Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 233 / Monday, December 6, 2004 / Notices 70457

must be received not later than 

December 20, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303:

1. Rogers Investments, LP, 

Russellville, Alabama, with Dianne 

Rogers Barnes, Marietta, Georgia, and 

Robert Isaac Rogers, Jr., Russellville, 

Alabama, as general partners; Rogers 

Family Holdings, LLC, Russellville, 

Alabama, with Dianne Rogers Barnes 

and Robert Isaac Rogers, Jr., as 

managers, and whose members include 

the two managers and Anne C. Rogers, 

Russellville, Alabama, the R.I. Rogers, 

Sr. Marital Trust GST Non—Exempt, the 

Robert I. Rogers, Sr. GST Exempt Family 

Trust, and the Robert I. Rogers, Sr. 

Marital Trust GST Exempt, with Robert 

Isaac Rogers, Jr., and Dianne Rogers 

Barnes serving as trustees of the trusts; 

and Robert Isaac Rogers, Jr., and Dianne 

Rogers Barnes; to collectively retain 

voting shares of Valley Bancshares, Inc., 

and thereby indirectly retain voting 

shares of Valley State Bank, both of 

Russellville, Alabama.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 30, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–26712 Filed 12–3–04; 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 December 30, 

2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105–1579:

1. Great Western Bancorp, Inc., 

Phoenix, Arizona; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring at least 

45 percent of the voting shares of 

Western National Bank, Phoenix, 

Arizona (in organization).

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 30, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–26711 Filed 12–3–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Draft Guidelines for Preventing the 

Transmission of Mycobacterium 

tuberculosis in Health-care Settings, 

2005

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice for public comment.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to request public comment on draft 

Guidelines for Preventing the 

Transmission of Mycobacterium 

tuberculosis in Health-care Settings, 

2005 (Guidelines). These Guidelines are 

available at the CDC Web site at

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/

Federal_Register/default.htm as a pdf 

file. The Guidelines will be used by 

infection control staff, healthcare 

epidemiologists, healthcare 

administrators, facility managers, and 

other persons responsible for 

developing, implementing, and 

evaluating infection-control programs 

for healthcare settings across the 

continuum of patient care. These 

Guidelines update the CDC Guidelines 

for Preventing the Transmission of 

Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Healthcare Facilities and were last published 

in 1994. 

The 2005 draft Guidelines reflect 

shifts in the epidemiology of 

tuberculosis, advances in scientific 

understanding, and changes in healthcare practice that have occurred in the 

United States in the last decade.

DATES: Comments on the draft 

Guidelines for Preventing the 

Transmission of Mycobacterium 

tuberculosis in Health-care Settings, 

2005, must be received in writing on or 

before February 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft 

Guidelines should be labeled ‘‘Public 

comment on Draft Guidelines for 

Preventing the Transmission of 

Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Healthcare Settings, 2005,’’ and submitted by 

e-mail to TBinfectioncontrol@cdc.gov. 

Please include the specific section, 

paragraph, and page number for each 

comment. If unable to submit 

electronically, comments may be mailed 

to Public Comment on Draft Guidelines 

for Preventing the Transmission of 

Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Healthcare Settings 2005, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, Division of 

Tuberculosis Elimination, 1600 Clifton 

Road, NE., Mailstop E10, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333. Comments may also be 

faxed to 404–929–2676.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lauren Lambert, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, National Center 

for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E10, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone: 

(404) 639–8120. Email: 

TBinfectioncontrol@cdc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As stated 

above, the 2005 draft Guidelines reflect 

shifts in the epidemiology of 

tuberculosis, advances in scientific 

understanding, and changes in healthcare practice that have occurred in the 

United States in the last decade. In the 

context of diminished risk of healthcare-associated transmission of M. 

tuberculosis, the 2005 Draft Guidelines 

places emphasis on actions needed to 

maintain momentum and expertise 

needed to avert another resurgence of 

tuberculosis and to eliminate the 

lingering threat to healthcare workers, 

which is mainly from patients or others 

with unsuspected and undiagnosed 

infectious tuberculosis disease. Whereas 

previous Guidelines were aimed 

primarily at hospital-based facilities, the 

2005 CDC Guidelines have been 

expanded to address a broader concept: 

health-care-associated settings go 

beyond the previously defined facilities.