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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 October 20, 

2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(Steve Foley, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. Riverside Florida Holding 

Company, Cape Coral, Florida; to 

become a bank holding company by 

acquiring 100 percent of the voting 

shares of Riverside Bank of the Gulf 

Coast, Cape Coral, Florida. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201- 

2272: 

1. First Artesia Bancshares, Inc, 

Artesia, New Mexico; to acquire by 

merging 100 percent of AmFin Holding 

Company, Silver City, New Mexico, and 

indirectly acquire AmBank, Silver City, 

New Mexico. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 19, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–22394 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 

CFR Part 225) 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 listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. 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 4 of the 

BHC Act. 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 the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than October 9, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105-1579: 

1. D.L. Evans Bancorp, Burley, Idaho; 

to engage de novo in a joint venture 

with New Country Mortgage, LLC, 

Pocatello, Idaho, in mortgage loan 

origination, pursuant to section 

225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 19, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–22393 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meetings 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act as 

amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), the 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ) announces meetings of 

scientific peer review groups. The 

subcommittees listed below are part of 

the Agency’s Health Services Research 

Initial Review Group Committee. 

The subcommittee meetings will be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 

and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant 

applications are to be reviewed and 

discussed at these meetings. These 

discussions are likely to involve 

information concerning individuals 

associated with the applications, 

including assessments of their personal 

qualifications to conduct their proposed 

projects. This information is exempt 

from mandatory disclosure under the 

above-cited statutes. 

1. Name of Subcommittee: Health System 

Research. 

Date: October 23, 2008 (Open from 8 a.m. 

to 8:15 a.m. on October 23 and closed for 

remainder of the meeting). 

Place: Marriott RIO, Conference Room 

TBD, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd., Rockville, 

Maryland 20878. 

2. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Research Training. 

Date: October 23–24, 2008 (Open from 9 

a.m. to 9:15 a.m. on October 23 and closed 

for remainder of the meeting). 

Place: Marriott RIO, Conference Room 

TBD, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd., Rockville, 

Maryland 20878. 

3. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Technology and Decision Sciences. 

Date: October 29, 2008 (Open from 8 a.m. 

to 8:15 a.m. on October 29 and closed for 

remainder of the meeting). 

Place: Marriott RIO, Conference Room 

TBD, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd., 

Gaithersburg, MD 20878. 

4. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Quality and Effectiveness Research. 

Date: October 30, 2008 (Open from 8:30 

a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on October 30 and closed 

for remainder of the meeting). 

Place: Marriott RIO, Conference Room 

TBD, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20878. 

Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain 

a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the 

nonconfidential portions of the meetings 

should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, 

Conmiittee Management Officer, Office of 

Extramural Research, Education and Priority 

Populations, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Suite 

2000, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone 

(301) 427–1554. 


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Agenda items for these meetings are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Dated: September 15, 2008. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–22132 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Environmental 

Health/Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (BSC, NCEH/ 

ATSDR) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), CDC announces the 

following meetings for the 

aforementioned committee: 

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 

November 6, 2008. 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., 

November 7, 2008. 

Place: Marriott Century Center Hotel, 2000 

Century Boulevard, Chamblee, Georgia 

30341. 

Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

the space available. The meeting room 

accommodates approximately 75 people. 

Purpose: The Secretary, Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) and by 

delegation, the Director, CDC, and 

Administrator, NCEH/ATSDR, are authorized 

under Section 301 (42 U.S.C. 241) and 

Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 243) of the Public 

Health Service Act, as amended, to: (1) 

Conduct, encourage, cooperate with, and 

assist other appropriate public authorities, 

scientific institutions, and scientists in the 

conduct of research, investigations, 

experiments, demonstrations, and studies 

relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, 

control, and prevention of physical and 

mental diseases and other impairments; (2) 

assist states and their political subdivisions 

in the prevention of infectious diseases and 

other preventable conditions and in the 

promotion of health and well being; and (3) 

train state and local personnel in health 

work. The BSC, NCEH/ATSDR provides 

advice and guidance to the Secretary, HHS; 

the Director, CDC; the Administrator, 

ATSDR; and the Director, NCEH/ATSDR, 

regarding program goals, objectives, 

strategies, and priorities in fulfillment of the 

agency’s mission to protect and promote 

people’s health. The board provides advice 

and guidance that will assist NCEH/ATSDR 

in ensuring scientific quality, timeliness, 

utility, and dissemination of results. The 

board also provides guidance to help NCEH/ 

ATSDR work more efficiently and effectively 

with its various constituents and to fulfill its 

mission in protecting America’s health. 

Matters To Be Discussed: An update on 

NCEH/ATSDR’s Office of the Director; 

updates on NCEH/ATSDR work on 

Formaldehyde and FEMA Trailers; 

discussion of the findings on the BSC 

Program Peer Review of NCEH/ATSDR’s 

internal clearance and external peer review 

processes and policies; a presentation of the 

response to the Preparedness and Emergency 

Response Peer Review Report from the Office 

of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency 

Response; updates on public health issues: 

selenium poisoning associated with an overthe-counter dietary supplement; exercising 

the response capability of CDC and the 

Laboratory Response Network to test 10,000 

clinical samples for nerve agent exposure; 

and vapor intrusion activities at hazardous 

waste sites. 

Agenda items are tentative and subject to 

change. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Sandra Malcom, Committee Management 

Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford 

Highway, Mail Stop F–61, Chamblee, Georgia 

30345; Telephone (770) 488–0575, Fax (770) 

488–3377; E-mail: smalcom@cdc.gov. The 

deadline for notification of attendance is 

October 31, 2008. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: September 16, 2008. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E8–22346 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Safety and Occupational Health Study 

Section (SOHSS), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meetings for 

the aforementioned committee: 

Times and Dates: 8 a.m.–5 p.m., October 

14, 2008 (Closed). 8 a.m.–5 p.m., October 15, 

2008 (Closed). 

Place: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900 

Diagonal Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 

Telephone (703) 684–5900, Fax (703)684– 

1403. 

Status: This meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with provisions set 

forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 

U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

pursuant to Section 10(d) Public Law 92–463. 

Purpose: The Safety and Occupational 

Health Study Section will review, discuss, 

and evaluate grant application(s) received in 

response to the Institute’s standard grants 

review and funding cycles pertaining to 

research issues in occupational safety and 

health, and allied areas. 

It is the intent of NIOSH to support broadbased research endeavors in keeping with the 

Institute’s program goals. This will lead to 

improved understanding and appreciation for 

the magnitude of the aggregate health burden 

associated with occupational injuries and 

illnesses, as well as to support more focused 

research projects, which will lead to 

improvements in the delivery of occupational 

safety and health services, and the 

prevention of work-related injury and illness. 

It is anticipated that research funded will 

promote these program goals. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will 

convene to address matters related to the 

conduct of study section business and for the 

study section to consider safety and 

occupational health-related grant 

applications. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Contact Person for More Information: Price 

Connor, Ph.D., NIOSH Health Scientist, 1600 

Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E–20, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333, Telephone (404)498–2511, 

Fax (404)498–2571. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: September 16, 2008. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E8–22344 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–8034–N] 

RIN 0938–AP03 

Medicare Program; Inpatient Hospital 

Deductible and Hospital and Extended 

Care Services Coinsurance Amounts 

for Calendar Year 2009 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

inpatient hospital deductible and the 

hospital and extended care services 

coinsurance amounts for services 

furnished in calendar year (CY) 2009 

under Medicare’s Hospital Insurance 


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