62820 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2010 / Notices 

Description: In accordance with 

Section 1104(b) of Title XI of the 

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, 

and Enforcement Act of 1989, as 

amended, notice is hereby given that the 

Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) will 

meet in closed session: 

Location: FDIC Building, 1776 F 

Street, NW., Room 4085, Washington, 

DC 20429. 

Date: October 13, 2010. 

Time: Immediately following the ASC 

open session beginning at 10:30 a.m. 

Status: Closed. 

Matters to be Considered: September 

22, 2010 minutes—Closed Session. 

Preliminary discussion of State 

Compliance Reviews. 

Dated: October 6, 2010. 

James R. Park, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25661 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

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 shares of 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 offices 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 

28, 2010. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 

(A. Linwood Gill III, Vice President), 

701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, 

Virginia 23261–4528: 

1. William Lee Hale and the William 

Lee Hale Trust, both of Bland, Virginia, 

acting in concert to retain control of 

20.86% of the voting shares of First 

Regions Bancshares, Inc., Richlands, 

Virginia and thereby indirectly acquire 

voting shares of First Sentinel Bank, 

Richlands, Virginia. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 7, 2010. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25679 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

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

October 18, 2010. 

PLACE: 4th Floor Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts will be closed to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

September 20, 2010 Board Member 

Meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan Activity Report by 

the Executive Director. 

a. Monthly Participant Activity Report 

b. Monthly Investment Performance 

Review 

c. Legislative Report 

3. Mid-Year Financial Audit Report. 

4. Quarterly Vendor Financial Report. 

5. Annual Budget Discussion. 

Parts Closed to the Public 

6. Confidential Vendor Information. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

Dated: October 8, 2010. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

Secretary, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25854 Filed 10–8–10; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Screening Framework Guidance for 

Providers of Synthetic DoubleStranded DNA 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Authority: Public Health Service Act, 42 

U.S.C. 241, Section 301; HSPD–10. 

SUMMARY: To reduce the risk that 

individuals with ill intent may exploit 

the application of nucleic acid synthesis 

technology to obtain genetic material 

derived from or encoding Select Agents 

or Toxins and, as applicable, agents on 

the Export Administration Regulations’ 

(EAR’s) Commerce Control List (CCL), 

the U.S. Government has developed 

Guidance that provides a framework for 

screening synthetic double-stranded 

DNA (dsDNA). This document, the 

Screening Framework Guidance for 

Providers of Synthetic Double-Stranded 

DNA (the Guidance), sets forth 

recommended baseline standards for the 

gene and genome synthesis industry and 

other providers of synthetic dsDNA 

products regarding the screening of 

orders so that they are filled in 

compliance with current U.S. 

regulations and to encourage best 

practices in addressing biosecurity 

concerns associated with the potential 

misuse of their products to bypass 

existing regulatory controls. Following 

this Guidance is voluntary, though 

many specific recommendations serve 

to remind providers of their obligations 

under existing regulations. The 

framework includes customer screening 

and sequence screening, follow-up 

screening as necessary, and consultation 

with U.S. Government contacts, as 

needed. 

A draft version of the Guidance was 

published as a Federal Register Notice 

(Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 227, 

November 27, 2009, Screening 

Framework Guidance for Synthetic 

Double-Stranded DNA Providers) for 

public consideration and comment for a 

period of 60 days. Comments were 

reviewed and the Guidance was 

amended through a deliberative 

interagency process. The Response to 

Public Comments document, which 

precedes the final Guidance in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this Notice, provides a general review of 

the decisions made to alter the 

Guidance in response to public 

comments. The Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) is issuing 

this document as the lead agency in a 

broad interagency process to draft the 

Guidance. The Guidance will be 

reviewed on a regular basis and revised, 

as necessary. For further details about 

the Guidance, to access public 

comments, and to provide ongoing 

feedback please refer to http:// 

www.phe.gov/preparedness/legal/ 

guidance/syndna. 

DATES: The Guidance is effective on 

October 13, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Tucker, PhD, Office of Policy 

and Planning, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response, U.S. Department of Health 

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