5988 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 26 / Monday, February 9, 2004 / Notices 

Proposal to approve under OMB 

delegated authority the extension for 

three years, without revision, of the 

following reports:

1. Report title: Survey to Obtain 

Information on the Relevant Market in 

Individual Merger Cases

Agency form number: FR 2060

OMB control number: 7100–0232

Frequency: On occasion

Reporters: Small businesses and 

consumers

Annual reporting hours: 18

Estimated average hours per response:

10 minutes for small businesses, 6 

minutes for consumers

Number of respondents: 25 small 

businesses and 50 consumers per survey

General description of report: This 

information collection is voluntary (12 

U.S.C. § 1817(j), 1828(c), and 1841 et 

seq.) and is given confidential treatment 

(5 U.S.C. §§ 552 (b)(4) and (b)(6)).

Abstract: The Federal Reserve uses 

this information to define relevant 

banking markets for specific merger and 

acquisition applications and to evaluate 

changes in competition that would 

result from proposed transactions.

2. Report title: Written Security 

Program for State Member Banks

Agency form number: FR 4004

OMB control number: 7100–0112

Frequency: On occasion

Reporters: State member banks

Annual reporting hours: 27

Estimated average hours per response:

30 minutes

Number of respondents: 54

General description of report: This 

recordkeeping requirement is 

mandatory [12 U.S.C. § 1882], 12 U.S.C. 

§ 248(a)(1) and 325, and Regulation H 

[12 C.F.R., part 208.61] authorize the 

Board to require the recordkeeping of 

this information. Because written 

security programs are maintained at 

state member banks, no issue of 

confidentiality under the Freedom of 

Information Act normally arises. 

However, copies of such documents 

included in examination work papers 

would, in such form, be confidential 

pursuant to exemption 8 of the Freedom 

of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(8)).

Abstract: This mandatory information 

collection is a recordkeeping 

requirement contained in the Federal 

Reserve’s Regulation H, Section 208.61. 

Each state member bank must develop 

and implement a written security 

program and maintain it in the bank’s 

records. There is no formal reporting 

form and the information is not 

submitted to the Federal Reserve.

3. Report title: Transfer Agent 

Registration and Amendment Form

Agency form number: FR TA–1

OMB control number: 7100–0099

Frequency: On occasion

Reporters: State member banks and 

their subsidiaries, bank holding 

companies, and certain nondeposit trust 

company subsidiaries of bank holding 

companies.

Annual reporting hours: 8

Estimated average hours per response:

1 hour and 15 minutes for registrations; 

10 minutes for amendments

Number of respondents: 5 

registrations and 11 amendments

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory 

(Sections 17A(c), 17(a), and 23(a) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 

amended (15 USC 78q–1(c)(1) and (2), 

78q(a)(3), and 78w(a)(1))) and is not 

given confidential treatment.

Abstract: The Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (the ‘‘Act’’) requires any person 

acting as a transfer agent to register as 

such and to amend registration 

information when it changes. State 

member banks and their subsidiaries, 

bank holding companies, and certain 

nondeposit trust company subsidiaries 

of bank holding companies register with 

the Federal Reserve System by 

submitting Form TA–1. The information 

collected includes the company name, 

all business addresses, and several 

questions about the registrant’s 

proposed activities as a transfer agent. 

The Federal Reserve uses the 

information to act upon registration 

applications and to aid in performing its 

supervisory duties.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 3, 2004.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–2660 Filed 2–6–04; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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 

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, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. Nicholas, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291:

1. Claire L. Erickson, Hudson, 

Wisconsin, and Marilyn J. Kron, 

Hudson, Wisconsin; to acquire voting 

shares of Waseca Bancshares, Inc., 

Waseca, Minnesota, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Roundbank, Waseca, Minnesota, and 

American Savings, Inc., Farmington, 

Minnesota.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 3, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–2663 Filed 2–6–04; 8:45 am]

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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 

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must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than March 3, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 

Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105–

1521:

1. American Bank Incorporated, 

Allentown, Pennsylvania; to acquire 

voting shares of PSB Bancorp, Inc., 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of First 

Penn Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303:

1. Synovus Financial Corp., 

Columbus, Georgia; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of Trust 

One Bank, Memphis, Tennessee.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. Nicholas, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291:

1. Pinehurst Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul, 

Minnesota; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 100 percent of 

the voting shares of Pinehurst Bank, St. 

Paul, Minnesota, a de novo bank.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 3, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–2661 Filed 2–6–04; 8:45 am]

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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 March 3, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303:

1. Bancshares of Florida, Inc., Naples, 

Florida; to acquire Horizon Financial 

Corp., Pembroke Pines, Florida, and 

thereby indirectly acquire Horizon 

Bank, FSB, Pembroke Pines, Florida, 

and thereby engage in operating a 

savings and loans association, pursuant 

to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation 

Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 3, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc.04–2662 Filed 2–6–04; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (EST), February 

17, 2004.

PLACE: 4th Floor, Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC.

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts closed to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

January 20, 2004, Board member 

meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report 

by the Executive Director. 

Part Closed to the Public 

3. Personnel matters.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640.

Dated: February 4, 2004. 

Elizabeth S. Woodruff, 

Secretary to the Board, Federal Retirement 

Thrift Investment Board.

[FR Doc. 04–2784 Filed 2–5–04; 10:51 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) 

Advisory Committee to the Director, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention: Notice of Charter Renewal 

This gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463) of October 6, 1972, that the 

Advisory Committee to the Director, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, of the Department of Health 

and Human Services, has been renewed 

for a 2-year period beginning February 

1, 2004, through February 1, 2006. 

For further information, contact 

Robert Delaney, Executive Secretary, 

Advisory Committee to the Director, 

CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., m/s D–14, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone 404/

639–7000, fax 404/639–7111, e-mail: 

rdelaney@cdc.gov.

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both CDC 

and the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry.

Dated: February 2, 2004. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

[FR Doc. 04–2671 Filed 2–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) 

Clinical Laboratory Improvement 

Advisory Committee: Notice of Charter 

Renewal 

This gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463) of October 6, 1972, that the Clinical 

Laboratory Improvement Advisory 

Committee, of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, has been renewed for a 2-year 

period beginning February 19, 2004, 

through February 19, 2006. 

For further information, contact 

Robert Martin, M.D., Executive 

Secretary, Clinical Laboratory 

Improvement Advisory Committee, 

CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, m/s G–25, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone (770)