Sunshine Act Meeting, 6712-6713 [2015-02558]

Download as PDF 6712 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 25 / Friday, February 6, 2015 / Notices • Email: comments@fdic.gov Include the name of the collection in the subject line of the message. • Mail: Gary A. Kuiper, Counsel, (202.898.3877), or John Popeo, Counsel, (202.898.6923), MB–3007, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429. Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the 17th Street Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. All comments should refer to the relevant OMB control number. A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk officer for the FDIC: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary A. Kuiper or John Popeo, at the FDIC address above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Proposal To Renew the Following Currently-Approved Collection of Information 1. Title: Assessment Rate Adjustment Guidelines for Large and Highly Complex Institutions. OMB Number: 3064–0179. Affected Public: Large and highly complex depository institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents: 11. Estimated Time per Response: 80 hours. Frequency of Response: Annual. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 880 hours. Total Annual Burden: 880 hours. General Description of Collection: These guidelines established process through which large and highly complex depository institutions could request a deposit insurance assessment rate adjustment from the FDIC. 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, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (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. All comments will become a matter of public record. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:52 Feb 05, 2015 Jkt 235001 Dated at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of February 2015. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–02423 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6714–01–P FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY [No. 2015–N–01] Notice of Annual Adjustment of the Cap on Average Total Assets That Defines Community Financial Institutions Federal Housing Finance Agency. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has adjusted the cap on average total assets that defines a ‘‘Community Financial Institution’’ to $1,123,000,000, based on the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI–U) as published by the Department of Labor (DOL). These changes took effect on January 1, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Tran, Division of Federal Home Loan Bank Regulation, (202) 649–3319, Amy.Tran@fhfa.gov, or Eric M. Raudenbush, Assistant General Counsel, (202) 649–3084, Eric.Raudenbush@ fhfa.gov, (not toll-free numbers), Federal Housing Finance Agency, Constitution Center, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20024. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Statutory and Regulatory Background The Federal Home Loan Bank Act (Bank Act) confers upon insured depository institutions that meet the statutory definition of a ‘‘Community Financial Institution’’ (CFI) certain advantages over non-CFI insured depository institutions in qualifying for Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) membership, and in the purposes for which they may receive long-term advances and the collateral they may pledge to secure advances.1 Section 2(10)(A) of the Bank Act and § 1263.1 of FHFA’s regulations define a CFI as any Bank member the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and that has average total assets below a statutory cap.2 The Bank Act was amended in 2008 to set the statutory cap at $1 1 See 12 U.S.C. 1424(a), 1430(a). 2 See 12 U.S.C. 1422(10)(A); 12 CFR 1263.1. PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 billion and to require the Director of FHFA to adjust the cap annually to reflect the percentage increase in the CPI–U, as published by the DOL, for the prior year.3 For 2014, FHFA set the CFI asset cap at $1,108,000,000, which reflected a 1.2 percent increase over 2013, based upon the increase in the CPI–U between 2012 and 2013.4 II. The CFI Asset Cap for 2015 As of January 1, 2015, FHFA has increased the CFI asset cap from $1,108,000,000 to $1,123,000,000, which reflects a 1.3 percent increase in the unadjusted CPI–U from November 2013 to November 2014. The new amount was obtained by rounding to the nearest million, as has been the practice for all prior adjustments. Consistent with the practice of other Federal agencies, FHFA bases the annual adjustment to the CFI asset cap on the percentage increase in the CPI–U from November of the year prior to the preceding calendar year to November of the preceding calendar year, because the November figures represent the most recent available data as of January 1st of the current calendar year. In calculating the CFI asset cap, FHFA uses CPI–U data that have not been seasonally adjusted (i.e., the data have not been adjusted to remove the estimated effect of price changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year). The DOL encourages use of unadjusted CPI–U data in applying ‘‘escalation’’ provisions such as that governing the CFI asset cap, because the factors that are used to seasonally adjust the data are amended annually, and seasonally adjusted data that are published earlier are subject to revision for up to five years following their original release. Unadjusted data are not routinely subject to revision, and previously published unadjusted data are only corrected when significant calculation errors are discovered. Dated: January 27, 2015. Melvin L. Watt, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency. [FR Doc. 2015–02402 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8070–01–P FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission. February 11, 2015; 10:00 TIME AND DATE: a.m. 3 See 12 U.S.C. 1422(10); 12 CFR 1263.1 (defining the term CFI asset cap). 4 See 79 FR 1862 (Jan. 10, 2014). E:\FR\FM\06FEN1.SGM 06FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 25 / Friday, February 6, 2015 / Notices 800 N. Capitol Street NW., First Floor Hearing Room, Washington, DC. STATUS: The first portion of the meeting will be held in Open Session; the second in Closed Session. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: PLACE: Open Session 1. Briefing on FMC Continuity of Operations Plan 2. Briefing on FMC Information Technology Upgrade Closed Session 1. Briefing on Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Infrastructure and Environmental Programs Cooperative Working Agreement, FMC Agreement No. 201219 CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Karen V. Gregory, Secretary, (202) 523– 5725. Karen V. Gregory, Secretary. https://www.fmc.gov/p1-15. Comments filed in response to this Petition also will be posted on the Commission’s Web site at this location. In order for the Commission to make a thorough evaluation of the Petition, interested persons are requested to submit views or arguments in reply to the Petition no later than February 18, 2015. Commenters must send an original and 5 copies to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573–0001, and be served on Petitioner’s counsel, Walter H. Lion, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. A PDF copy of the reply must also be sent as an attachment to Secretary@fmc.gov. Karen V. Gregory, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–02396 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6730–01–P [FR Doc. 2015–02558 Filed 2–4–15; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6730–01–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION [Petition No. P1–15] asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Petition of Compania Sud American De Vapores, S.A. for an Exemption From Commission Regulations; Notice of Filing and Request for Comments This is to provide notice of filing and to invite comments on or before February 18, 2015, with regard to the Petition described below. Compania Sud American de Vapores, S.A. (‘‘CSAV’’) (Petitioner), has petitioned the Commission pursuant to 46 CFR 502.76 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, for an exemption from the Commission’s rules requiring individual service contract amendments, 46 CFR 530.10. Specifically, Petitioner explains that ‘‘CSAV transferred the assets and operations comprising its container shipping operation to its wholly-owned subsidiary Norasia Container Lines Limited’’ and, as such, requests that the Commission permit the submission of a ‘‘universal notice to the Commission and to all affective service contract parties in lieu of requiring individual filings reflecting amendment by mutual agreement to remove CSAV as a party.’’ Petitioner separately commits to provide each service contract shipper counterparty with electronic notice of this corporate change and instructions on how to request preparation of a ‘‘formal consent’’ should one be required. The Petition in its entirety will be posted on the Commission’s Web site at VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:52 Feb 05, 2015 Jkt 235001 Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company 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 shares of 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 offices 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 February 23, 2015. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309: 1. Financial Junk LLC, Spence Limited LP, Spence Limited II LP, and John Spence, all of Blakely, Georgia; to collectively acquire voting shares of Sevier County Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Sevier County Bank, both in Sevierville, Tennessee. PO 00000 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 3, 2015. Michael J. Lewandowski, Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2015–02381 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 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 applications will also 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. 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 5, 2015. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Robert L. Triplett III, Senior Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–2272: 1. Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., Mount Pleasant, Texas; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Texas Leadership Bank, Royse City, Texas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 3, 2015. Michael J. Lewandowski, Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2015–02380 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 6713 E:\FR\FM\06FEN1.SGM 06FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6712-6713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02558]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

TIME AND DATE:  February 11, 2015; 10:00 a.m.

[[Page 6713]]


PLACE:  800 N. Capitol Street NW., First Floor Hearing Room, 
Washington, DC.

STATUS:  The first portion of the meeting will be held in Open Session; 
the second in Closed Session.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Open Session

1. Briefing on FMC Continuity of Operations Plan
2. Briefing on FMC Information Technology Upgrade

Closed Session

1. Briefing on Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Infrastructure and 
Environmental Programs Cooperative Working Agreement, FMC Agreement No. 
201219

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Karen V. Gregory, Secretary, (202) 
523-5725.

Karen V. Gregory,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-02558 Filed 2-4-15; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 6730-01-P

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