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1 FTC Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The comment 

must be accompanied by an explicit request for 

confidential treatment, including the factual and 

legal basis for the request, and must identify the 

specific portions of the comment to be withheld 

from the public record. The request will be granted 

or denied by the Commission’s General Counsel, 

consistent with applicable law and the public 

interest. See FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than October 

14, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291: 

1. Randall E. Streifel, Powers Lake, 

North Dakota, to acquire voting shares 

of Liberty Bancorporation, Inc., and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Liberty State Bank, both of Powers 

Lake, North Dakota. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 24, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–22763 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

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 October 24, 

2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291: 

1. BHCB Holding Company, to 

become a bank holding company by 

acquiring 100 percent of the voting 

shares of Black Hills Community Bank, 

N.A., a de novo bank, both of Rapid 

City, South Dakota. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. 

Ann Worthy, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201– 

2272: 

1. First Artesia Bancshares, Inc., 

Artesia, New Mexico, to merge with 

AmFin Holding Company, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

AmBank, both of Silver City, New 

Mexico. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 24, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–22762 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The information collection 

requirements described below will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for review, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) is seeking 

public comments on its proposal to 

extend through October 31, 2011, the 

current OMB clearance for the 

information collection requirements 

contained in its Amplifier Rule. That 

clearance expires on October 31, 2008. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

October 29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments. 

Comments should refer to ‘‘Amplifier 

Rule: FTC File No. P974222’’ to 

facilitate the organization of comments. 

A comment filed in paper form should 

include this reference both in the text 

and on the envelope and should be 

mailed or delivered to the following 

address: Federal Trade Commission/ 

Office of the Secretary, Room H-135, 

Annex J, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20580. The FTC is 

requesting that any comment filed in 

paper form be sent by courier or 

overnight service, if possible, because 

U.S. postal mail in the Washington area 

and at the Commission is subject to 

delay due to heightened security 

precautions. Moreover, because paper 

mail in the Washington area and at the 

Agency is subject to delay, please 

consider submitting your comments in 

electronic form, as prescribed below. If, 

however, the comment contains any 

material for which confidential 

treatment is requested, it must be filed 

in paper form, and the first page of the 

document must be clearly labeled 

‘‘Confidential.’’1

Comments filed in electronic form 

should be submitted via the following 

weblink: (https:// 

secure.commentworks.com/ftcAmplifierRule) (and following the 

instructions on the web-based form). To 

ensure that the Commission considers 

an electronic comment, you must file it 

on the web-based form at the weblink: 

(https://secure.commentworks.com/ftcAmplifierRule). If this notice appears at 

www.regulations.gov, you may also file 

an electronic comment through that 

website. The Commission will consider 

all comments that regulations.gov 

forwards to it. 

Comments should also be submitted 

to: Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal 

Trade Commission. Comments should 

be submitted via facsimile to (202) 395- 

6974 because U.S. Postal Mail is subject 

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