Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 7, 2009 / Notices 15725 

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 May 1, 2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02106–2204: 

1. Connecticut Mutual Holding 

Company, Winsted, Connecticut; to 

acquire through merger Collinsville 

Savings Mutual Holding Company, 

Collinsville Stock Holding Company, 

and thereby acquire Collinsville Savings 

Society, all of Collinsville, Connecticut. 

In connection with the above 

application, Collinsville Savings Mutual 

Holding Company, Collinsville, 

Connecticut, also has applied to acquire 

100 percent of the voting shares of 

Collinsville Stock Holding Company, 

Collinsville, Connecticut, which has 

applied to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring Collinsville 

Savings Society, Collinsville, 

Connecticut. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, April 2, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–7837 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (Eastern Time) 

April 20, 2009. 

PLACE: 4th Floor Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts closed to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

March 16, 2009 Board member meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report 

by the Executive Director. 

a. Participant Activity Report. 

b. Systems Modernization. 

c. Quarterly Investment Performance 

Report. 

d. Legislative Report. 

3. Recommendations on Potential 

Legislative Initiatives. 

4. Quarterly Vendor Financial Report. 

5. Annual Financial Audit Report. 

Parts Closed to the Public 

6. Proprietary information. 

7. Personnel. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

Dated: April 3, 2009. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

Secretary, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–7969 Filed 4–3–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Granting of Request for Early 

Termination of the Waiting Period 

Under the Premerger Notification 

Rules 

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the 

Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust 

Improvements Act of 1976, requires 

persons contemplating certain mergers 

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant Attorney 

General advance notice and to wait 

designated periods before 

consummation of such plans. Section 

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, 

in individual cases, to terminate this 

waiting period prior to its expiration 

and requires that notice of this action be 

published in the Federal Register. 

The following transactions were 

granted early termination of the waiting 

period provided by law and the 

premerger notification rules. The grants 

were made by the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant Attorney 

General for the Antitrust Division of the 

Department of Justice. Neither agency 

intends to take any action with respect 

to these proposed acquisitions during 

the applicable waiting period. 

Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—02/23/2009 

20090289 ................ Deutsche Lufthansa AG ....................... Sir Michael David Bishop ..................... British Midland PLC 

20090290 ................ Texas Health Resources ...................... Community Health Systems, Inc. ......... TTHR Limited Partnership 

20090291 ................ Valero Energy Corporation .................. VeraSun Energy Corporation ............... VeraSun Aurora Corporation; VeraSun 

Charles City, LLC; VeraSun Fort 

Dodge, LLC; VeraSun Hartley, LLC; 

VeraSun Marketing, LLC; VeraSun 

Reynolds, LLC; VeraSun Welcome, 

LLC 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—02/24/2009 

20090292 ................ Bank of America Corporation ............... Kern Schools Federal Credit Union ..... FIA Card Services, N.A.

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Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—02/25/2009 

20090294 ................ General Electric Company ................... ATP Oil & Gas Corporation ................. ATP Infrastructure Partners, L.P. 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—02/27/2009 

20090306 ................ University of Southern California ......... Tenet Healthcare Corporation .............. Tenet HealthSystem Norris, Inc.; USC 

University Hospital, Inc. 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/02/2009 

20090143 ................ Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. ............ The Clearing Corporation ..................... The Clearing Corporation 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/03/2009 

20090287 ................ Novartis Pharma AG ............................ Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. .............. Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

20090307 ................ Baker Brothers Life Sciences, L.P. ...... Seattle Genetics, Inc. ........................... Seattle Genetics, Inc. 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/09/2009 

20090317 ................ DCP Midstream Partners, LP .............. ConocoPhillips ...................................... DCP East Texas Holdings, LLC 

20090318 ................ DCP Midstream Partners, LP .............. Spectra Energy Corp. .......................... DCP East Texas Holdings, LLC 

20090322 ................ Roger Penske ...................................... General Electric Company ................... Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/11/2009 

20090321 ................ Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. .. Callan Associates Inc. .......................... Callan Associates Inc. 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/13/2009 

20090263 ................ William Goldring ................................... Constellation Brands, Inc. .................... Barton Brands of California, Inc.; Barton Distillers Import Corp.; Constellation Spirits Inc. 

20090327 ................ Mascolo Brothers Limited .................... Toni & Guy Holdings, Inc. .................... Toni & Guy Holdings, Inc. 

20090333 ................ Fidelity National Financial, Inc. ............ Wind Point Partners V, L.P. ................. VI Acquisition Corp.; VICORP Restaurants, Inc. 

20090336 ................ Newport Global Opportunities Fund 

L.P.

Wind Point Partners V, L.P. ................. VI Acquisition Corp.; VICORP Restaurants, Inc. 

Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/16/2009 

20090311 ................ Fairholme Funds, Inc. .......................... The St. Joe Company .......................... The St. Joe Company. 

20090313 ................ Amphenol Corporation ......................... General Electric Company ................... Times Microwave Systems, Inc. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative 

or Renee Hallman, Contact 

Representative, Federal Trade 

Commission, Premerger Notification 

Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H– 

303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326– 

3100. 

By Direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–7551 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Guidance on the Genetic Information 

Nondiscrimination Act: Implications 

for Investigators and Institutional 

Review Boards 

AGENCY: Office for Human Research 

Protections, Office of Public Health and 

Science, Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office for Human 

Research Protections (OHRP), Office of 

Public Health and Science, is 

announcing the availability of a 

guidance document entitled, ‘‘Guidance 

on the Genetic Information 

Nondiscrimination Act: Implications for 

Investigators and Institutional Review 

Boards.’’ The guidance document 

provides OHRP’s first formal guidance 

on this topic. The document, which is 

available on the OHRP Web site at 

http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/ 

humansubjects/guidance/gina.html and 

http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/ 

humansubjects/guidance/gina.pdf, is 

intended primarily for investigators who 

conduct, and institutional review boards 

(IRB) that review, non-exempt human 

subjects research involving genetic 

testing or collection of genetic 

information (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘genetic research’’). The guidance 

document provides background on 

protections provided by the Genetic 

Information Nondiscrimination Act of 

2008 (GINA) and discusses some of the 

implications of GINA for investigators 

who conduct, and IRBs that review, 

genetic research, particularly with 

respect to the criteria for IRB approval 

of research and the requirements for 

obtaining informed consent under the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) regulations for the 

protection of human subjects (45 CFR 

part 46). 

DATES: Comments on OHRP guidance 

documents are welcome at any time. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for 

single copies of the guidance document 

entitled, ‘‘Guidance on the Genetic 

Information Nondiscrimination Act: 

Implications for Investigators and 

Institutional Review Boards,’’ to the 

Division of Policy and Assurances, 

Office for Human Research Protections, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, 

Rockville, MD 20852. Send one selfaddressed adhesive label to assist that