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Telephone: (202) 694–1220.
Mary W. Dove,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 07–995 Filed 2–28–07; 2:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 6715–01–M
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Federal Maritime Commission.
Final notice of submission for
OMB review.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Federal Maritime Commission hereby
gives notice that it has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for an extension of the existing
collection requirements under 46 CFR
Part 535—Ocean Common Carrier and
Marine Terminal Operator Agreements
Subject to the Shipping Act of 1984. The
FMC has requested an extension of an
existing collection as listed below.
DATES: Written comments on this final
notice must be submitted on or before
April 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attention:
Mark Menchek, Desk Officer for FMC,
725—17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503, OIRA_Submission@
OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806,
and to Derek O. Scarbrough, Chief
Information Officer, Office of
Administration, Federal Maritime
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20573
(Telephone: (202) 523–5800),
cio@fmc.gov. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
contacting Jane Gregory on 202–523–
5800 or e-mail: jgregory@fmc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice
that FMC would be submitting this
request was published in the Federal
Register on December 22, 2006,
allowing for a 60-day comment period.
No comments were received.
The FMC hereby informs potential
respondents that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and that a person is
not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
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Information Collection Open for
Comment
Title: 46 CFR Part 535—Ocean
Common Carrier and Marine Terminal
Operator Agreements Subject to the
Shipping Act of 1984.
OMB Approval Number: 3072–0045
(Expires March 31, 2007).
Abstract: Section 4 of the Shipping
Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. 40301 (2006),
identifies certain commercial
agreements by or among ocean common
carriers that fall within the jurisdiction
of the Shipping Act. Section 5 of the
Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C. 40302, requires
that carriers file those agreements with
the Federal Maritime Commission.
Section 6 of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C.
40304, specifies the Commission actions
that may be taken with respect to filed
agreements, including requiring the
submission of additional information.
Section 15 of the Shipping Act, 46
U.S.C. 40104, authorizes the
Commission to require that ocean
common carriers, among other persons,
file periodic reports. Requests for
additional information and the filing of
periodic reports are meant to assist the
Commission in fulfilling its statutory
mandate of overseeing the activities of
the ocean transportation industry. These
reports are necessary so that the
Commission can monitor agreements
parties’ activities to determine how or if
their activities will have an impact on
competition.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to this information collection, and it is
being submitted for extension purposes
only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
staff uses the information filed by
agreement parties to monitor their
activities as required by the Shipping
Act. Under section 6(g) of the Shipping
Act, 46 U.S.C. 41307, the Commission
must determine whether filed
agreements will have substantially
anticompetitive effects on prevailing
trade conditions and, if so, whether the
agreements will likely, by a reduction in
competition, result in an unreasonable
reduction in competition, result in an
unreasonable reduction in
transportation service or an
unreasonable increase in transportation
cost. If it is shown, based on
information collected under this rule,
that an agreement is likely to have the
foregoing adverse effects, the
Commission may bring suit in U.S.
District Court to enjoin the operation of
that agreement. The information
collected is not disclosed to the public
and is only for internal analysis in
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support of the Commission’s decisionmaking process.
Frequency: This information is
collected generally on a quarterly basis
or as required under the rules.
Type of Respondents: The types of
respondents are ocean common carriers
and marine terminal operators subject to
the Act.
Number of Annual Respondents: The
Commission estimates a potential
annual respondent universe of 574
entities.
Estimated Time per Response: The
average time for filing agreements is
estimated to be two person-hours per
filing. The average time for preparing
and filing information required by Form
FMC–150, Information Form for
Agreements Between or Among Ocean
Common Carriers, is estimated to be 12
to 48 person-hours per response. The
average time for completing Form FMC–
151, Monitoring Report for Agreements
Between or Among Ocean Common
Carriers, is estimated to range between
seven to 50 person-hours for agreement
staff and three to 12 hours for each
agreement carrier party, depending on
the complexity of the required
information. The total average time for
reporting and recordkeeping for all
responses is 8.15 person-hours.
Total Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the total personhour burden at 13,620 person-hours.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–3794 Filed 3–1–07; 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
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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 March 29,
2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(David Tatum, Vice President) 1000
Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30309:
1. Banco de Sabadell, S.A., Sabadell,
Spain; to become a bank holding
company by acquiring 100 percent of
the voting shares of TransAtlantic
Holding Corp., and thereby indirectly
acquire TransAtlantic Bank, both of
Miami, Florida.
2. United Community Banks, Inc.,
Blairsville, Georgia; to merge with
Gwinnett Commercial Group, Inc., and
thereby indirectly acquire First Bank of
The South, both of Lawrenceville,
Georgia.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, February 27, 2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Transfer of Delegations of Authority To
Disclose Certain Nonpublic
Information to Foreign Law
Enforcement Agencies and To Sign
Confidentiality Agreements With
Certain Foreign Agencies
Federal Trade Commission.
Transfer of delegation of
authority.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Commission has
delegated authority to share information
with certain law enforcement agencies
in Canada, Australia, the United
Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Costa Rica,
and Spain to the Director of the Bureau
of Consumer Protection. The
Commission has also delegated to the
Director of International Affairs
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authority to execute confidentiality
agreements with certain foreign
agencies, as a condition of their being
granted access to nonpublic databases.
These delegations include authority
previously delegated to the Associate
Director for International Consumer
Protection.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
M. Harrison, Attorney, Office of the
General Counsel, Federal Trade
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–
3204, lharrison@ftc.gov, or Michael L.
Shore, Attorney, Office of International
Affairs, Federal Trade Commission, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–2708,
mshore@ftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given, pursuant to
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1961, 26
FR 6191, that the Commission has
transferred from the Associate Director
for International Consumer Protection to
the Director of the Bureau of Consumer
Protection (BCP Director) its prior
delegations of authority to: (1) Disclose
to Canadian law enforcement agencies,
information regarding consumer
protection investigations involving
Canadian businesses or consumers (67
FR 45738–01 (July 10, 2002)); (2)
disclose to the Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission, information
regarding consumer protection
investigations involving Australian
businesses or consumers (67 FR 45738–
01 (July 10, 2002)); (3) disclose to
Australian law enforcement agencies,
information contained in the Consumer
Sentinel database of consumer
complaints and law enforcement
information (67 FR 45738–01 (July 10,
2002)); (4) disclose to the United
Kingdom Office of Fair Trading and the
United Kingdom Directorate for Trade
and Industry, information regarding
consumer protection investigations
involving U.K. businesses or consumers
(67 FR 45738–01 (July 10, 2002)); (5)
disclose to Ireland’s Office of the
Director of Consumer Affairs,
information regarding consumer
protection investigations involving
Ireland (68 FR 60107–01 (Oct. 21,
2003)); (6) disclose to Mexico’s
´
Procuradurıa Federal del Consumidor,
information regarding consumer
protection matters involving Mexico (70
FR 6442–01 (Feb. 7, 2005)); (7) disclose
to Costa Rica’s Ministry of Economy,
Industry, and Commerce, information
regarding consumer protection matters
involving Costa Rica (71 FR 14895–01
(Mar. 24, 2006)); (8) disclose to the
United Kingdom’s Office of Fair
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Trading, the United Kingdom’s
Information Commissioner, Her
Majesty’s Secretary of State for Trade
and Industry in the United Kingdom,
the Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission, and the
Australian Communications Authority,
information regarding commercial email investigations that involve
consumers, businesses, commerce or
markets in the United Kingdom or
Australia (69 FR 44008–01 (July 23,
2004)); and (9) disclose to Spain’s
Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de
Datos, information regarding
commercial e-mail investigations that
involve consumers, businesses,
commerce or markets in Spain (70 FR
12487–03 (Mar. 14, 2005)). The BCP
Director’s authority may be redelegated.
This delegated authority does not
apply to competition-related
investigations. This delegated authority
includes the authority to respond to
disclosure and other requests within the
ambit of any memorandum of
understanding or agreement concerning
consumer protection cooperation
between the Commission and an agency
listed or described in this notice or
within the ambit of any agreement
concerning consumer protection
cooperation between the United States
and any country listed in this notice.
For this delegated authority, ‘‘consumer
protection investigations involving
businesses or consumers’’ of a country,
‘‘consumer protection investigations
involving’’ a country and ‘‘consumer
protection matters involving’’ a country
shall include any consumer protection
investigation or matter involving that
country or with a nexus to any person,
entity, commerce, or market in that
country. The phrase ‘‘commercial e-mail
investigations that involve consumers,
businesses, commerce or markets in’’ a
country shall include any commercial email investigation or matter involving
that country or with a nexus to any
person, entity, commerce, or market in
that country.
When exercising its delegated
authority, the BCP Director will require
assurances of confidentiality from the
relevant foreign law enforcement
agency. Disclosures shall be made only
to the extent consistent with limitations
on disclosure including, where
applicable, sections 6(f) and 21 of the
FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f) and 57b–2 (as
amended by sections 4(a) and 6(a) of the
U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006, Public Law
109–455, 120 Stat. 3372, 3372–73 and
3376–77), Commission Rule 4.10(d), 16
CFR 4.10(d), and with the Commission’s
enforcement policies and other
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[FR Doc No: E7-3668]
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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
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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 March 29, 2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President)
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
1. Banco de Sabadell, S.A., Sabadell, Spain; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
TransAtlantic Holding Corp., and thereby indirectly acquire
TransAtlantic Bank, both of Miami, Florida.
2. United Community Banks, Inc., Blairsville, Georgia; to merge
with Gwinnett Commercial Group, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire
First Bank of The South, both of Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 27,
2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-3668 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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