Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 213 / Thursday, November 4, 2010 / Notices 67969 

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: November 10, 2010. 

Time: Immediately following the ASC 

open session beginning at 10:30 a.m. 

Status: Closed. 

Matters To Be Considered 

October 13, 2010 minutes—Closed 

Session. 

Preliminary discussion of State 

Compliance Reviews. 

Dated: October 29, 2010. 

Deborah S. Merkle, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27909 Filed 11–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No. AS10–8] 

Appraisal Subcommittee Notice of 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Appraisal Subcommittee of the 

Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

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 open session for its regular 

meeting: 

Location: FDIC Building, 1776 F 

Street, NW., Room 4085, Washington, 

DC 20429. 

Date: November 10, 2010. 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Status: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered 

Summary Agenda 

October 13, 2010 minutes—Open 

Session. 

(No substantive discussion of the 

above items is anticipated. These 

matters will be resolved with a single 

vote unless a member of the ASC 

requests that an item be moved to the 

discussion agenda.) 

Discussion Agenda 

Maryland Compliance Review Report 

and letter, 

Massachusetts Compliance Review 

Report and letter, 

Minnesota Compliance Review Report 

and letter. 

How To Attend and Observe an ASC 

Meeting 

E-mail your name, organization and 

contact information to 

meetings@asc.gov. 

You may also send a written request 

via U.S. Mail, fax or commercial carrier 

to the Executive Director of the ASC, 

1401 H Street, NW., Ste. 760, 

Washington, DC 20005. Your request 

must be received no later than 4:30 

p.m., ET, on the Monday prior to the 

meeting. If that Monday is a Federal 

holiday, then your request must be 

received 4:30 p.m., ET, on the previous 

Friday. Attendees must have a valid 

government-issued photo ID and must 

agree to submit to reasonable security 

measures. The meeting space is 

intended to accommodate public 

attendees. However, if the space will not 

accommodate all requests, the ASC may 

refuse attendance on that reasonable 

basis. 

Dated: October 29, 2010. 

Deborah S. Merkle, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27911 Filed 11–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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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 

November 19, 2010. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement), 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. Henry Liebman, Gail Katz, and 

Sodo Builders, all of Seattle, 

Washington, acting as a group in 

concert; to retain voting shares of Regal 

Financial Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly retain voting shares of Regal 

Financial Bank, both of Seattle, 

Washington. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 1, 2010. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27868 Filed 11–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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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 application 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. 

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 29, 

2010. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291: 

1. Bigfork Bancshares, Inc., Bigfork, 

Minnesota; to merge with Kelliher 

Bancshares Inc., and thereby indirectly 

acquire Citizens State Bank of Kelliher, 

both of Kelliher, Minnesota. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(E. Ann Worthy, Vice President) 2200 


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67970 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 213 / Thursday, November 4, 2010 / Notices 

1Regulation (EEC) No. 4056/86 included a block 

exemption from E.U. competition laws for liner 

shipping conferences, which allowed them, under 

certain conditions, to fix prices and regulate 

capacity. 

2See Comments Submitted on Behalf of the 

National Industrial Transportation League, by 

Attorneys Nicholas J. DiMichael and Karyn A. 

Booth, Thompson Hine LLP, October 18, 2006, page 

9. 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201– 

2272: 

1. Veritex Holdings, Inc., Dallas, 

Texas; to acquire 100 percent of the 

voting shares of Fidelity Resources 

Company, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Fidelity Bank, 

Plano, Texas. 

2. WCM Holdings, Inc., and WCM– 

Parkway, Ltd., both of Dallas, Texas; to 

acquire at least 5 percent of the voting 

shares of Veritex Holdings, Inc., and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Professional Bank, NA, both of Dallas, 

Texas. 

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. SKBHC Holdings, LLC, and SKBHC 

Hawks Nest Acquisition Corp., both of 

Corona del Mar, California; to acquire 

100 percent of the voting shares of 

AmericanWest Bank, Spokane, 

Washington. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 1, 2010. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Inquiry; An Analysis of the 

European Union Repeal of the Liner 

Conference Block Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Inquiry. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime 

Commission (‘‘FMC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

is issuing this inquiry to solicit 

information and comments concerning 

the effects on international liner 

shipping of the European Union’s 

(‘‘E.U.’’) repeal of the liner block 

exemption from competition laws that 

took effect on October 18, 2008. This 

information will assist the Commission 

in its identification, analysis and 

evaluation of any consequences of the 

E.U.’s policy decision on U.S. trades, 

and will be incorporated into the 

Commission’s research for An Analysis 

of the E.U. Repeal of the Liner 

Conference Block Exemption (‘‘E.U. 

Study’’) which is scheduled to be 

completed in late 2011. 

DATES: Responses are due on or before 

January 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit all comments 

concerning this Inquiry to: Karen V. 

Gregory, Secretary, Federal Maritime 

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, 

NW., Room 1046, Washington, DC 

20573–0001. 

Or e-mail non-confidential comments 

to: secretary@fmc.gov. (e-mail comments 

as attachments in Microsoft Word) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Austin L. Schmitt, Director, Bureau of 

Trade Analysis, Federal Maritime 

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20573–0001, 

Telephone: (202) 523–5796, E-mail: 

aschmitt@fmc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Submit Comments: Non-confidential 

filings may be submitted in hard copy 

or by e-mail as an attachment (Microsoft 

Word) addressed to secretary@fmc.gov 

on or before January 18, 2011. Include 

in the subject line: ‘‘FMC EU Study— 

Response to NOI’’. Responses to this 

inquiry that seek confidential treatment 

must be submitted in hard copy by U.S. 

mail or courier. Confidential filings 

must be accompanied by a transmittal 

letter that identifies the filing as 

‘‘confidential,’’ describes the nature and 

extent of the confidential treatment 

requested, and states the reason for the 

request (e.g., commercially sensitive 

data). When submitting documents in 

response to the NOI that contain 

confidential information, the 

confidential copy of the filing must 

consist of the complete filing and be 

marked by the filer as ‘‘ConfidentialRestricted,’’ with the confidential 

material clearly marked on each page. 

When a confidential filing is submitted, 

an original and one additional copy of 

the public version of the filing must be 

submitted. The public version of the 

filing should exclude confidential 

materials, and be clearly marked on 

each affected page, ‘‘confidential 

materials excluded.’’ Questions 

regarding filing or treatment of 

confidential responses to this inquiry 

should be directed to the Commission’s 

Secretary, Karen V. Gregory, at the 

telephone number or e-mail provided 

above. 

The Federal Maritime Commission is 

seeking information and comments from 

interested parties regarding the impacts 

of the E.U. repeal of the liner conference 

block exemption, Regulation (EEC) No. 

4056/86,1 on the performance of liner 

shipping in U.S. trades. The adoption by 

the European Union of Regulation 1419/ 

2006 (‘‘Repeal’’), on September 25, 2006, 

removed the previous block exemption 

from E.U. competition laws as of 

October 18, 2008. Under European 

Commission Regulation No. 906/2009, 

liner shipping consortia with market 

shares up to 30% retain an exemption 

for certain activities. 

Background 

As the expert agency responsible for 

regulating liner shipping in U.S. trades, 

the Commission has an on-going 

responsibility to keep abreast of changes 

in foreign laws and regulations that may 

impact liner activities in U.S. trades. 

The Commission developed the E.U. 

Study as a means of meeting that 

responsibility, and of determining 

whether or not any impacts on U.S. 

trades that could be related to the E.U.’s 

Repeal warranted Commission action 

with respect to its existing regulations 

and oversight activities under the 

Shipping Act of 1984 as amended by the 

Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998. 

In doing so, the Commission was 

cognizant of recommendations made by 

the National Industrial Transportation 

League (‘‘NITL’’) to the Antitrust 

Modernization Commission (‘‘AMC’’) in 

their October 18, 2006 comments. NITL 

told the AMC that, in light of the E.U.’s 

repeal of the liner conference block 

exemption, it would be appropriate for 

the United States government to 

undertake a review of the antitrust 

immunity granted under the Shipping 

Act. NITL stated, in particular, that such 

a review should include an analysis of 

the impact that the changes adopted in 

Europe will have on the shipment of 

goods in U.S. trades.2

On November 23, 2009, in a public 

address to several industry groups, FMC 

Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr. 

announced the Commission’s intention 

to undertake a comprehensive study of 

the impact of the E.U.’s repeal of the 

liner block exemption on U.S. trades. He 

noted that the E.U. study would cover 

a five-year period, from January 2006 

through December 2010, and that it 

would include an analysis of changes in 

liner market structure, competition, 

services offered, vessel capacity, rates 

and surcharges. He also advised that the 

Commission staff was consulting key 

industry and customer groups 

concerning the parameters of the study, 

the proposed research methods, and the 

possibility of future interviews with 

industry representatives. Chairman 

Lidinsky declared that the Commission 

intended to publish a Notice of Inquiry 

(‘‘NOI’’) in late 2010, and stressed the 

importance he attached to participation 

by the shipper community in both the 


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