Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 54565 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Public Town Hall Listening Sessions 

on EEOC’s Proposed Regulations 

Under the ADA Amendments Act of 

2008 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Town Hall Listening 

Sessions. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and 

the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) 

Civil Rights Division will hold a series 

of joint Town Hall Listening Sessions on 

EEOC’s proposed regulations under the 

ADA Amendments Act of 2008 

(ADAAA), 74 FR 48431 (09/23/2009). 

These joint sessions will be held 

throughout the country to obtain direct 

input from the business/employer 

communities and the disability and 

disability advocacy communities on the 

proposed regulations. 

DATES: The Town Hall Listening 

Sessions will be held on October 26, 

2009 in Oakland, CA; October 30, 2009 

in Philadelphia, PA; November 17, 2009 

in Chicago, IL; and, November 20, 2009 

in New Orleans, LA. Each session will 

be from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Specific 

information on each session appears 

below. 

ADDRESSES: The locations of the 

sessions are: 

1. Oakland, CA—California 

Endowment, 1111 Broadway, 7th Floor, 

Oakland, CA 94607. 

2. Philadelphia, PA—Liberty 

Resources, 714 Market Street, Suite 100, 

Philadelphia, PA 19106. 

3. Chicago, IL—Access Living, 115 

West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 

60654. 

4. New Orleans, LA—University of 

New Orleans Training Resource and 

Assistive-Technology Center (UNO– 

TRAC), 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New 

Orleans, LA 70148. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO

REGISTER AS A SPEAKER CONTACT:

1. Oakland, CA—Ms. Linda Li at 415– 

625–5618 (TTY 415–625–5610) or at 

Linda.Li@eeoc.gov. 

2. Philadelphia, PA—Ms. Mary 

Tiernan at 215–440–2671 (TTY 215– 

440–2610) or at Mary.Tiernan@eeoc.gov. 

3. Chicago, IL—Ms. Rita Coffey at 

312–353–7254 (TTY 312–353–2421) or 

at Rita.Coffey@eeoc.gov. 

4. New Orleans, LA—Ms. Maple 

Thomas at 504–595–2827 (TTY 504– 

595–2958) or at 

Maple.Thomas@eeoc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

sessions will be presided over by 

EEOC’s Acting Chairman, Stuart J. 

Ishimaru, Acting Vice Chair Christine 

Griffin, and Commissioner Constance S. 

Barker, as well as by DOJ’s Deputy 

Assistant Attorney General for Civil 

Rights, Samuel Bagenstos, Counsel to 

the Assistant Attorney General for Civil 

Rights, Mazen Baswari, and Chief of the 

Disability Rights Section of the Civil 

Rights Division, John Wodatch. 

The Town Hall Listening Sessions 

provide an opportunity for these 

officials to hear directly from 

stakeholders of all perspectives on the 

proposed regulations. Individuals 

representing themselves or 

organizations are urged to take 

advantage of this opportunity to provide 

input on the EEOC’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking which can be viewed, along 

with a question-and-answer guide, at 

http://www.eeoc.gov. 

Five-minute time slots to address the 

panel will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 

p.m. Some of the slots will be available 

on an advance registration basis and 

some on a first-come, first-served, signup basis at the event. Members of the 

public are also invited to attend and 

view the proceedings, with space 

available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Written comments may be 

submitted at the sessions. 

Both EEOC and DOJ want to 

encourage all individuals and 

organizations who cannot attend these 

events to submit input in writing. The 

public may submit comments and 

attachments electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. The ID # is 

3046–AA85. Written comments may 

also be submitted to Stephen Llewellyn, 

Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission, 131 M Street, NE., Suite 

4NW08R, Room 6NE03F, Washington, 

DC 20507. The Commission will accept 

comments transmitted by facsimile 

(‘‘FAX’’) machine. The telephone 

number of the FAX receiver is (202) 

663–4114. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) Only comments of six or fewer 

pages will be accepted via FAX 

transmittal. Comments must be 

submitted on or before November 23, 

2009. 

Sign Language Interpreters, CART, 

and assistive listening devices will be 

available. If you need printed materials 

in an alternative format e-mail 

Elisa.gonzalez.ctr@tma.osd.mil Please 

advise as to your needs and the location 

(city) of the event you will be attending. 

In addition as reasonable 

accommodation, there will be limited 

availability to provide public input by 

telephone. To request this 

accommodation you must register in 

advance. 

Dated: October 19, 2009. 

Stuart J. Ishimaru, 

Acting Chairman. 

[FR Doc. E9–25458 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6570–10–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that 

at 10:12 a.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 

2009, the Board of Directors of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

met in closed session to consider 

matters related to the Corporation’s 

supervision and resolution activities. 

In calling the meeting, the Board 

determined, on motion of Director John 

E. Bowman (Acting Director, Office of 

Thrift Supervision), seconded by Vice 

Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, 

concurred in by Director Thomas J. 

Curry (Appointive), Director John C. 

Dugan (Comptroller of the Currency), 

and Chairman Sheila C. Bair, that 

Corporation business required its 

consideration of the matters which were 

to be the subject of this meeting on less 

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)(6), 

(c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), and (c)(9)(B) of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), 

(c)(9)(A)(ii), 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 20, 2009. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–25556 Filed 10–20–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of 

September 22 and 23, 2009 

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 


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54566 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held on September 

22 and 23, 2009, 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. 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on September 22 and 23, 2009.1

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 seeks conditions in reserve 

markets consistent with federal funds 

trading in a range from 0 to 1⁄4 percent. 

The Committee directs the Desk to 

purchase agency debt, agency MBS, and 

longer–term Treasury securities during 

the intermeeting period with the aim of 

providing support to private credit 

markets and economic activity. The 

timing and pace of these purchases 

should depend on conditions in the 

markets for such securities and on a 

broader assessment of private credit 

market conditions. The Desk is expected 

to complete purchases of about $300 

billion of longer–term Treasury 

securities by the end of October. It is 

also expected to execute purchases of 

up to $200 billion in housing–related 

agency debt and about $1.25 trillion of 

agency MBS by the end of the first 

quarter of 2010. The Desk is expected to 

gradually slow the pace of these 

purchases as they near completion. The 

Committee anticipates that outright 

purchases of securities will cause the 

size of the Federal Reserve’s balance 

sheet to expand significantly in coming 

months. The System Open Market 

Account Manager and the Secretary will 

keep the Committee informed of 

ongoing developments regarding the 

System’s balance sheet that could affect 

the attainment over time of the 

Committee’s objectives of maximum 

employment and price stability. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, October 15, 2009. 

Brian F. Madigan, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–25425 Filed 10–21–09; 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 16, 

2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Stockmens Financial Corporation, 

Rapid City, South Dakota; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of Valentine 

Bancorporation, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of First National 

Bank of Valentine, both of Valentine, 

Nebraska. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 19, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–25448 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Granting of Request for Early 

Termination of the Waiting Period 

Under the Premerger Notification 

Rules 

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the 

Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust 

Improvements Act of 1976, requires 

persons contemplating certain mergers 

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant Attorney 

General advance notice and to wait 

designated periods before 

consummation of such plans. Section 

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, 

in individual cases, to terminate this 

waiting period prior to its expiration 

and requires that notice of this action be 

published in the Federal Register. 

The following transactions were 

granted early termination of the waiting 

period provided by law and the 

premerger notification rules. The grants 

were made by the Federal Trade 

Commission and the Assistant Attorney 

General for the Antitrust Division of the 

Department of Justice. Neither agency 

intends to take any action with respect 

to these proposed acquisitions during 

the applicable waiting period. 

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION

ET date Trans No. ET req 

status Party name 

08–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090701 G Clayton, Dubifler & Rice Fund VIII, L.P. 

G NCI Building Systems, Inc. 

G NCI Building Systems, Inc. 

20090705 G MD Investors Corporation. 

G Metaldyne Corporation. 

G Metaldyne Corporation. 

09–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090675 G AT&T Inc. 

G Paul G. Allen. 

G Vulcan Spectrum LLC. 

10–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090649 G Voting Shares Trust. 


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