Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of September 17-18, 2013, 63978-63979 [2013-25100]

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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (William Lang, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105– 1521: 1. Robert T. Strong and Kathleen M. Strong, Southampton, Pennsylvania, Brad C. Strong, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, Julie M. Strong, Richboro, Pennsylvania, Aimee K. Ott, Newtown, Pennsylvania, and Lawrence M. Ott, Langhorne, Pennsylvania; to jointly retain voting shares of Quaint Oak Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Quaint Oak Bank, both in Southampton, Pennsylvania. 2. Amended and Restate Quaint Oak Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Southampton, Pennsylvania, John J. Augustine, individually and trustee, and Dolores T. Augustine, both of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, and Diane J. Colyer, individually and trustee, and Herbert C. Colyer, Jr., both of Feasterville, Pennsylvania; to retain and acquire additional voting shares of Quaint Oak Bancorp, Inc., and Quaint Oak Bank, both in Southampton, Pennsylvania. [FR Doc. 2013–25264 Filed 10–24–13; 8:45 am] Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative settlements and opportunity for public comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, with (1) RJS Corp.; (2) Your Factory Warehouse, Inc., Douglas Marino and Mark Marino; and (3) A&S Corporation and Marie Andre (‘‘Settling Parties’’). The Settling Parties are potentially responsible parties, pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, and thus are potentially liable for response costs incurred at or in connection with the Truckers Warehouse Site (‘‘Site’’), located in Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey. Under the Agreements, the Settling Parties agree to pay a total of $108,748.20 to EPA for past response costs. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Agreements if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the proposed Agreements are inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 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Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Savings and Loan Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and the Board’s Regulation LL (12 CFR part 238) to acquire shares of a savings and loan holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM In accordance with Section 271.25 of its rules regarding availability of information (12 CFR part 271), there is set forth below the domestic policy directive issued by the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting held on September 17–18, 2013.1 1 Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting held on September 17–18, 2013, 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, DC 20551. The E:\FR\FM\25OCN1.SGM 25OCN1 63979 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2013 / Notices ‘‘Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Federal Open Market Committee seeks monetary and financial conditions that will foster maximum employment and price stability. In particular, 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 undertake open market operations as necessary to maintain such conditions. The Desk is directed to continue purchasing longerterm Treasury securities at a pace of about $45 billion per month and to continue purchasing agency mortgagebacked securities at a pace of about $40 billion per month. The Committee also directs the Desk to engage in dollar roll and coupon swap transactions as necessary to facilitate settlement of the Federal Reserve’s agency mortgagebacked securities transactions. The Committee directs the Desk to maintain its policy of rolling over maturing Treasury securities into new issues and its policy of reinvesting principal payments on all agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities. 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 17, 2013. William B. English, Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. [FR Doc. 2013–25100 Filed 10–24–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary [Document Identifier HHS–OS–20215–30D] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request Office of the Secretary, HHS. Notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63978-63979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25100]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of 
September 17-18, 2013

    In accordance with Section 271.25 of its rules regarding 
availability of information (12 CFR part 271), there is set forth below 
the domestic policy directive issued by the Federal Open Market 
Committee at its meeting held on September 17-18, 2013.\1\
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    \1\ Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee 
at its meeting held on September 17-18, 2013, 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, DC 20551. The minutes are published in the Federal 
Reserve Bulletin and in the Board's Annual Report.

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    ``Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Federal Open Market 
Committee seeks monetary and financial conditions that will foster 
maximum employment and price stability. In particular, 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 undertake open market operations as necessary to maintain such 
conditions. The Desk is directed to continue purchasing longer-term 
Treasury securities at a pace of about $45 billion per month and to 
continue purchasing agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of 
about $40 billion per month. The Committee also directs the Desk to 
engage in dollar roll and coupon swap transactions as necessary to 
facilitate settlement of the Federal Reserve's agency mortgage-backed 
securities transactions. The Committee directs the Desk to maintain its 
policy of rolling over maturing Treasury securities into new issues and 
its policy of reinvesting principal payments on all agency debt and 
agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities. 
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 
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Committee's objectives of maximum employment and price stability.''

    By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, October 17, 2013.
William B. English,
Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
[FR Doc. 2013-25100 Filed 10-24-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P
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