64574 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 214 / Friday, November 5, 2004 / Notices 

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Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20554. All filings must be addressed to 

the Commission’s Secretary, Marlene H. 

Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room TW–B204 

Washington, DC 20554. Parties who 

choose to file by paper should also 

submit their comments on diskette. 

These diskettes should be submitted, 

along with three paper copies, to: Dana 

Jackson, Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office, 

445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–A626, 

Washington, DC 20554. Such a 

submission should be on a 3.5 inch 

diskette formatted in an IBM compatible 

format using Word 97 or compatible 

software. The diskette should be 

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should be submitted in ‘‘read only’’

mode. The diskette should be clearly 

labeled with the commenter’s name, 

proceeding (including the lead docket 

number in this case, CC Docket No. 98–

67, type of pleading (comment or reply 

comment), date of submission, and the 

name of the electronic file on the 

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the following phrase ‘‘Disk Copy—Not 

an Original.’’ Each diskette should 

contain only one party’s pleadings, 

preferably in a single electronic file. In 

addition, commenters must send 

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copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing 

(BCPI), Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554. Pursuant to § 1.1206 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.1206, this 

proceeding will be conducted as a 

permit-but-disclose proceeding in 

which ex parte communications are 

subject to disclosure. The full text of 

this document and copies of any 

subsequently filed documents in this 

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Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. This document 

and copies of subsequently filed 

documents in this matters may also be 

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duplicating contract, BCPI, Inc., Portals 

II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

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(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

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(202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). This public notice can also be 

downloaded in Word or Portable 

Document Format (PDF) at: http://

www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro.

Synopsis 

On July 26, 2004, Telco Group, Inc. 

filed a petition for declaratory ruling or, 

in the alternative, a petition for waiver 

to exclude international revenues from 

the revenue base used to calculate 

payments to the Interstate TRS Fund. 

Telco Group, Inc. requests that the 

Commission exclude international 

revenues from the TRS Fund payment 

calculations at least for those carriers 

whose international revenues comprise 

a significant proportion of total 

interstate and international revenues. 

Telco Group, Inc. also requests a stay of 

its payment obligation pending the 

Commission’s decision.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Jay Keithley, 

Deputy Chief, Consumer & Governmental 

Affairs Bureau.

[FR Doc. 04–24744 Filed 11–4–04; 8:45 am] 

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 29, 

2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Patrick Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Ontario, 

Canada; Harris Financial Corp., Chicago, 

Illinois; and Harris Bankcorp, Inc., 

Chicago, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent 

of the voting shares of Lake Commercial 

Corporation, Hammond, Indiana, and 

thereby indirectly acquire Mercantile 

Bancorp, Inc., Hammond, Indiana, and 

8.6 percent of the voting shares of First 

State Bank of Porter, Porter, Indiana, 

and Mercantile National Bank of 

Indiana, Hammond, Indiana.

In connection with these applications, 

Lake Commercial Corporation, 

Hammond, Indiana, has applied to 

become a bank holding company 

through the acquisition of 100 percent 

of the voting shares of Mercantile 

Bancorp, Inc., Hammond, Indiana, and 

indirectly acquire Mercantile National 

Bank of Indiana, Hammond, Indiana, 

and 8.6 percent of the voting shares of 

First State Bank of Porter, Porter, 

Indiana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 1, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–24702 Filed 11–4–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S