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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of 

this meeting of the Board will be open 

to the public (limited space available), 

and parts will be closed to the public. 

Please send an email to VisitorRequest@

FCA.gov at least 24 hours before the 

meeting. In your email include: Name, 

postal address, entity you are 

representing (if applicable), and 

telephone number. You will receive an 

email confirmation from us. Please be 

prepared to show a photo identification 

when you arrive. If you need assistance 

for accessibility reasons, or if you have 

any questions, contact Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary to the Farm Credit 

Administration Board, at (703) 883– 

4009. The matters to be considered at 

the meeting are: 

Open Session 

A. Approval of Minutes 

• March 12, 2015 

B. Reports 

• Quarterly Report on Economic 

Conditions and FCS Conditions 

Closed Session* 

• Office of Examination Quarterly 

Report 

*Session Closed-Exempt pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. Section 552b(c)(8)and (9). 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07682 Filed 3–31–15; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE CODE 6705–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Radio Broadcasting Services; AM or 

FM Proposals To Change the 

Community of License 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The following applicants filed 

AM or FM proposals to change the 

community of license: Always 

Mountain Time, LLC, Station KIDN–FM, 

Facility ID 57339, BPH–20140311ACI, 

From Burns, CO, To Hayden, CO; 

McNeese State University, Station 

KBYS, Facility ID 17277, BPED– 

20150226ABQ, From Moss Bluff, LA, To 

Lake Charles, LA; Radio Hatteras, Inc., 

Station WHDX, Facility ID 16416, 

BPED–20150223ABD, From Buxton, NC, 

To Waves, NC; Riverfront Broadcasting, 

LLC, Station KZKK, Facility ID 15267, 

BPH–20150213ADF, From Huron, SD, 

To Parkston, SD; Saver Media, Inc., 

Station KQTC, Facility Id 19041, BPH– 

20150204AAG, From Eldorado, TX, To 

Christoval, TX. 

DATES: The agency must receive 

comments on or before June 1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 Twelfth Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tung Bui, 202–418–2700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full 

text of these applications is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the Commission’s 

Reference Center, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554 or electronically 

via the Media Bureau’s Consolidated 

Data Base System, http://

svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/

prod/cdbs_pa.htm. A copy of this 

application may also be purchased from 

the Commission’s duplicating 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1– 

800–378–3160 or www.BCPIWEB.com. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

James D. Bradshaw, 

Deputy Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07563 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[MB Docket No. 15–43; DA 15–253] 

Media Bureau Seeks Comment for 

Report Required by the STELA 

Reauthorization Act of 2014 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This document solicits public 

comments and data for use in 

preparation of a report required by the 

STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014. 

The report must contain an analysis of 

designated market areas and 

recommendations for fostering 

increased localism. The Commission is 

required to submit the report no later 

than June 3, 2016. 

DATES: Comments may be filed on or 

before May 12, 2015, and reply 

comments may be filed on or before 

June 11, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by MB Docket No. 15–43, 

DA–15–253, by any of the following 

methods: 

D Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web site: http:// 

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

D Mail: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC, 20554. 

D People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Bring, Media Bureau (202) 418–2164, 

TTY (202) 418–7172, or email at 

Danny.Bring@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s document 

in MB Docket No. 15–43, DA–15–253, 

released February 25, 2015. The 

complete text of the document is 

available for inspection and copying 

during normal business hours in the 

FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

Synopsis 

1. By this Public Notice, the Media 

Bureau seeks data, information, and 

comment for use in preparation of a 

report required by the STELA 

Reauthorization Act of 2014 (STELAR), 

Public Law 113–200, sec. 109, 128 Stat. 

2059, 2065 (2014). Section 109 of 

STELAR requires the Commission to 

submit a report on designated market 

areas and considerations for fostering 

increased localism to the appropriate 

congressional committees not later than 

18 months after the date of enactment 

(i.e., June 3, 2016). Specifically, Section 

109 states: 

SEC. 109. REPORT ON DESIGNATED 

MARKET AREAS. 

(a) IN GENERAL. Not later than 18 

months after the date of the enactment 

of this Act, the Commission shall 

submit to the appropriate congressional 

committees a report that contains— 

(1) An analysis of— 

(A) The extent to which consumers in 

each local market have access to 

broadcast programming from television 

broadcast stations located outside their 

local market, including through carriage 

by cable operators and satellite carriers 

of signals that are significantly viewed 

(within the meaning of section 340 of 

the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

U.S.C. 340)); and 

(B) Whether there are technologically 

and economically feasible alternatives 

to the use of designated market areas to 

define markets that would provide 

consumers with more programming 


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options and the potential impact such 

alternatives could have on localism and 

on broadcast television locally, 

regionally, and nationally; and 

(2) Recommendations on how to 

foster increased localism in counties 

served by out-of-State designated market 

areas. 

(b) CONSIDERATIONS FOR 

FOSTERING INCREASED LOCALISM. 

In making recommendations under 

subsection (a)(2), the Commission shall 

consider— 

(1) The impact that designated market 

areas that cross State lines have on 

access to local programming; 

(2) The impact that designated market 

areas have on local programming in 

rural areas; and 

(3) The state of local programming in 

States served exclusively by out-of-State 

designated market areas. 

2. The legislative history of Section 

109 instructs the Commission to 

consider a number of factors in making 

its recommendations to foster increased 

localism in counties served by out-ofState designated market areas (DMA), 

including: (1) The impact DMAs that 

cross State lines have on access to local 

programming; (2) the impact DMAs 

have on local programming in rural 

areas; and (3) the impact such 

alternatives to the DMA system could 

have on localism, as well as broadcast 

television locally, regionally, and 

nationally. The legislative history also 

provides the following guidance 

regarding the report: 

The Committee intends that the FCC’s 

report will interpret local programming to 

include not only television programming (in 

particular news, sports, weather, and other 

programming containing content relevant to 

a consumer’s daily life) originating from and 

about the DMA in which a consumer resides, 

but also television programming originating 

from and about the State in which a 

consumer resides. 

The Committee also intends that the 

analysis concerning alternatives to the DMA 

system should explore in detail the merits 

and advantages to those alternatives to 

consumers, and not just the impact those 

alternatives may have on broadcast 

television. 

3. To prepare the STELAR Section 

109 Report, we seek comment on the 

appropriate methodologies and data 

sources, as well as the submission of 

data and information, to analyze the 

extent consumers have access to 

broadcast stations located outside their 

local markets. We ask commenters to 

identify technologically and 

economically feasible alternatives to 

DMAs that would provide more 

programming options and the potential 

impact of such alternatives on localism 

and on broadcast television locally, 

regionally, and nationally. We also ask 

commenters to provide 

recommendations that would foster 

localism in counties served by out-ofState DMAs and the impact of such 

recommendations as required under 

Section 109(b). 

Data Analysis—Section 109(a)(1)(A) 

4. Section 109(a)(1)(A) requires the 

Commission to analyze the extent to 

which consumers in each local market 

have access to broadcast programming 

from television broadcast stations 

located outside their local markets, 

including through carriage by cable 

operators and satellite carriers of signals 

that are significantly viewed (within the 

meaning of section 340 of the 

Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

340)). We interpret Section 109(a)(1)(A) 

to require the Commission to identify in 

each DMA the out-of-market broadcast 

stations available over-the-air or carried 

by DBS, cable, and telephone MVPDs, 

and the number of consumers that have 

access to each out-of-market broadcast 

station through any of these distribution 

means. In 2011, pursuant to STELA, the 

Commission reported to Congress 

regarding the extent that consumers in 

a State receive broadcast signals from 

stations licensed to another State as well 

as the extent to which consumers have 

access to in-State broadcast 

programming, among other things. 

While the focus of the Report to 

Congress pursuant to Section 304 of the 

Satellite Extension and Localism Act of 

2010 (2011 STELA Report) differed 

somewhat from the requirements of 

Section 109, it provided information 

about consumer access to out-of-State 

and out-of-DMA broadcast stations. We 

believe, however, that information at the 

DMA level, as contained in the 2011 

STELA Report, may not be fully 

responsive to Congress’ directive in 

STELAR. We note that Section 109(a)(2) 

seeks recommendations to foster 

localism in counties served by out-ofState DMAs. Thus, we believe we 

should report data on out-of-market 

broadcast stations on a county basis 

within each DMA. We request comment 

on this belief and input on additional 

data and analysis that would be fully 

responsive. 

5. Section 109(a)(1)(A) requires us to 

consider access to broadcast 

programming, including through DBS 

and cable carriage. We seek comment on 

the appropriate methodologies and 

submission of essential data for the 

analysis. Do data exist that would allow 

us to determine consumer access to outof-market broadcast programming from 

one source regardless of distribution 

technology? In the absence of one data 

source, we tentatively conclude that we 

should consider the availability of 

broadcast stations over-the-air by 

calculating the number of housing units 

in each DMA reached by the predicted 

broadcast signal contour of each out-ofmarket broadcast station, as we did in 

the 2011 STELA Report. We seek 

comment on this tentative conclusion. 

6. We believe we have access to 

comprehensive data for analysis of DBS 

carriage and over-the-air reception of 

out-of-market broadcast stations. We 

note that Section 108 of STELAR 

requires DBS carriers to provide data 

regarding satellite carriage of broadcast 

stations and that these data should be 

useful for this report. We seek comment 

on whether the Section 108 reports DBS 

operators submit are sufficient for this 

purpose. Will these reports include the 

carriage of significantly viewed signals 

that we must take into consideration? 

7. With respect to cable and telephone 

MVPD carriage of out-of-market 

broadcast stations, we seek comment on 

what data are available that would be 

adequate for such analysis and what 

methodology we could use to analyze 

the available data. In 2011, pursuant to 

STELA, the Bureau was unable to 

provide separate data for cable and 

telephone MVPDs, and therefore instead 

the Bureau used Nielsen data to identify 

for each DMA the out-of-market 

broadcast television stations that earned 

a cumulative rating of at least 2.5 

percent from all sources. Are 

comprehensive data available that 

would enable us to determine for each 

county in each DMA the out-of-market 

broadcast stations carried by each cable 

and telephone MVPD? In the absence of 

such data, we seek comment on the use 

of Nielsen data and the methodology 

used for the 2011 STELA Report. What 

other options are available to the 

Commission to analyze this question? 

8. In this regard, we note that the 

Commission collects cable system data 

in its Annual Report of Cable Television 

Systems (FCC Form 325) and in its 

Annual Report on Cable Prices, but 

these data are not comprehensive. Only 

a limited number of cable systems must 

file FCC Form 325. All cable systems 

with more than 20,000 subscribers are 

subject to the reporting requirement as 

are a sample of cable systems with fewer 

than 20,000 subscribers. Other than on 

a sample basis, cable systems with fewer 

than 20,000 subscribers, however, are 

not required to report information to the 

Commission. Also, many rural counties 

of interest to the STELAR Section 109 

Report may be served by cable systems 

not subject to the requirement. 

9. Cable systems subject to the FCC 

Form 325 reporting requirement provide 


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the Commission with a list of the 

broadcast stations carried by each 

reporting system. The geographic 

configuration of a cable system is 

determined by its physical system, 

which consists of a cable system 

technically integrated to a principal 

headend. Cable system data are 

provided for the entire system. The data 

do not correspond to census blocks, 

counties, DMAs, or other common 

geographic units and, therefore, cannot 

be aggregated or disaggregated to 

provide estimates for those geographic 

units or households. Thus, the data 

cable companies provide to the 

Commission do not permit analysis on 

a comparable geographic basis to data 

available for over-the-air broadcast 

stations, DBS carriage of broadcast 

stations, or the Bureau of the Census 

household data. 

10. The Commission publishes 

annually a cable price report, which 

collects a listing of broadcast stations 

carried by a random sample of cable 

operators. According to the Bureau’s 

most recent report, over 33,000 

communities are served by cable 

operators. The report, however, 

included information on only 800 

communities. As such, it does not 

provide comprehensive data and many 

rural counties of interest to the STELAR 

Section 109 Report may be served by 

cable operators not included in the 

Commission’s cable price report. We 

seek comment on the availability of 

other more comprehensive data sources 

that might be available to the 

Commission to perform the required 

analysis. 

11. In the absence of comprehensive 

data, we propose including case studies 

for specific counties where commenters 

have indicated a lack of local 

programming. In 2011, pursuant to 

STELA, the Bureau undertook a number 

of case studies for specific counties in 

which commenters indicated a lack of 

in-State broadcast programming. For 

each case, the Bureau examined the 

extent to which consumers had access 

to in-State programming over the air, 

from cable operators and from DBS 

operators on a county basis within each 

relevant DMA. The Bureau described 

the availability of in-State broadcast 

stations and the carriage of in-State 

stations by DBS operators and cable 

systems. For cable system information, 

the Bureau identified the cable systems 

in the counties and communities under 

study using the Commission’s Cable 

Operations and Licensing System. To 

determine the carriage of in-State 

broadcast stations, the Bureau used 

cable operators’ 2010 FCC Form 325 

submissions, to the extent they were 

available, and publicly available 

information, including the Warren 

Television & Cable Factbook data and 

the Web sites of individual cable 

systems. 

12. For each case study for the 

STELAR Section 109 Report, we 

propose to examine, using the best 

available information, the extent to 

which consumers have access to out-ofmarket broadcast programming from 

DBS, cable, and telephone MVPDs, and 

over the air. We seek comment on the 

use of case studies for our report. Is 

there a better approach to case studies? 

We seek data, information, and 

comment for the analysis of cable and 

telephone MVPD carriage of out-ofmarket broadcast stations. 

13. Out-of-market broadcast stations 

may provide multiple programming 

streams. Should the STELAR Section 

109 Report include all out-of-market 

broadcast programming? We seek 

comment on the appropriate 

methodologies and the availability of 

data for including multiple 

programming steams. Are there other 

mechanisms for carriage that we should 

include (e.g., online access to broadcast 

programming)? Commenters are asked 

to consider these issues and to provide 

any additional suggestions and data for 

the quantitative analysis required for 

this Report. 

Alternatives and Recommendations— 

Sections 109(a)(1)(B), (a)(2), and (b) 

14. Sections 109(a)(1)(B), (a)(2), and 

(b) require the Commission to analyze 

alternatives to the use of DMAs to 

define markets and to make 

recommendations on how to foster 

increased localism in counties served by 

out-of State DMAs taking into account a 

number of factors. Specifically, Section 

109(a)(1)(B) requires the Commission to 

analyze whether there are 

technologically and economically 

feasible alternatives to the use of 

designated market areas to define 

markets that would provide consumers 

with more programming options and the 

potential impact such alternatives could 

have on localism and on broadcast 

television locally, regionally, and 

nationally. Section 109(a)(2) requires 

the Commission to make 

recommendations on how to foster 

increased localism in counties served by 

out-of-State designated market areas. 

Section 109(b) directs the Commission 

to consider three enumerated factors 

related to the impact of DMAs on access 

to local programming when making its 

recommendations. 

15. We ask commenters to provide 

suggested alternatives to the use of 

DMAs to define market areas, pursuant 

to Section 109(a)(1)(B). For each 

alternative, we request that commenters 

explain how the alternative would 

provide consumers with more 

programming options and what the 

impact would be on localism and on 

broadcast television locally, regionally 

and nationally. What specific 

programming options should we 

consider in our analysis? For instance, 

should we consider news, sports, 

weather, coverage of State-level politics 

and government, or other content 

relevant to a consumers’ daily life, 

including advertising from local 

businesses, and if so how should we 

identify and consider such content? 

Commenters also should address the 

technological and economic feasibility 

of each alternative proposed and 

provide data and information on these 

issues. To analyze the various 

alternatives, we request suggestions on 

how to evaluate and compare the 

proposed alternatives for the STELAR 

Section 109 Report. 

16. Section 109(a)(2) requires the 

Commission to make recommendations 

on how to foster increased localism in 

counties served by out-of-State DMAs. 

In making recommendations, Section 

109(b) instructs the Commission to 

consider: (1) the impact that DMAs that 

cross State lines have on access to local 

programming; (2) the impact that DMAs 

have on local programming in rural 

areas; and (3) the state of local 

programming in States served 

exclusively by out-of-State DMAs. We 

seek recommendations that could 

increase television programming from 

and about the DMA, and television 

programming from and about the State, 

in which a consumer resides. We 

specifically ask commenters to address 

the three considerations identified in 

Section 109(b). In particular, how do 

DMAs affect access to local 

programming for each of the three areas 

of concern? To what extent do 

consumers in DMAs that cross State 

lines have access to television 

programming from and about their 

State? How will the proposed 

recommendations foster increased local 

programming for consumers residing in 

such locations? 

17. To assist us in analyzing proposed 

recommendations that we will consider 

including in the STELAR Section 109 

Report, we also seek comment on the 

effects of each recommendation on 

consumers, local broadcast stations, the 

number of stations that MVPDs would 

be required to carry, the advertising 

market, broadcast network affiliation 

agreements and areas of exclusivity. 

What would be the benefits and costs of 

each recommendation? How would the 


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proposed recommendation provide 

consumers with increased local 

programming without curtailing the 

broadcast programming consumers 

currently view? Are there other criteria 

we should consider when evaluating 

recommendations to foster increased 

localism? We seek comment on these 

issues and any other comments that 

address the requirements of Section 109 

of STELAR. 

Procedural Matters 

18. Comment Information. Pursuant 

to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 

1.419, interested parties may file 

comments and reply comments on or 

before the dates indicated on the first 

page of this document. Comments may 

be filed using the Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS). See Electronic Filing of 

Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 

63 FR 24121 (1998). 

D Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http:// 

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. 

D Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. If more than one 

docket or rulemaking number appears in 

the caption of this proceeding, filers 

must submit two additional copies for 

each additional docket or rulemaking 

number. 

Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

D All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 

12th St. SW., Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours 

are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand 

deliveries must be held together with 

rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes and boxes must be disposed 

of before entering the building. 

D Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 

East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, 

MD 20743. 

D U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington DC 20554. 

People with Disabilities: To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (tty). 

19. For further information about this 

Public Notice, please contact Marcia 

Glauberman at (202) 418–7046, 

marcia.glauberman@fcc.gov or Dan 

Bring at (202) 418–2164, 

danny.bring@fcc.gov. Press inquiries 

should be directed to Janice Wise at 

(202) 418–8165, janice.wise@fcc.gov. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07561 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreement Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreement 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on the agreement to the Secretary, 

Federal Maritime Commission, 

Washington, DC 20573, within twelve 

days of the date this notice appears in 

the Federal Register. A copy of the 

agreement is available through the 

Commission’s Web site (www.fmc.gov) 

or by contacting the Office of 

Agreements at (202) 523–5793 or 

tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 012324. 

Title: NMCC/Grimaldi Space Charter 

Agreement. 

Parties: Grimaldi Deep Sea S.p.A; 

Grimaldi Euromed S.p.A.; Nissan Motor 

Car Carrier Co., Ltd.; World Logistics 

Service (U.S.A.), Inc. 

Filing Party: Eric. C. Jeffrey, Esq.; 

Nixon Peabody LLP; 401 9th Street NW., 

Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004. 

Synopsis: The Agreement authorizes 

the parties to charter space to/from one 

another for the transportation of 

vehicles and other Ro/Ro cargo in the 

trade between the United States, on the 

one hand, and Europe, Africa, the 

Mediterranean, and the Middle East on 

the other hand. 

By Order of the Federal Maritime 

Commission. 

Dated: March 27, 2015. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07487 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE CODE 6730–01–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 will also 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. 

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 April 27, 2015. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Yvonne Sparks, Community 

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

Louis, Missouri 63166–2034: 

1. First State Bancorp, Inc., Combined 

Retirement Benefit Plan (formerly 

known as First State Bancorp, Inc. 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan), 

Caruthersville, Missouri; to acquire 

additional voting shares, for a total of 40 

percent, of the voting shares of First 

State Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of First 

State Bank and Trust Company, Inc., 

both in Caruthersville, Missouri. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, March 30, 2015. 

Michael J. Lewandowski, 

Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07557 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

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