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also will be available for inspection at
the office 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
December 27, 2005.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198-0001:
1. Lynda L. Cameron 2005 Family
Trust, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to
become a member of a group acting in
concert to acquire voting shares of First
Fidelity Bancorp, Inc., and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of First
Fidelity Bank, N.A., both in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 7, 2005.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E5–7202 Filed 12–12–05; 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.
Additional information on all bank
holding companies may be obtained
from the National Information Center
Web site at https://www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
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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 6,
2006.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of New
York (Jay Bernstein, Bank Supervision
Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York,
New York 10045-0001:
1. Rabobank Nederland B.V. and
Rabobank International Holdings B.V.,
both of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and
their direct and indirect subsidiaries
Utrect-America Holdings, New York,
New York and VIB Corporation, El
Centro, California; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Central
Coast Bancorp, and thereby indirectly
acquire voting shares of Community
Bank of Central California, Salinas,
California.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55480-0291:
1. Fishback Financial Corporation,
Brookings, South Dakota; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of FMB
Bankshares, Inc., Sioux, Falls, South
Dakota, and thereby indirectly acquire
voting shares of First American Bank &
Trust, National Association, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198-0001:
1. Bank of Choice Holding Company,
Greeley, Colorado; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of The First
National Bank of Arvada, Arvada,
Colorado.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 7, 2005.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
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BILLING CODE 6210–01–S
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
Federal Trade Commission
(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The information collection
requirements described below will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for review, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
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Act (‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The
FTC is seeking public comments on its
proposal to extend through November
30, 2008, the current PRA clearance for
information collection requirements
contained in its regulations under the
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, 15
U.S.C. 1451–1461 (‘‘FPLA’’). On October
14, 2005, the OMB granted the FTC’s
request for a short-term extension of this
clearance to December 30, 2005.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
January 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments.
Comments should refer to ‘‘FPLA
Regulations: FTC File No. P868423’’ to
facilitate the organization of comments.
A comment filed in paper form should
include this reference both in the text
and on the envelope and should be
mailed or delivered, with two complete
copies, to the following address: Federal
Trade Commission, Room H 135 (Annex
J), 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20580. Because paper
mail in the Washington area and at the
Commission is subject to delay, please
consider submitting your comments in
electronic form, (in ASCII format,
WordPerfect, or Microsoft Word) as part
of or as an attachment to e-mail
messages directed to the following email box: paperworkcomment@ftc.gov.
However, if the comment contains any
material for which confidential
treatment is requested, it must be filed
in paper form, and the first page of the
document must be clearly labeled
‘‘Confidential.’’ 1
All comments should additionally be
submitted to: Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Federal Trade Commission. Comments
should be submitted via facsimile to
(202) 395–6974 because U.S. Postal Mail
is subject to lengthy delays due to
heightened security precautions.
The FTC Act and other laws the
Commission administers permit the
collection of public comments to
consider and use in this proceeding as
appropriate. All timely and responsive
public comments will be considered by
the Commission and will be available to
the public on the FTC Web site, to the
extent practicable, at https://www.ftc.gov.
As a matter of discretion, the FTC makes
every effort to remove home contact
1 Commission Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The
comment must be accompanied by an explicit
request for confidential treatment, including the
factual and legal basis for the request, and must
identify the specific portions of the comment to be
withheld from the public record. The request will
be granted or denied by the Commission’s General
Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the
public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR
4.9(c).
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information for individuals from the
public comments it receives before
placing those comments on the FTC
Web site. More information, including
routine uses permitted by the Privacy
Act, may be found in the FTC’s privacy
policy at https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/
privacy.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information
requirements should be sent to Stephen
Ecklund, Investigator, Division of
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–2841.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
September 27, 2005, the FTC sought
comment on the information collection
requirements associated with the FPLA,
16 CFR parts 500 through 503 (OMB
Control Number: 3084–0110). See 70 FR
56468. No comments were received.
Pursuant to the OMB regulations that
implement the PRA (5 CFR part 1320),
the FTC is providing this second
opportunity for public comment while
seeking OMB approval to extend the
existing paperwork clearance for the
Rule. All comments should be filed as
prescribed in the ADDRESSES section
above, and must be received on or
before January 11, 2006.
The FPLA was enacted to eliminate
consumer deception concerning product
size representations and package
content information. The regulations
that implement the FPLA, 16 CFR parts
500 through 503, establish requirements
for the manner and form of labeling
applicable to manufacturers, packagers,
and distributors of ‘‘consumer
commodities.’’ 2 Section 4 of the FPLA
specifically requires packages or labels
to be marked with: (1) A statement of
identity; (2) a net quantity of contents
disclosure; and (3) the name and place
of business of a company that is
responsible for the product.
Estimated annual hours burden:
6,534,000 total burden hours, rounded
to the nearest thousand (solely relating
to disclosure 3).
Staff conservatively estimates that
approximately 653,397 manufacturers,
packagers, distributors, and retailers of
consumer commodities make
disclosures at an average burden of ten
hours per entity, for a total disclosure
burden of 6,533,970 hours. As in the
past, Commission staff has used census
data to estimate the number of
companies. Based on a revised approach
to the commodity categories in the
Retail Trade census data, staff has
eliminated much of the overlapping
redundancies and lowered the estimate
of the number of retailers that sell
products subject to the Commission’s
FPLA regulations.
Estimated annual cost burden:
$114,998,000, rounded to the nearest
thousand (solely relating to labor costs).
The estimated annual labor cost
burden associated with the FPLA
disclosure requirements consists of an
estimated hour of managerial and/or
professional time per covered entity (at
an estimated average hourly rate of $50)
and nine hours of clerical time per
covered entity (at an estimated average
hourly rate of $14), for a total of
$114,997,872 ($176 per covered entity ×
653,397 entities).
Total capital and start-up costs are de
minimis. For many years, the packaging
and labeling activities that require
capital and start-up costs have been
performed by covered entities in the
ordinary course of business
independent of the FPLA and
implementing regulations. Similarly,
firms provide in the ordinary course of
business the information that the statute
and regulations require be placed on
packages and labels.
2 ‘‘Consumer commodity’’ means any article,
product, or commodity of any kind or class which
is customarily produced or distributed for sale
through retail sales agencies or instrumentalities for
consumption by individuals, or use by individuals
for purposes of personal care or in the performance
of services ordinarily rendered within the
household, and which usually is consumed or
expended in the course of such consumption or
use.’’ 16 CFR 500.2(c). For the precise scope of the
term’s coverage see 16 CFR 500.2(c); 503.2; 503.5.
See also https://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fpla/
outline.html.
3 To the extent that the FPLA-implementing
regulations require sellers of consumer
commodities to keep records that substantiate
AGENCY:
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William Blumenthal,
General Counsel.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[File No. 052 3096]
DSW, Inc.; Analysis of Proposed
Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
ACTION:
Federal Trade Commission.
Proposed Consent Agreement.
SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this
matter settles alleged violations of
Federal law prohibiting unfair or
deceptive acts or practices or unfair
methods of competition. The attached
‘‘cents off,’’ ‘‘introductory offer,’’ and/or ‘‘economy
size’’ claims, staff believes that most, if not all, of
the records that sellers maintain would be kept in
the ordinary course of business, regardless of the
legal mandates.
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Analysis to Aid Public Comment
describes both the allegations in the
draft complaint and the terms of the
consent order—embodied in the consent
agreement—that would settle these
allegations.
Comments must be received on
or before January 2, 2006.
DATES:
Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments.
Comments should refer to ‘‘DSW, Inc.,
File No. 052 3096,’’ to facilitate the
organization of comments. A comment
filed in paper form should include this
reference both in the text and on the
envelope, and should be mailed or
delivered to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission/Office of the
Secretary, Room 135–H, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20580. Comments
containing confidential material must be
filed in paper form, must be clearly
labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ and must
comply with Commission Rule 4.9(c).
16 CFR 4.9(c) (2005).1 The FTC is
requesting that any comment filed in
paper form be sent by courier or
overnight service, if possible, because
U.S. postal mail in the Washington area
and at the Commission is subject to
delay due to heightened security
precautions. Comments that do not
contain any nonpublic information may
instead be filed in electronic form as
part of or as an attachment to e-mail
messages directed to the following email box: consentagreement@ftc.gov.
The FTC Act and other laws the
Commission administers permit the
collection of public comments to
consider and use in this proceeding as
appropriate. All timely and responsive
public comments, whether filed in
paper or electronic form, will be
considered by the Commission, and will
be available to the public on the FTC
Web site, to the extent practicable, at
https://www.ftc.gov. As a matter of
discretion, the FTC makes every effort to
remove home contact information for
individuals from the public comments it
receives before placing those comments
on the FTC Web site. More information,
including routine uses permitted by the
Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC’s
privacy policy, at https://www.ftc.gov/
ftc/privacy.htm.
ADDRESSES:
1 The comment must be accompanied by an
explicit request for confidential treatment,
including the factual and legal basis for the request,
and must identify the specific portions of the
comment to be withheld from the public record.
The request will be granted or denied by the
Commission’s General Counsel, consistent with
applicable law and the public interest. See
Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'').
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The information collection requirements described below will
be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to
extend through November 30, 2008, the current PRA clearance for
information collection requirements contained in its regulations under
the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. 1451-1461 (``FPLA''). On
October 14, 2005, the OMB granted the FTC's request for a short-term
extension of this clearance to December 30, 2005.
DATES: Comments must be filed by January 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments.
Comments should refer to ``FPLA Regulations: FTC File No. P868423'' to
facilitate the organization of comments. A comment filed in paper form
should include this reference both in the text and on the envelope and
should be mailed or delivered, with two complete copies, to the
following address: Federal Trade Commission, Room H 135 (Annex J), 600
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20580. Because paper mail in the
Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay, please
consider submitting your comments in electronic form, (in ASCII format,
WordPerfect, or Microsoft Word) as part of or as an attachment to e-
mail messages directed to the following e-mail box:
paperworkcomment@ftc.gov. However, if the comment contains any material
for which confidential treatment is requested, it must be filed in
paper form, and the first page of the document must be clearly labeled
``Confidential.'' \1\
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\1\ Commission Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The comment must be
accompanied by an explicit request for confidential treatment,
including the factual and legal basis for the request, and must
identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from
the public record. The request will be granted or denied by the
Commission's General Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the
public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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All comments should additionally be submitted to: Office of
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Trade
Commission. Comments should be submitted via facsimile to (202) 395-
6974 because U.S. Postal Mail is subject to lengthy delays due to
heightened security precautions.
The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the
collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as
appropriate. All timely and responsive public comments will be
considered by the Commission and will be available to the public on the
FTC Web site, to the extent practicable, at https://www.ftc.gov. As a
matter of discretion, the FTC makes every effort to remove home contact
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information for individuals from the public comments it receives before
placing those comments on the FTC Web site. More information, including
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC's
privacy policy at https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information requirements should be sent to
Stephen Ecklund, Investigator, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2841.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 27, 2005, the FTC sought
comment on the information collection requirements associated with the
FPLA, 16 CFR parts 500 through 503 (OMB Control Number: 3084-0110). See
70 FR 56468. No comments were received. Pursuant to the OMB regulations
that implement the PRA (5 CFR part 1320), the FTC is providing this
second opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB approval to
extend the existing paperwork clearance for the Rule. All comments
should be filed as prescribed in the ADDRESSES section above, and must
be received on or before January 11, 2006.
The FPLA was enacted to eliminate consumer deception concerning
product size representations and package content information. The
regulations that implement the FPLA, 16 CFR parts 500 through 503,
establish requirements for the manner and form of labeling applicable
to manufacturers, packagers, and distributors of ``consumer
commodities.'' \2\ Section 4 of the FPLA specifically requires packages
or labels to be marked with: (1) A statement of identity; (2) a net
quantity of contents disclosure; and (3) the name and place of business
of a company that is responsible for the product.
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\2\ ``Consumer commodity'' means any article, product, or
commodity of any kind or class which is customarily produced or
distributed for sale through retail sales agencies or
instrumentalities for consumption by individuals, or use by
individuals for purposes of personal care or in the performance of
services ordinarily rendered within the household, and which usually
is consumed or expended in the course of such consumption or use.''
16 CFR 500.2(c). For the precise scope of the term's coverage see 16
CFR 500.2(c); 503.2; 503.5. See also https://www.ftc.gov/os/
statutes/fpla/outline.html.
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Estimated annual hours burden: 6,534,000 total burden hours,
rounded to the nearest thousand (solely relating to disclosure \3\).
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\3\ To the extent that the FPLA-implementing regulations require
sellers of consumer commodities to keep records that substantiate
``cents off,'' ``introductory offer,'' and/or ``economy size''
claims, staff believes that most, if not all, of the records that
sellers maintain would be kept in the ordinary course of business,
regardless of the legal mandates.
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Staff conservatively estimates that approximately 653,397
manufacturers, packagers, distributors, and retailers of consumer
commodities make disclosures at an average burden of ten hours per
entity, for a total disclosure burden of 6,533,970 hours. As in the
past, Commission staff has used census data to estimate the number of
companies. Based on a revised approach to the commodity categories in
the Retail Trade census data, staff has eliminated much of the
overlapping redundancies and lowered the estimate of the number of
retailers that sell products subject to the Commission's FPLA
regulations.
Estimated annual cost burden: $114,998,000, rounded to the nearest
thousand (solely relating to labor costs).
The estimated annual labor cost burden associated with the FPLA
disclosure requirements consists of an estimated hour of managerial
and/or professional time per covered entity (at an estimated average
hourly rate of $50) and nine hours of clerical time per covered entity
(at an estimated average hourly rate of $14), for a total of
$114,997,872 ($176 per covered entity x 653,397 entities).
Total capital and start-up costs are de minimis. For many years,
the packaging and labeling activities that require capital and start-up
costs have been performed by covered entities in the ordinary course of
business independent of the FPLA and implementing regulations.
Similarly, firms provide in the ordinary course of business the
information that the statute and regulations require be placed on
packages and labels.
William Blumenthal,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E5-7179 Filed 12-9-05; 8:45 am]
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