §§ 238.53 or 238.54 

of Regulation LL (12 CFR 238.53 or 

238.54) or § 239.8 of Regulation MM (12 

CFR 239.8). Unless otherwise noted, 

these activities will be conducted 

throughout the United States. 

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 

10a(c)(4)(B) of HOLA (12.U.S.C. 

1467a(c)(4)(B)). 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than January 27, 2012. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Philadelphia (William Lang, Senior Vice 

President) 100 North 6th Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105– 

1521: 

1. Northeast Community Bancorp, 

MHC, White Plains, New York; to 

establish an operating subsidiary, 

Northeast Insurance Agency, LLC, 

through its subsidiary Northeast 

Community Bank, both in White Plains, 

New York, pursuant to section 239.8 of 

Regulation MM. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 9, 2012. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–501 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Availability of the Report on the 

International Workshop on Alternative 

Methods To Reduce, Refine, and 

Replace the Use of Animals in Vaccine 

Potency and Safety Testing: State of 

the Science and Future Directions 

AGENCY: Division of the National 

Toxicology Program (DNTP), National 

Institute of Environmental Health 

Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of 

Health (NIH). 

ACTION: Availability of workshop report. 

SUMMARY: The NTP Interagency Center 

for the Evaluation of Alternative 

Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) 

announces availability of the report on 

the ‘‘International Workshop on 

Alternative Methods To Reduce, Refine, 

and Replace the Use of Animals in 

Vaccine Potency and Safety Testing: 

State of the Science and Future 

Directions.’’ The report was published 

as an issue of the journal Procedia in 

Vaccinology, and is available on the 

journal’s Web site at http:// 

www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 

1877282X. A limited number of CDs and 

printed copies of the report are available 

from NICEATM (see ADDRESSES). 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

report should be sent by mail, fax, or 

email to Dr. William S. Stokes, 

NICEATM Director, NIEHS, P.O. Box 

12233, MD K2–16, Research Triangle 

Park, NC, 27709, (phone) (919) 541– 

2384, (fax) (919) 541–0947, (email) 

niceatm@niehs.nih.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

William S. Stokes: (telephone) (919) 

541–2384, (fax) (919) 541–0947, or 

(email) niceatm@niehs.nih.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Regulatory authorities require postlicensing potency and safety testing of 

human and veterinary vaccines to 

ensure their effectiveness and minimize 

potential adverse health effects. 

However, such testing requires large 

numbers of animals and accounts for the 

majority of animals reported to the 

USDA with unrelieved pain and 

distress. Accordingly, identification and 

promotion of alternative methods that 

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