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than seven days’ notice to the public; 

that no earlier notice of the meeting was 

practicable; that the public interest did 

not require consideration of the matters 

in a meeting open to public observation; 

and that the matters could be 

considered in a closed meeting by 

authority of subsections (c)(4), (c)(8), 

and (c)(9)(B) of the ‘‘Government in the 

Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), 

(c)(8), and (c)(9)(B)). 

The meeting was held in the Board 

Room of the FDIC Building located at 

550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Dated: October 14, 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–24725 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Change in Subject Matter of 

Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of 

subsection (e)(2) of the ‘‘Government in 

the Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(2)), 

notice is hereby given that at its open 

meeting held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 

October 7, 2008, the Corporation’s 

Board of Directors determined, on 

motion of Vice Chairman Martin J. 

Gruenberg, seconded by Director 

Thomas J. Curry (Appointive), 

concurred in by Director John M. Reich 

(Director, Office of Thrift Supervision), 

Director John C. Dugan (Comptroller of 

the Currency), and Chairman Sheila C. 

Bair, that Corporation business required 

the addition to the agenda for 

consideration at the meeting, on less 

than seven days’ notice to the public, of 

the following matter: 

Memorandum and resolution re: 

Interagency Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

on Capital Treatment of Certain Claims on or 

Guaranteed by, the Federal National 

Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 

(Freddie Mac). 

The Board further determined, by the 

same majority vote, that no notice 

earlier than October 2, 2008, of the 

change in the subject matter of the 

meeting was practicable. 

Dated: October 14, 2008. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–24757 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notices 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, October 21, 

2008 at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance 

matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g. 

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 

437g, 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C. 

Matters concerning participation in civil 

actions or proceedings or arbitration. 

Internal personnel rules and procedures 

or matters affecting a particular 

employee. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, 

Telephone: (202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–24545 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

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 November 3, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. NHB Holdings, Inc. and Proficio 

Mortgage Ventures, LLC, both of 

Jacksonville, Florida, to engage de novo 

in a joint venture with Home Avenue 

Mortgage, Clearwater, Florida, in 

conducting mortgage banking activities, 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1) of 

Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 14, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–24699 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Declaration Under the Public 

Readiness and Emergency 

Preparedness Act 

October 10, 2008. 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OS), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Declaration pursuant to 

section 319F–3 of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d) to 

provide targeted liability protections for 

pandemic countermeasures based on a 

credible risk that an avian influenza 

virus spreads and evolves into a strain 

capable of causing a pandemic of 

human influenza. 

DATES: This notice and the attached 

declaration are effective as of the date of 

signature of the declaration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RADM W.C. Vanderwagen, Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 200 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20201, Telephone 

(202) 205–2882 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Highly 

pathogenic avian influenza A viruses 

have been spread by infected migratory 

birds and exports of poultry or poultry 

products from Asia through Europe and 

Africa since 2004, and could be spread 

into North America in 2008 or later, and 

have caused disease in humans with an 

associated high case fatality. Section 


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