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Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank
Holding Companies
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 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 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 June 4,
2008.
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A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice
President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198–0001:
1. Scott K. Martinsen, Overland Park,
Kansas, and Dean A. Lanier,
Leavenworth, Kansas, as co–trustees for
the CCB Financial Corporation Voting
Trust and the Thompson Family Trusts
and as members of the Thompson
Family Group, to acquire control of CCB
Financial Corporation, Kansas City,
Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire
control of Country Club Bank, National
Association, Shawnee Mission, Kansas,
and MidAmerican Bank and Trust
Company, National Association,
Leavenworth, Kansas.
2. Scott K. Martinsen, Overland Park,
Kansas, and Dean A. Lanier,
Leavenworth, Kansas, as co–trustees for
the Thompson Family Trusts and as
members of the Thompson Family
Group, to acquire control of
MidAmerican Bancshares, Inc., Kansas
City, Missouri, and thereby indirectly
acquire control of Allen Bank and Trust
Company, Harrisonville, Missouri.
3. Platte County Bancshares Voting
Trust and by Scott K. Martinsen,
Overland Park, Kansas, and Dean A.
Lanier, Leavenworth, Kansas, as co–
trustees for the Platte County
Bancshares Voting Trust and as
members of the Thompson family
group, to acquire control of Platte
County Bancshares, Inc., and thereby
indirectly acquire control of Platte
Valley Bank of Missouri, both in Platte
City, Missouri.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 15, 2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
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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 June 13, 2008.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55480–0291:
1. Charter Bankshares, Inc., Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Peregrine
Corporation, and thereby indirectly
acquire voting shares of Community
Bank Corporation, both of Chaska,
Minnesota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 15, 2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
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Consumer Advisory Council; Notice of
Meeting of the Consumer Advisory
Council
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
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The Consumer Advisory Council will
meet on Thursday, June 19, 2008. The
meeting, which will be open to public
observation, will take place at the
Federal Reserve Board’s offices in
Washington, DC, in Dining Room E on
the Terrace Level of the Martin
Building. Anyone planning to attend the
meeting should, for security purposes,
register no later than Tuesday, June 17,
by completing the form found online at:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/secure/
forms/cacregistration.cfm.
Additionally, attendees must present
photo identification to enter the
building.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and
is expected to conclude at 1 p.m. The
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Martin Building is located on C Street,
NW., between 20th and 21st Streets.
The Council’s function is to advise
the Board on the exercise of the Board’s
responsibilities under various consumer
financial services laws and on other
matters on which the Board seeks its
advice. Time permitting, the Council
will discuss the following topics:
• Proposed rules regarding credit
cards and overdraft services.
Members will discuss the Board’s
proposal under the Federal Trade
Commission Act to prohibit unfair or
deceptive acts or practices by banks in
connection with credit card accounts
and overdraft services for deposit
accounts. The proposed changes to the
Board’s Regulation AA (Unfair or
Deceptive Acts or Practices) would be
complemented by separate proposals
under the Truth in Lending Act
(Regulation Z) and the Truth in Savings
Act (Regulation DD).
• Proposed rules on risk-based
pricing notices.
Members will discuss proposed
regulations that generally would require
a creditor to provide a consumer with a
risk-based pricing notice when, based in
whole or in part on the consumer’s
credit report, the creditor offers or
provides credit to the consumer on
terms less favorable than those it offers
or provides to other consumers. The
proposal would implement section 311
of the Fair and Accurate Credit
Transactions Act of 2003, which
amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Reports by committees and other
matters initiated by Council members
also may be discussed.
Persons wishing to submit views to
the Council on any of the above topics
may do so by sending written
statements to Jennifer Kerslake,
Secretary of the Consumer Advisory
Council, Division of Consumer and
Community Affairs, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System,
Washington, DC 20551. Information
about this meeting may be obtained
from Ms. Kerslake, 202–452–6470.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 14, 2008.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Toxicology Program (NTP);
NTP Interagency Center for the
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological
Methods (NICEATM); Peer Review
Panel Report on the Validation Status
of New Versions and Applications of
the Murine Local Lymph Node Assay
(LLNA): A Test Method for Assessing
the Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Potential of Chemicals and Products:
Notice of Availability and Request for
Public Comments
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NICEATM, in collaboration
with the Interagency Coordinating
Committee on the Validation of
Alternative Methods (ICCVAM),
convened an independent international
scientific peer review panel on March
4–6, 2008 to evaluate new versions and
applications of the LLNA for assessing
the allergic contact dermatitis potential
of chemicals and products. The peer
review panel (‘‘the Panel’’) report from
this meeting is now available. The
report contains (1) the Panel’s
evaluation of the validation status of the
methods and (2) the Panel’s comments
and conclusions on draft ICCVAM test
method recommendations. NICEATM
invites public comment on the Panel’s
report. The report is available on the
NICEATM–ICCVAM Web site at https://
iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/
immunotox/llna_PeerPanel.htm or by
contacting NICEATM at the address
given below.
DATES: Written comments on the Panel
report should be received by July 7,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted preferably electronically via
the NICEATM–ICCVAM Web site at
https://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/contact/
FR_pubcomment.htm. Comments can
also be submitted by e-mail to
niceatm@niehs.nih.gov. Written
comments can be sent by mail or fax to
Dr. William S. Stokes, Director,
NICEATM, NIH/NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233,
MD EC–17, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709, (phone) 919–541–2384, (fax)
919–541–0947. Courier address:
NICEATM, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Building 4401, Room 3128, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
William S. Stokes, Director, NICEATM
(919–541–2384 or
niceatm@niehs.nih.gov).
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In January 2007, the Consumer
Product Safety Commission submitted a
nomination to NICEATM and ICCVAM
to assess the validation status of (1) The
use of the LLNA to determine potency
for hazard classification purposes; (2)
LLNA protocols using non-radioactive
procedures; (3) the LLNA limit dose
procedure; and (4) the use of the LLNA
to test mixtures, aqueous solutions, and
metals (i.e., an updated assessment of
the applicability domain of the LLNA).
In June 2007, the Scientific Advisory
Committee on Alternative Toxicological
Methods (SACATM) endorsed these
activities as high priorities for ICCVAM.
NICEATM, on behalf of ICCVAM, also
sought input from the public on these
activities and requested data from
studies using the LLNA or modified
versions of the LLNA (Federal Register
Vol. 72, No. 95, pages 27815–27817,
May 17, 2007). After considering all
comments received, ICCVAM endorsed
carrying out these activities as high
priorities. ICCVAM also developed draft
LLNA performance standards to
facilitate evaluation of modified LLNA
protocols that are functionally and
mechanistically similar to the
traditional LLNA. These draft LLNA
performance standards were made
public and comments were requested
via the Federal Register (Vol. 72, No.
176, pages 52130–52131, Sept. 12,
2007).
ICCVAM and NICEATM prepared
draft background review documents
(BRDs) that provided comprehensive
reviews of available data and relevant
information for each of the
modifications and new applications of
the LLNA. ICCVAM also developed
draft test method recommendations
regarding the proposed usefulness and
limitations, standardized protocols, and
future studies. Both the draft BRDs and
draft recommendations were made
available for public comment, and a
public peer review meeting was
announced in the Federal Register (Vol.
73, No. 5, pages 1360–1362, Jan. 8,
2008).
The Panel met in public session on
March 4–6, 2008. The Panel reviewed
the draft ICCVAM BRDs for
completeness, errors, and omissions of
any existing relevant data or
information. The Panel evaluated the
information in the BRDs to determine
the extent to which each of the
applicable criteria for validation and
acceptance of toxicological test methods
(ICCVAM, 2003) had been appropriately
addressed. The Panel then considered
the ICCVAM draft test method
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Consumer Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting of the Consumer
Advisory Council
The Consumer Advisory Council will meet on Thursday, June 19, 2008.
The meeting, which will be open to public observation, will take place
at the Federal Reserve Board's offices in Washington, DC, in Dining
Room E on the Terrace Level of the Martin Building. Anyone planning to
attend the meeting should, for security purposes, register no later
than Tuesday, June 17, by completing the form found online at: https://
www.federalreserve.gov/secure/forms/cacregistration.cfm.
Additionally, attendees must present photo identification to enter
the building.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and is expected to conclude at 1
p.m. The
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Martin Building is located on C Street, NW., between 20th and 21st
Streets.
The Council's function is to advise the Board on the exercise of
the Board's responsibilities under various consumer financial services
laws and on other matters on which the Board seeks its advice. Time
permitting, the Council will discuss the following topics:
Proposed rules regarding credit cards and overdraft
services.
Members will discuss the Board's proposal under the Federal Trade
Commission Act to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices by
banks in connection with credit card accounts and overdraft services
for deposit accounts. The proposed changes to the Board's Regulation AA
(Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices) would be complemented by
separate proposals under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) and
the Truth in Savings Act (Regulation DD).
Proposed rules on risk-based pricing notices.
Members will discuss proposed regulations that generally would
require a creditor to provide a consumer with a risk-based pricing
notice when, based in whole or in part on the consumer's credit report,
the creditor offers or provides credit to the consumer on terms less
favorable than those it offers or provides to other consumers. The
proposal would implement section 311 of the Fair and Accurate Credit
Transactions Act of 2003, which amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Reports by committees and other matters initiated by Council
members also may be discussed.
Persons wishing to submit views to the Council on any of the above
topics may do so by sending written statements to Jennifer Kerslake,
Secretary of the Consumer Advisory Council, Division of Consumer and
Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
Washington, DC 20551. Information about this meeting may be obtained
from Ms. Kerslake, 202-452-6470.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 14, 2008.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
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