61420 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 201 / Thursday, October 16, 2008 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this 

meeting, the Diversity Committee will 

discuss and consider possible areas in 

which to develop recommendations that 

will further enhance the ability of 

minorities and women to participate in 

the telecommunications and related 

industries. 

Members of the general public may 

attend the meeting. The FCC will 

attempt to accommodate as many 

people as possible. However, 

admittance will be limited to seating 

availability. The public may submit 

written comments before the meeting to: 

Barbara Kreisman, the FCC’s Designated 

Federal Officer for the Diversity 

Committee by e-mail: 

Barbara.Kreisman@fcc.gov or U.S. 

Postal Service Mail (Barbara Kreisman, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room 2–A665, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554). 

Open captioning will be provided for 

this event. Other reasonable 

accommodations for people with 

disabilities are available upon request. 

Requests for such accommodations 

should be submitted via e-mail to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (tty). Such requests should 

include a detailed description of the 

accommodation needed. In addition, 

please include a way we can contact 

you if we need more information. Please 

allow at least five days advance notice; 

last minute requests will be accepted, 

but may be impossible to fill. 

Additional information regarding the 

Diversity Committee can be found at 

http://www.fcc.gov/DiversityFAC. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–24483 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING 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 agreements to the Secretary, Federal 

Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 

20573, within ten days of the date this 

notice appears in the Federal Register. 

Copies of agreements are available 

through the Commission’s Web site 

(http://www.fmc.gov) or contacting the 

Office of Agreements at (202) 523–5793 

or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 011426–042. 

Title: West Coast of South America 

Discussion Agreement. 

Parties: APL Co. Pte Ltd.; Compania 

Chilena de Navigacion Interoceanica, 

S.A.; Compania Sud Americana de 

Vapores, S.A.; Frontier Liner Services, 

Inc.; Hamburg-Su ̈d; King Ocean Services 

Limited, Inc.; Maruba S.C.A.; Seaboard 

Marine Ltd.; South Pacific Shipping 

Company, Ltd.; and Trinity Shipping 

Line. 

Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq., 

Sher & Blackwell LLP, 1850 M Street, 

NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036. 

Synopsis: The amendment removes 

Mediterranean Shipping Company SA 

as a party to the agreement. 

Dated: October 10, 2008. 

By Order of the Federal Maritime 

Commission. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–24622 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Ocean Transportation Intermediary 

License Applicants 

Notice is hereby given that the 

following applicants have filed with the 

Federal Maritime Commission an 

application for license as a Non-Vessel 

Operating Common Carrier and Ocean 

Freight Forwarder—Ocean 

Transportation Intermediary pursuant to 

section 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984 

as amended (46 U.S.C. Chapter 409 and 

46 CFR part 515). 

Persons knowing of any reason why 

the following applicants should not 

receive a license are requested to 

contact the Office of Transportation 

Intermediaries, Federal Maritime 

Commission, Washington, DC 20573. 

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier 

Ocean Transportation Intermediary 

Applicant: 

American NAV International Inc., dba 

Amerussia Shipping Company, 51 

Chestnut Street, Rutherford, NJ 

07070, Officers: William J. Spanton, 

Vice President (Qualifying 

Individual), Richard Shannon, 

President. 

Dated: October 10, 2008. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–24621 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Ocean Transportation Intermediary 

License Reissuances 

Notice is hereby given that the 

following Ocean Transportation 

Intermediary licenses have been 

reissued by the Federal Maritime 

Commission pursuant to section 19 of 

the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. 

Chapter 409) and the regulations of the 

Commission pertaining to the licensing 

of Ocean Transportation Intermediaries, 

46 CFR part 515. 

License No. Name/address Date reissued 

019460NF ............................................ USCA Forwarding—Seabell Express Inc., 50 Harrison Street, Ste. 309, Hoboken, NJ 

07030.

July 10, 2008. 

Sandra L. Kusumoto, 

Director, Bureau of Certification and 

Licensing. 

[FR Doc. E8–24620 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

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 
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 201 / Thursday, October 16, 2008 / Notices 61421 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee meeting on September 16, 2008, 

which includes the domestic policy directive issued 

at the meeting, are available upon request to the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, D.C. 20551. The minutes are published 

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s 

annual report. 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than October 

29, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. Fife Commerical Bank 401K ESOP, 

to acquire voting shares of Puget Sound 

Financial Services, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of Fife 

Commercial Bank, all of Fife, 

Washington. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 9, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–24528 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of 

September 16, 2008 

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on September 16, 2008.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long–run objectives, the 

Committee in the immediate future 

seeks conditions in reserve markets 

consistent with maintaining the federal 

funds rate at an average of around 2 

percent. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, October 7, 2008. 

Brian F. Madigan, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. E8–24603 Filed 10–15–08; 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 November 10, 

2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Foundation First Corporation, 

Omaha, Nebraska, to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Western 

State Bancshares, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Western State Bank, both of Waterloo, 

Nebraska. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 9, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–24527 Filed 10–15–08; 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 November 10, 

2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 

1. Hoosier Heartland State Bancorp, 

Crawfordsville, Indiana, to become a 

bank holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Linden 

State Bancorp, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Linden State 

Bank, both of Linden, Indiana, and New 

Ross Bancorp, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Farmers State 

Bank, both of New Ross, Indiana. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 10, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–24575 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Government in the Sunshine Meeting 

Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System.