Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 240 / Monday, December 15, 2014 / Notices 74091 

expedited notification: 5 hours; and FR 

Y–4, post-consummation: 0.5 hours. 

Number of respondents: 279. 

General description of reports: The FR 

Y–3 application and FR Y–3N 

notification are mandatory (12 U.S.C. 

1842(a), 1844(b), and 1843(j)(1)(b)). The 

FR Y–4 notification is mandatory (12 

U.S.C. 1843(j)(1)(b)). These information 

collections are not given confidential 

treatment. Applicants may rely on any 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

exemption, but such requests for 

confidentiality must contain detailed 

justifications corresponding to the 

claimed FOIA exemption. Requests for 

confidentiality must be evaluated on a 

case-by-case basis. 

Abstract: The Federal Reserve 

requires the submission of these filings 

for regulatory and supervisory purposes 

and to allow the Federal Reserve to 

fulfill its statutory obligations under the 

Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the 

BHC Act). These filings collect 

information on proposals by BHCs 

involving formations, acquisitions, 

mergers, and nonbanking activities. The 

Federal Reserve must obtain this 

information to evaluate each individual 

transaction with respect to financial and 

managerial factors, permissibility, 

competitive effects, net public benefits, 

and the impact on the convenience and 

needs of affected communities. 

Current Actions: On September 24, 

2014, the Federal Reserve published a 

notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 

57101) requesting public comment for 

60 days on the extension, without 

revision, for these information 

collections. The comment period for 

this notice expired on November 24, 

2014. The Federal Reserve did not 

receive any comments. The information 

collection will be extended as proposed. 

6. Report title: Application for a 

Foreign Organization to Acquire a Bank 

Holding Company. 

Agency form number: FR Y–3F. 

OMB control number: 7100–0119. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Reporters: Any company organized 

under the laws of a foreign country 

seeking to acquire a U.S. subsidiary 

bank or bank holding company. 

Annual reporting hours: 440 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Initial application, 90 hours; subsequent 

application, 70 hours. 

Number of respondents: Initial 

application, 1; subsequent application, 

5. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is required to 

obtain or retain a benefit under sections 

3(a), 3(c), and 5(a) through 5(c) of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1842(a) and (c) and 1844(a) through (c)). 

The information provided in the 

application is not confidential unless 

the applicant specifically requests 

confidentiality and the Federal Reserve 

approves the request. The instructions 

convey the confidentiality requirements 

to applicants. 

Abstract: Under the Bank Holding 

Company Act (BHCA), submission of 

this application is required for any 

company organized under the laws of a 

foreign country seeking to acquire a U.S. 

subsidiary bank or bank holding 

company. Applicants must provide 

financial and managerial information, 

discuss the competitive effects of the 

proposed transaction, and discuss how 

the proposed transaction would 

enhance the convenience and needs of 

the community to be served. The 

Federal Reserve uses the information, in 

part, to fulfill its supervisory 

responsibilities with respect to foreign 

banking organizations in the United 

States. 

Current Actions: On September 24, 

2014, the Federal Reserve published a 

notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 

57101) requesting public comment for 

60 days on the extension, without 

revision, for this information collection. 

The comment period for this notice 

expired on November 24, 2014. The 

Federal Reserve did not receive any 

comments. The information collection 

will be extended as proposed. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 9, 2014. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29247 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

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 will also 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 January 9, 

2015. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

(Ivan Hurwitz, Vice President) 33 

Liberty Street, New York, New York 

10045–0001: 

1. Sterling Bancorp, Montebello, New 

York; to merge with Hudson Valley 

Holding Corporation, and thereby 

indirectly acquire Hudson Valley Bank, 

N.A., both of Yonkers, New York. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 10, 2014. 

Michael J. Lewandowski, 

Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29250 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Findings of Research Misconduct 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) 

has taken final action in the following 

case: 

H. Rosie Xing, Ph.D., University of 

Chicago: Based on the report of an 

investigation conducted by the 

University of Chicago (UC) and 

additional analysis by ORI in its 

oversight review, ORI found that Dr. H. 

Rosie Xing, former Assistant Professor, 

UC, engaged in research misconduct in 

research supported by National Cancer 

Institute (NCI), National Institutes of 

Health (NIH), grant R01 CA098022. 

ORI found that Respondent engaged 

in research misconduct (42 CFR 93.103– 

104) by using images that had been 

among a set of manipulated images 

produced while at another institution, 

which had been found to be false by that 

institution. ORI found that Respondent 

falsely reported these images in Figures 

1D, 2A, and Supplementary Figures 1B 


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