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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 189 / Monday, September 29, 2008 / Notices FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 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 October 14, 2008. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480–0291: 1. Randall E. Streifel, Powers Lake, North Dakota, to acquire voting shares of Liberty Bancorporation, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Liberty State Bank, both of Powers Lake, North Dakota. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 24, 2008. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E8–22763 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 24, 2008. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E8–22762 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:48 Sep 26, 2008 Jkt 214001 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 October 24, 2008. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480–0291: 1. BHCB Holding Company, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Black Hills Community Bank, N.A., a de novo bank, both of Rapid City, South Dakota. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. Ann Worthy, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201– 2272: 1. First Artesia Bancshares, Inc., Artesia, New Mexico, to merge with AmFin Holding Company, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of AmBank, both of Silver City, New Mexico. BILLING CODE 6210–01–S FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Federal Trade Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: 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. The Federal Trade Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) is seeking public comments on its proposal to PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 56587 extend through October 31, 2011, the current OMB clearance for the information collection requirements contained in its Amplifier Rule. That clearance expires on October 31, 2008. DATES: Comments must be filed by October 29, 2008. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments. Comments should refer to ‘‘Amplifier Rule: FTC File No. P974222’’ 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 H-135, Annex J, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20580. 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. Moreover, because paper mail in the Washington area and at the Agency is subject to delay, please consider submitting your comments in electronic form, as prescribed below. If, however, 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 Comments filed in electronic form should be submitted via the following weblink: (https:// secure.commentworks.com/ftcAmplifierRule) (and following the instructions on the web-based form). To ensure that the Commission considers an electronic comment, you must file it on the web-based form at the weblink: (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftcAmplifierRule). If this notice appears at www.regulations.gov, you may also file an electronic comment through that website. The Commission will consider all comments that regulations.gov forwards to it. Comments should also be submitted to: Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Trade Commission. Comments should be submitted via facsimile to (202) 3956974 because U.S. Postal Mail is subject 1 FTC 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 FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 56588 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 189 / Monday, September 29, 2008 / Notices 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. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that it receives, whether filed in paper or electronic form. Comments received will be available to the public on the FTC website, to the extent practicable, at 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 website. 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.shtm). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be addressed to Jock K. Chung, Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, NJ-2122, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 3262984. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, federal agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. On June 18, 2008, the FTC sought comment on the information collection requirements pertaining to the Commission’s Amplifier Rule (OMB Control Number 3084-0105).2 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 Commission’s Amplifier Rule. All comments should be filed as prescribed in the ADDRESSES section above, and must be received on or before October 29, 2008. The Amplifier Rule assists consumers by standardizing the measurement and disclosure of power output and other performance characteristics of amplifiers in stereos and other home entertainment equipment. The Rule also specifies the test conditions necessary to make the disclosures that the Rule requires. Estimated annual hours burden: 450 hours (300 testing-related hours; 150 disclosure-related hours). 2 The Rule’s provisions require affected entities to test the power output of amplifiers in accordance with a specified FTC protocol. The Commission staff estimates that approximately 300 new amplifiers and receivers come on the market each year. High fidelity manufacturers routinely conduct performance tests on these new products prior to sale. Because manufacturers conduct such tests, the Rule imposes no additional costs except to the extent that the FTC protocol is more time-consuming than alternative testing procedures. In this regard, a warm-up (‘‘precondition’’) period that the Rule requires before measurements are taken may add approximately one hour to the time testing would otherwise entail. Thus, staff estimates that the Rule imposes approximately 300 hours (1 hour x 300 new products) of added testing burden annually. In addition, the Rule requires disclosures if a manufacturer makes a power output claim for a covered product in an advertisement, specification sheet, or product brochure. This requirement does not impose any additional costs on manufacturers because, absent the Rule, media advertisements, as well as manufacturer specification sheets and product brochures, would contain a power specification obtained using an alternative to the Rule-required testing protocol. The Rule, however, also requires disclosure of harmonic distortion, power bandwidth, and impedance ratings in manufacturer specification sheets and product brochures that might not otherwise be included. Staff assumes that manufacturers produce one specification sheet and one brochure each year for each new amplifier and receiver. The burden of disclosing the harmonic distortion, bandwidth, and impedance information on the specification sheets and brochures is limited to the time needed to draft and review the language pertaining to the aforementioned specifications. Staff estimates the time involved for this task to be a maximum of fifteen minutes for each new specification sheet and brochure for a total of 150 hours ([300 new products x 1 specification sheet) + (300 new products x 1 brochure)] x 15 minutes). The total annual burden imposed by the Rule, therefore, is approximately 450 burden hours for testing and disclosures. 73 FR 34750. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:48 Sep 26, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Estimated annual cost burden: $19,000, rounded to the nearest thousand.3 Generally, electronics engineers perform the testing of amplifiers and receivers. Staff estimates a labor cost of $12,300 for such testing (300 hours for testing x $41 per hour). Staff assumes advertising or promotions managers prepare the disclosures contained in product brochures and manufacturer specification sheet and estimates a labor cost of $6,600 (150 hours for disclosures x $44 per hour). Accordingly, staff estimates the total labor costs associated with the Rule to be approximately $19,000 per year, rounded to the nearest thousand ($12,300 for testing + $6,600 for disclosures). The Rule imposes no capital or other non-labor costs because its requirements are incidental to testing and advertising done in the ordinary course of business. William Blumenthal, General Counsel. [FR Doc. E8–22811 Filed 9–26–08: 8:45 am] [BILLING CODE 6750–01–S] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS–2895–FN] Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Approval of Det Norske Veritas Healthcare, Inc. for Deeming Authority for Hospitals Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Final notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces our decision to approve Det Norske Veritas Healthcare, Inc. (DNVHC) for recognition as a national accreditation program for hospitals seeking to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. DATES: Effective Date: This final notice is effective September 26, 2008 through September 26, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Melanson, (410) 786–0310. Patricia Chmielewski (410) 786–6899. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Under the Medicare program, eligible beneficiaries may receive covered 3 Staff’s labor cost estimates are based on recent data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics found here: (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ ocwage.pdf). E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Trade 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. The Federal Trade 
Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is seeking public comments on 
its proposal to extend through October 31, 2011, the current OMB 
clearance for the information collection requirements contained in its 
Amplifier Rule. That clearance expires on October 31, 2008.

DATES: Comments must be filed by October 29, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments. 
Comments should refer to ``Amplifier Rule: FTC File No. P974222'' 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 H-135, Annex J, 600 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20580. 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. Moreover, because paper mail in the Washington area and at 
the Agency is subject to delay, please consider submitting your 
comments in electronic form, as prescribed below. If, however, 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\ FTC 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 FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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    Comments filed in electronic form should be submitted via the 
following weblink: (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-AmplifierRule) 
(and following the instructions on the web-based form). To ensure that 
the Commission considers an electronic comment, you must file it on the 
web-based form at the weblink: (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-
AmplifierRule). If this notice appears at www.regulations.gov, you may 
also file an electronic comment through that website. The Commission 
will consider all comments that regulations.gov forwards to it.
    Comments should also 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

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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. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive 
public comments that it receives, whether filed in paper or electronic 
form. Comments received will be available to the public on the FTC 
website, to the extent practicable, at 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 website. 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.shtm).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be addressed to Jock K. Chung, Attorney, Division of 
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 
NJ-2122, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 
326-2984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''), 
44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, federal agencies must obtain approval from OMB for 
each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. On June 18, 
2008, the FTC sought comment on the information collection requirements 
pertaining to the Commission's Amplifier Rule (OMB Control Number 3084-
0105).\2\ 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 Commission's Amplifier 
Rule. All comments should be filed as prescribed in the ADDRESSES 
section above, and must be received on or before October 29, 2008.
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    \2\ 73 FR 34750.
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    The Amplifier Rule assists consumers by standardizing the 
measurement and disclosure of power output and other performance 
characteristics of amplifiers in stereos and other home entertainment 
equipment. The Rule also specifies the test conditions necessary to 
make the disclosures that the Rule requires.
    Estimated annual hours burden: 450 hours (300 testing-related 
hours; 150 disclosure-related hours).
    The Rule's provisions require affected entities to test the power 
output of amplifiers in accordance with a specified FTC protocol. The 
Commission staff estimates that approximately 300 new amplifiers and 
receivers come on the market each year. High fidelity manufacturers 
routinely conduct performance tests on these new products prior to 
sale. Because manufacturers conduct such tests, the Rule imposes no 
additional costs except to the extent that the FTC protocol is more 
time-consuming than alternative testing procedures. In this regard, a 
warm-up (``precondition'') period that the Rule requires before 
measurements are taken may add approximately one hour to the time 
testing would otherwise entail. Thus, staff estimates that the Rule 
imposes approximately 300 hours (1 hour x 300 new products) of added 
testing burden annually.
    In addition, the Rule requires disclosures if a manufacturer makes 
a power output claim for a covered product in an advertisement, 
specification sheet, or product brochure. This requirement does not 
impose any additional costs on manufacturers because, absent the Rule, 
media advertisements, as well as manufacturer specification sheets and 
product brochures, would contain a power specification obtained using 
an alternative to the Rule-required testing protocol. The Rule, 
however, also requires disclosure of harmonic distortion, power 
bandwidth, and impedance ratings in manufacturer specification sheets 
and product brochures that might not otherwise be included.
    Staff assumes that manufacturers produce one specification sheet 
and one brochure each year for each new amplifier and receiver. The 
burden of disclosing the harmonic distortion, bandwidth, and impedance 
information on the specification sheets and brochures is limited to the 
time needed to draft and review the language pertaining to the 
aforementioned specifications. Staff estimates the time involved for 
this task to be a maximum of fifteen minutes for each new specification 
sheet and brochure for a total of 150 hours ([300 new products x 1 
specification sheet) + (300 new products x 1 brochure)] x 15 minutes).
    The total annual burden imposed by the Rule, therefore, is 
approximately 450 burden hours for testing and disclosures.
    Estimated annual cost burden: $19,000, rounded to the nearest 
thousand.\3\
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    \3\ Staff's labor cost estimates are based on recent data from 
the Bureau of Labor and Statistics found here: (https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/pdf/ocwage.pdf).
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    Generally, electronics engineers perform the testing of amplifiers 
and receivers. Staff estimates a labor cost of $12,300 for such testing 
(300 hours for testing x $41 per hour). Staff assumes advertising or 
promotions managers prepare the disclosures contained in product 
brochures and manufacturer specification sheet and estimates a labor 
cost of $6,600 (150 hours for disclosures x $44 per hour). Accordingly, 
staff estimates the total labor costs associated with the Rule to be 
approximately $19,000 per year, rounded to the nearest thousand 
($12,300 for testing + $6,600 for disclosures).
    The Rule imposes no capital or other non-labor costs because its 
requirements are incidental to testing and advertising done in the 
ordinary course of business.

William Blumenthal,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E8-22811 Filed 9-26-08: 8:45 am]
[BILLING CODE 6750-01-S]
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