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Chemical Corporation Superfund Site,
Middletown, Orange County, New York,
Index No. CERCLA–02–2007–2015. To
request a copy of the proposed
settlement agreement, please contact the
EPA employee identified below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael A. Mintzer, Assistant Regional
Counsel, New York/Caribbean
Superfund Branch, Office of Regional
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 290 Broadway—17th Floor,
New York, New York 10007–1866.
Telephone: 212–637–3168.
Dated: August 15, 2007.
William McCabe,
Acting Director, Emergency and Remedial
Response Division, Region 2.
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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Meeting of the President’s Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
schedule and summary agenda for a
meeting of the President’s Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology
(PCAST), and describes the functions of
the Council. Notice of this meeting is
required under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA).
Dates And Place: September 11, 2007,
Washington, DC. The meeting will be
held in Room 100 at the Keck Center of
the National Academies at 500 5th St.
NW., Washington DC.
Type of Meeting: Open. Further
details on the meeting agenda will be
posted on the PCAST Web site at: http://
www.ostp.gov/PCAST/pcast.html.
Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The
President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology (PCAST) is
scheduled to meet in open session on
Tuesday September 11, 2007, at
approximately 9 a.m. The meeting is
scheduled to include three panels, with
presentations and discussion. The
PCAST is tentatively scheduled to
convene a panel on partnerships
between universities and non-
government entities in support of
research. The PCAST also is tentatively
scheduled to convene a panel on
nanotechnology, including
presentations on biomedical aspects of
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nanotechnology research and current
Government activities supporting risk
assessment and risk management. The
PCAST also is tentatively scheduled to
convene a panel on personalized
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medicine as part of the Council’s study
of policy issues associated with
realizing the benefits of scientific and
technological advances in this area. This
session will end at approximately 5 p.m.
Additional information and the final
agenda will be posted at the PCAST
Web site at: http://www.ostp.gov/
PCAST/pcast.html.
Public Comments: There will be time
allocated for the public to speak on the
above agenda items. This public
comment time is designed for
substantive commentary on PCAST’s
work topics, not for business marketing
purposes. Please submit a request for
the opportunity to make a public
comment five (5) days in advance of the
meeting. The time for public comments
will be limited to no more than 5
minutes per person. Written comments
are also welcome at any time following
the meeting. Please notify Dr. Celia
Merzbacher, PCAST Executive Director,
at (202) 456–7116, or fax your request/
comments to (202) 456–6021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding agenda, time, and
location is available at the PCAST Web
site at: http://www.ostp.gov/PCAST/
pcast.html. Questions about the meeting
should be directed to PCAST Executive
Director Dr. Celia Merzbacher at (202)
456–7116, prior to 3 p.m. on Friday,
September 7, 2007. Please note that
public seating for this meeting is limited
and is available on a first-come, first-
served basis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology was
established by Executive Order 13226,
on September 30, 2001. The purpose of
PCAST is to advise the President on
matters of science and technology
policy, and to assist the President’s
National Science and Technology
Council in securing private sector
participation in its activities. The
Council members are distinguished
individuals appointed by the President
from non-Federal sectors. The PCAST is
co-chaired by Dr. John H. Marburger, III,
the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, and by E. Floyd
Kvamme, a Partner at Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers.
Celia Merzbacher,
CAST Executive Director, Office of Science
and Technology Policy.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: Background.
On June 15, 1984, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
delegated to the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (Board) its
approval authority under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to
approve of and assign OMB control
numbers to collection of information
requests and requirements conducted or
sponsored by the Board under
conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320
Appendix A.1. Board-approved
collections of information are
incorporated into the official OMB
inventory of currently approved
collections of information. Copies of the
Paperwork Reduction Act Submission,
supporting statements and approved
collection of information instruments
are placed into OMB’s public docket
files. The Federal Reserve may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent
is not required to respond to, an
information collection that has been
extended, revised, or implemented on or
after October 1, 1995, unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Request for comment on information
collection proposals
The following information
collections, which are being handled
under this delegated authority, have
received initial Board approval and are
hereby published for comment. At the
end of the comment period, the
proposed information collections, along
with an analysis of comments and
recommendations received, will be
submitted to the Board for final
approval under OMB delegated
authority. Comments are invited on the
following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Federal Reserve’s
functions; including whether the
information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Federal
Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed 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
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
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DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Reg H–3: 7100–0196; or FR
HMDA–LAR: 7100–0247, by any of the
following methods:
• Agency Web Site: http://
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments at
http://www.federalreserve.gov/
generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E–mail:
regs.comments@federalreserve.gov.
Include docket number in the subject
line of the message.
• FAX: 202/452–3819 or 202/452–
3102.
• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary,
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, 20th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20551.
All public comments are available
from the Board’s Web site at
www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/
foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted,
unless modified for technical reasons.
Accordingly, your comments will not be
edited to remove any identifying or
contact information. Public comments
may also be viewed electronically or in
paper in Room MP–500 of the Board’s
Martin Building (20th and C Streets,
NW., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
weekdays.
Additionally, commenters should
send a copy of their comments to the
OMB Desk Officer by mail to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
U.S. Office of Management and Budget,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to 202–
395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of the PRA OMB submission
including, the proposed reporting form
and instructions, supporting statement,
and other documentation will be placed
into OMB’s public docket files, once
approved. These documents will also be
made available on the Federal Reserve
Board’s public Web site at: http://
www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/
reportforms/review.cfm or may be
requested from the agency clearance
officer, whose name appears below.
Michelle Shore, Federal Reserve
Board Clearance Officer (202–452–
3829), Division of Research and
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Statistics, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, Washington,
DC 20551. Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact
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the Federal Reserve System,
Washington, DC 20551.
Proposal to approve under OMB
delegated authority the extension for
three years, without revision, of the
following reports:
1. Report title: Recordkeeping and
Disclosure Requirements Associated
with Securities Transactions Pursuant to
Regulation H
Agency form number: Reg H–3
OMB control number: 7100–0196
Frequency: On occasion
Reporters: State member banks and
state member trust companies
Annual reporting hours: 102,359
hours
Estimated average hours per response:
State member banks with trust
departments and state member trust
companies: recordkeeping, 2.00 hours;
disclosure, 16.00 hours. State member
banks without trust departments:
recordkeeping; 15 minutes; disclosure,
5.00 hours.
Number of respondents: 232 state
member banks with trust departments
and state member trust companies, and
669 state member banks without trust
departments
General description of report: This
information collection is mandatory (12
U.S.C. 325). If the records maintained by
state member banks come into the
possession of the Federal Reserve, they
are given confidential treatment (5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4), (b)(6), and (b)(8)).
Abstract: State member banks and
state member trust companies are
required to maintain records for three
years following a securities transaction.
These requirements1 are necessary to
protect the customer, to avoid or settle
customer disputes, and to protect the
institution against potential liability
arising under the anti-fraud and insider
trading provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
2. Report title: Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/
Application Register (LAR)
Agency form number: FR HMDA–LAR
OMB control number: 7100–0247
Frequency: Annual
Reporters: State member banks,
subsidiaries of state member banks,
subsidiaries of bank holding companies,
1 In July of 2004, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) amended Rule 17j–1 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 to extend the
reporting time period to 30 calendar days after the
end of the calendar quarter. In order to promote
practical and uniform recordkeeping requirements
that are consistent with the SEC and other federal
banking regulators’ rules, the Federal Reserve is in
the process of revising the 10 calendar day
reporting requirement for state member banks and
state member trust companies to a 30 calendar day
reporting time period.
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U.S. branches and agencies of foreign
banks (other than federal branches,
federal agencies, and insured state
branches of foreign banks), commercial
lending companies owned or controlled
by foreign banks, and organizations
operating under section 25 or 25A of the
Federal Reserve Act.
Annual reporting hours: 156,910
hours
Estimated average hours per response:
State member banks, 242 hours; and
mortgage subsidiaries, 192 hours.
Number of respondents: 527 State
member banks, and 153 mortgage
subsidiaries.General description of
report: This information collection is
mandatory (12 U.S.C. 2803). The
information is not given confidential
treatment, however, information that
might identify individual borrowers or
applicants is given confidential
treatment under exemption 6 of the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552(b)(6)) and section 304 (j)(2)(B) of
HMDA (12 U.S.C. 2803).
Abstract: The information reported
and disclosed pursuant to this
collection is used to further the
purposes of HMDA. These include: (1)
To help determine whether financial
institutions are serving the housing
needs of their communities; (2) to assist
public officials in distributing public-
sector investments so as to attract
private investment to areas where it is
needed; and (3) to assist in identifying
possible discriminatory lending patterns
and enforcing anti-discrimination
statutes.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, August 21, 2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
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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
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