Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 213 / Thursday, November 4, 2004 / Notices 64289

1Commission Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The 

comment must be accompanied by an explicit 

request for confidential treatment, including the 

factual and legal basis for the request, and must 

identify the specific portions of the comment to be

Continued

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than 

November 19, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309–4470:

1. William Reuben Broyles, Rainsville, 

Alabama; to acquire voting shares of 

Dekalb Bancshares, Inc., Fort Payne, 

Alabama, and thereby indirectly acquire 

Dekalb Bank, Crossville, Alabama.

2. Financial Corporation of Louisiana 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan,

Crowley, Louisiana, and Argent Trust, 

Ruston, Louisiana, a division of 

National Independent Trust Company, 

Ruston, Louisiana, as trustee, to acquire 

Financial Corporation of Louisiana, 

Crowley, Louisiana, and thereby 

indirectly acquire First National Bank of 

Louisiana, Crowley, Louisiana, and 

Rayne State Bank & Trust Company, 

Rayne, Louisiana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 29, 2004.

Margaret M. Shanks,

Assistant Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–24643 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

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 30, 

2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Jay Bernstein, Bank Supervision 

Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045–0001:

1. Monmouth Community Bancorp,

Long Branch, New Jersey; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of Allaire 

Community Bank, Wall Township, New 

Jersey.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Patrick Wilder, Managing Examiner) 

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Metropolitan Capital Bancorp, Inc.,

Chicago, Illinois; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of 

Metropolitan Capital Bank (in 

organization), Chicago, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 29, 2004.

Margaret M. Shanks,

Assistant Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–24644 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Employee Thrift Advisory Council; 

Open Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), a notice is hereby 

given of the following committee 

meeting:

Name: Employee Thrift Advisory Council. 

Time: 10 a.m. 

Date: November 9, 2004. 

Place: 4th Floor, Conference Room, Federal 

Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 1250 H 

Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Status: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered 

1. Approval of the minutes of the March 

23, 2004, meeting. 

2. Report of the Executive Director on 

Thrift Savings Plan status. 

3. Parallel call center/dedicated main 

frame computer and data center. 

4. ‘‘Life’’ funds. 

5. Legislation. 

6. New business (spousal accounts). 

7. Frequency of meetings. 

For Further Information Contact: Elizabeth 

S. Woodruff, Committee Management Officer, 

on (202) 942–1660.

Dated: October 29, 2004. 

Elizabeth S. Woodruff, 

General Counsel, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board.

[FR Doc. 04–24599 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirements described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’). The FTC is 

seeking public comments on its 

proposal to extend through September 

30, 2007 the current PRA clearance for 

information collection requirements 

contained in its Appliance Labeling 

Rule (‘‘Rule’’), promulgated pursuant to 

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

of 1975 (‘‘EPCA’’). That clearance was 

scheduled to expire on September 30, 

2004. On September 14, 2004, the OMB 

granted the FTC’s request for a shortterm extension to November 30, 2004 to 

allow for this second opportunity to 

comment.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments. 

Comments should refer to ‘‘Appliance 

Labeling Rule: Paperwork comment, 

R611004’’ to facilitate the organization 

of comments. A comment filed in paper 

form should include this reference both 

in the text and on the envelope, and 

should be mailed or delivered to the 

following address: Federal Trade 

Commission/Office of the Secretary, 

Room H–159 (Annex U), 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20580. If the comment 

contains any material for which 

confidential treatment is requested, it 

must be filed in paper (rather than 

electronic) form, and the first page of 

the document must be clearly labeled 

‘‘Confidential.’’ 1 The FTC is requesting