Notice of Agreements Filed, 3235-3236 [2015-01033]

Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 14 / Thursday, January 22, 2015 / Notices serve the broadest possible set of consumers. As a result, the agency is committed to increasing the participation of unbanked and underbanked households in the financial mainstream by ensuring that all Americans have access to safe, secure, and affordable banking services. The National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households is one contribution to this end. The National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households is also a key component of the FDIC’s efforts to comply with a Congressional mandate contained in section 7 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Conforming Amendments Act of 2005 (Reform Act) (Pub. L. 109–173), which calls for the FDIC to conduct ongoing surveys ‘‘on efforts by insured depository institutions to bring those individuals and families who have rarely, if ever, held a checking account, a savings account or other type of transaction or check cashing account at an insured depository institution (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘unbanked’) into the conventional finance system.’’ Section 7 further instructs the FDIC to consider several factors in its conduct of the surveys, including: (1) ‘‘What cultural, language and identification issues as well as transaction costs appear to most prevent ‘unbanked’ individuals from establishing conventional accounts’’; and (2) ‘‘what is a fair estimate of the size and worth of the ‘‘unbanked’’ market in the United States.’’ The National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households is designed to address these factors and provide a factual basis on the proportions of unbanked households. Such a factual basis is necessary to adequately assess banks’ efforts to serve these households as required by the statutory mandate. To obtain this information, the FDIC partnered with the U.S. Census Bureau, which administered the Household Survey supplement (‘‘FDIC Supplement’’) to households that participated in the January 2009, June 2011, and June 2013 CPS. The results of these surveys were released to the public in December 2009, September 2012, and October 2014, respectively. The FDIC supplement has yielded nationally-representative data, not otherwise available, on the size and characteristics of the population that is unbanked or underbanked, the use by this population of alternative financial services, and the reasons why some households do not make greater use of mainstream banking services. The National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households is the only VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 Jan 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 population-representative survey conducted at the national level that provides state-level estimates of the size and characteristics of unbanked and underbanked households for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. An executive summary of the results of the first three Household Surveys, the full reports, and the survey instruments can be accessed through the following link: https://www.economicinclusion.gov/ surveys/. Consistent with the statutory mandate to conduct the surveys on an ongoing basis, the FDIC already has in place arrangements for conducting the fourth Household Survey as a supplement to the June 2015 CPS. However, prior to finalizing the next survey instrument, the FDIC seeks to solicit public comment on whether changes to the existing instrument are desirable and, if so, to what extent. It should be noted that, as a supplement of the CPS survey, the Household Survey needs to adhere to specific parameters that include limits in the length and sensitivity of the questions that can be asked of CPS respondents. Specifically, there is a strict limitation on the number of questions permitted and the average time required to complete the survey (15 minutes on average). Request for Comment Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC’s functions, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. The FDIC will consider all comments to determine the extent to which the information collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and approval. After the comment period closes, comments will be summarized and/or included in the FDIC’s request to OMB for approval of the collection. All comments will become a matter of public record. Dated at Washington, DC, this 16th day of January, 2015. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–00982 Filed 1–21–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6714–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3235 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION Notice of Agreements Filed The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on the agreements to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within twelve days of the date this notice appears in the Federal Register. Copies of the agreements are available through the Commission’s Web site (www.fmc.gov) or by contacting the Office of Agreements at (202) 523–5793 or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. Agreement No.: 012064–005. Title: Hapag-Lloyd/NYK MexicoDominican Republic Slot Charter Agreement. Parties: Hapag-Lloyd AG and Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Cozen O’Connor; 1627 I Street, NW; Suite 1100; Washington, DC 20006. Synopsis: The amendment deletes the U.S. East Coast from the geographic scope and deletes Hapag-Lloyd’s GCS service from the agreement. Agreement No.: 012233–002. Title: CSCL/UASC/YMUK/CMA CGM/PIL Vessel Sharing and Slot Exchange Agreement—Asia and US/ Canada West Coast Services. Parties: China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. and China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (acting as a single party); United Arab Shipping Company (S.A.G.); Yang Ming (UK) LTD.; CMA CGM S.A.; and Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd. Filing Party: Patricia M. O’Neill; Blank & Rome LLP; 600 New Hampshire Ave NW., Washington DC, 20037. Synopsis: The amendment adds two additional slot exchange arrangements in the agreement trade between China Shipping and Yang Ming, and between CMA and Yang Ming. Agreement No.: 012314. Title: COSCON/CSCL Slot Charter Agreement. Parties: COSCO Container Lines Company, Limited; China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd and China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (acting as a single party). Filing Party: Eric. C. Jeffrey, Esq.; Nixon Peabody LLP; 401 9th Street NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20004. Synopsis: The agreement authorizes China Shipping to charter space to COSCON in the trade from France, Italy, Morocco, and Spain, on the one hand, to the U.S. East Coast, on the other hand. E:\FR\FM\22JAN1.SGM 22JAN1 3236 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 14 / Thursday, January 22, 2015 / Notices By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission. Dated: January 16, 2015. Rachel E. Dickon, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Bloomfield, New Jersey, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort [FR Doc. 2015–01033 Filed 1–21–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6730–01–P National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of December 16–17, 2014 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 December 16–17, 2014.1 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 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 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 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. NIOSH gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from the Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Bloomfield, New Jersey, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The initial proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows: Facility: Westinghouse Electric Corp. Location: Bloomfield, New Jersey. Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees who worked in any plant production area. Period of Employment: January 1, 1950 through March 1, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938, Telephone 877–222–7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. SUMMARY: John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2015–01056 Filed 1–21–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, January 9, 2015. William B. English, Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. Office of the Secretary [FR Doc. 2015–01008 Filed 1–21–15; 8:45 am] AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 1 Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting held on December 16–17, 2014, 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 Jan 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines This notice provides an update of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year’s increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Effective Date: January 22, 2015, unless an office administering a program using the guidelines specifies a different effective date for that particular program. ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Room 404E, Humphrey Building, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about how the guidelines are used or how income is defined in a particular program, contact the Federal, state, or local office that is responsible for that program. For information about poverty figures for immigration forms, the Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services Program, and the number of people in poverty, use the specific telephone numbers and addresses given below. For general questions about the poverty guidelines themselves, contact Kendall Swenson, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Room 404E, Humphrey Building, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201, telephone: (202) 690–7507, or visit https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/. For information about the percentage multiple of the poverty guidelines to be used on immigration forms such as USCIS Form I–864, Affidavit of Support, contact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at 1–800–375– 5283. For information about the Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services Program (free or reduced-fee health care services at certain hospitals and other facilities for persons meeting eligibility criteria involving the poverty guidelines), contact the Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center at 1–800–275–4772. To receive a Hill-Burton information package, call 1– 800–638–0742 (for callers outside Maryland) or 1–800–492–0359 (for callers in Maryland). You also may visit https://www.hrsa.gov/gethealthcare/ affordable/hillburton/. For information about the number of people in poverty, visit the Poverty section of the Census Bureau’s Web site at https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/ poverty/poverty.html or contact the Census Bureau’s Customer Service Center at 1–800–923–8282 (toll-free) or visit https://ask.census.gov for further information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: Background Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) requires the Secretary of E:\FR\FM\22JAN1.SGM 22JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3235-3236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01033]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Notice of Agreements Filed

    The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following 
agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may 
submit comments on the agreements to the Secretary, Federal Maritime 
Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within twelve days of the date this 
notice appears in the Federal Register. Copies of the agreements are 
available through the Commission's Web site (www.fmc.gov) or by 
contacting the Office of Agreements at (202) 523-5793 or 
tradeanalysis@fmc.gov.

    Agreement No.: 012064-005.
    Title: Hapag-Lloyd/NYK Mexico-Dominican Republic Slot Charter 
Agreement.
    Parties: Hapag-Lloyd AG and Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
    Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Cozen O'Connor; 1627 I Street, 
NW; Suite 1100; Washington, DC 20006.
    Synopsis: The amendment deletes the U.S. East Coast from the 
geographic scope and deletes Hapag-Lloyd's GCS service from the 
agreement.

    Agreement No.: 012233-002.
    Title: CSCL/UASC/YMUK/CMA CGM/PIL Vessel Sharing and Slot Exchange 
Agreement--Asia and US/Canada West Coast Services.
    Parties: China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. and China 
Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (acting as a single 
party); United Arab Shipping Company (S.A.G.); Yang Ming (UK) LTD.; CMA 
CGM S.A.; and Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd.
    Filing Party: Patricia M. O'Neill; Blank & Rome LLP; 600 New 
Hampshire Ave NW., Washington DC, 20037.
    Synopsis: The amendment adds two additional slot exchange 
arrangements in the agreement trade between China Shipping and Yang 
Ming, and between CMA and Yang Ming.

    Agreement No.: 012314.
    Title: COSCON/CSCL Slot Charter Agreement.
    Parties: COSCO Container Lines Company, Limited; China Shipping 
Container Lines Co., Ltd and China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) 
Co., Ltd. (acting as a single party).
    Filing Party: Eric. C. Jeffrey, Esq.; Nixon Peabody LLP; 401 9th 
Street NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20004.
    Synopsis: The agreement authorizes China Shipping to charter space 
to COSCON in the trade from France, Italy, Morocco, and Spain, on the 
one hand, to the U.S. East Coast, on the other hand.


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    By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission.

    Dated: January 16, 2015.
Rachel E. Dickon,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-01033 Filed 1-21-15; 8:45 am]
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