61496 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 19, 2004 / Notices 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–23460 Filed 10–15–04; 12:52 

pm] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–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 application also will 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. 

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 November 12, 

2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 

President) 701 East Byrd Street, 

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. Palmetto Heritage Bancshares, Inc., 

Pawleys Island, South Carolina; to 

become a bank holding company by 

acquiring 100 percent of the voting 

shares of Palmetto Heritage Bank & 

Trust, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, 

an organizing bank.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Patrick Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Rural Bancshares of Wisconsin, 

Inc., Fennimore, Wisconsin; to become 

a bank holding company by acquiring 

80 percent of the voting shares of LSB 

Holding Company, Livingston, 

Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly 

acquire Livingston State Bank, 

Livingston, Wisconsin.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 13, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–23301 Filed 10–18–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 

otherwise noted, these activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 4 of the 

BHC Act. 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 the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than November 2, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Jay Bernstein, Bank Supervision 

Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045–0001:

1. UFJ Bank Limited, Nagoya, Japan, 

and UFJ Holdings, Inc., Osaka, Japan; to 

retain shares of UFJ Central Leasing, 

Nagoya, Japan, and thereby engage 

through Central Leasing (U.S.A.), Inc., 

Florence, Kentucky, in the leasing of 

manufacturing equipment and 

computers as well as real estate leasing, 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(3) of 

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 13, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc.04–23302 Filed 10–18–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Docket No. OP–1214] 

Proposal to Withdraw from Noncash 

Collection Service

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

SUMMARY: The Board requests comment 

on a proposal that the Federal Reserve 

Banks withdraw from the noncash 

collection service at year-end 2005. The 

noncash collection service involves the 

collection and processing of definitive 

municipal bonds and coupons issued by 

state and local governments. The 

proposal to exit this service is prompted 

by the declining volume of definitive 

municipal securities, the expected 

underrecovery of costs in future years, 

and the availability of alternate service 

providers and substitutable services.

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. OP–1214, 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

• 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, 

except as necessary for technical 

reasons. Accordingly, your comments 

will not be edited to remove any 

identifying or contact information. 

Public comments may also be viewed