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related to the auctioning of these

licenses in Auction No. 34.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

April 28, 2000, and reply comments are

due on or before May 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To file formally, parties

must submit an original and four paper

copies to the Office of the Secretary,

Federal Communications Commission,

Federal Communications Commission,

445 12th Street, SW, TW—A325,

Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition,

parties must submit one copy to M.

Nicole Oden, Attorney, Auctions and

Industry Analysis Division, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, Room 4–

A337, 445 12th Street SW, Washington,

D.C. 20554. One copy to Rana Shuler,

Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division, Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 4–A628, 445 12th

Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Comments and reply comments will be

available for public inspection during

regular business hours in the FCC

Public Reference Room, Room CY–

A257, 445 12th Street SW, Washington,

D.C. 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nicole Oden, Auctions and Industry

Analysis Division, (Legal Branch) at

(202) 418–0660; Kathy Garland or Bob

Reagle, Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division, (Auction Operations) at (717)

338–2888.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of a Public Notice released

April 18, 2000. The complete text of the

public notice, including Attachment A

is available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center (Room CY–A257),

445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. It

may also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc. (ITS, Inc.) 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857–

3800. It is also available on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.fcc.gov.

1. This Public Notice provides

additional information about the 800

MHz licenses being offered in Auction

No. 34. See DA 00–667, Auction of

Licenses for 800 MHz Specialized

Mobile Radio (SMR) Service General

Category Frequencies in the 851–854

MHz Band Scheduled for August 23,

2000 (Auction No. 34 Comment Public

Notice) 65 FR 17268 (March 31, 2000).

Specifically, Auction No. 34 will

include three 800 MHz Upper Band

licenses (861–865 MHz). Attachment A

contains a listing of the three additional

licenses that will be offered in Auction

No. 34. This Public Notice also seeks

comment on procedural issues related to

the auctioning of these licenses in

Auction No. 34.

2. The frequencies and channels

numbers associated with each spectrum

block are listed below. Spectrum block

A is allocated 20 channels, spectrum

block B is allocated 60 channels, and

spectrum block C is allocated 120

channels.

Spectrum

block

Channel

Nos.

Frequencies

(Base & Mobile)

A ................. 401–420 861.0–861.5 MHz

816.0–816.5 MHz

B ................. 421–480 861.5–863.0 MHz

816.5–818.0 MHz

C ................. 481–600 863.0–866.0 MHz

818.0–821.0 MHz

I. Reserve Price or Minimum Opening

Bid

3. The Bureau proposes to utilize the

same minimum opening bids previously

established for the 800 MHz Upper

Band licenses in Auction No. 16,

rounded to the nearest hundred dollars.

See DA 97–2147, Auction of 800 MHz

SMR Upper 10 MHz Band, Minimum

Opening Bids or Reserve Prices (SMR

Order) 62 FR 55251 (October 23, 1997).

A list of the three additional licenses,

including the related geographic service

area population and minimum opening

bid, is attached hereto as Attachment A.

The Bureau believes minimum opening

bids, rather than reserve prices, will

help to regulate the pace of the auction

and provide greater flexibility.

Comment is sought on this proposal.

Alternatively, comment is sought on

whether, consistent with the Balanced

Budget Act of 1997, the public interest

would be served by having no minimum

opening bid or reserve price.

II. Upfront Payments and Initial

Maximum Eligibility for Each Bidder

4. The Bureau proposes to use the

same upfront payments as previously

established for the 800 MHz Upper

Band licenses in Auction No. 16. See

DA 97–1672, Auction of 800 MHz

Specialized Mobile Radio Service

Licenses (Auction No. 16 Public Notice)

62 FR 49228 (September 19, 1997). A

list of these licenses, including the

related geographic service area

population and upfront payment, is

attached hereto as Attachment A. We

seek comment on this proposal.

5. We further propose that the amount

of the upfront payment submitted by a

bidder will determine the initial

maximum eligibility (as measured in

bidding units) for each bidder. Upfront

payments will not be attributed to

specific licenses, but instead will be

translated into bidding units to define a

bidder’s initial maximum eligibility,

which cannot be increased during the

auction. Thus, in calculating the upfront

payment amount, an applicant must

determine the maximum number of

bidding units it may wish to bid on (or

hold high bids on) in any single round,

and submit an upfront payment

covering that number of bidding units.

We seek comment on this proposal.

III. Other Auction Procedural Issues

6. In the Auction No. 34 Comment

Public Notice, the Bureau set forth and

sought comment on the following

proposals relating to auction structure

and bidding procedures: (1)

Simultaneous multiple round auction

design; (2) upfront payments and initial

maximum eligibility; (3) activity rules;

(4) activity rule waivers and reducing

eligibility; (5) information relating to

auction delay, suspension or

cancellation; (6) round structure; (7)

reserve or minimum opening bid; (8)

minimum accepted bids and bid

increments; (9) information regarding

bid withdrawal and bid removal; and

(10) the stopping rule. The Bureau

proposes to utilize the same auction

structure and procedures for the

additional licenses listed in Attachment

A that it utilizes for the auction of all

other licenses in Auction No. 34. We

seek comment on these proposals as

they relate to the licenses listed in

Attachment A.

Federal Communications Commission.

Louis J. Sigalos,

Deputy Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division.

[FR Doc. 00–10357 Filed 4–25–00; 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

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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 May 19, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303–2713:

1. North Georgia Community

Financial Partners, Inc., Calhoun,

Georgia; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of North Georgia

National Bank, Calhoun, Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 20, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–10326 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–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 May 22, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group), 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. PBOC Holdings, Los Angeles,

California; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of People’s Bank of

California, Los Angeles, California,

upon its conversion from a savings

association to a bank.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 21, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–10379 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Office of Minority Health

Notice of a Cooperative Agreement

With the Interamerican College of

Physicians and Surgeons (ICPS)

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office

of Minority Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of a Cooperative

Agreement with the Interamerican

College of Physicians and Surgeons

(ICPS).

The Office of Minority Health (OMH),

Office of Public Health and Science,

announces its intent to continue support

of the umbrella cooperative agreement

with the Interamerican College of

Physicians and Surgeons (ICPS). This

cooperative agreement will continue the

broad programmatic framework in

which specific projects can be

supported by various governmental

agencies during the project period.

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to assist the organization in

expanding and enhancing its activities

in the following areas: service delivery,

disease prevention, health promotion,

and health services research

opportunities, with the ultimate goal of

improving the health status of

minorities and disadvantaged people.

The OMH will provide technical

assistance and oversight as necessary for

the implementation, conduct, and

assessment of the project activities. On

an as-needed basis, OMH will assist in

arranging consultation from other

government agencies and nongovernment agencies.

Authority: This cooperative agreement is

authorized under Section 1707(e)(1) of the

Public Health Service Act, as amended.

Background

Assistance will continue to be

provided to ICPS. During the last five

years, ICPS has successfully

demonstrated the ability to work with

its organizational membership and

health agencies on mutual education,

service, and research endeavors. The

ICPS is uniquely qualified to continue

to accomplish the purposes of this

cooperative agreement because it has

the following combination of factors:

• It is a national organization whose

membership consists exclusively of

Hispanic physicians, surgeons, and

future health care providers.

• It has an established infrastructure

to develop, expand, and manage various

health education and medical training

programs within local communities and

physician groups that deal extensively

with Hispanic health issues. These

programs are aimed at preventing and

reducing mortality rates among

Hispanic populations.

• It has established itself as an

organization with professionals who

serve as leaders and experts in planning,

developing, implementing, and

evaluating health education curricula,

and client-based health prevention

programs aimed at reducing excessive

mortality and adverse health behaviors

among Hispanic populations.

• It has developed databases and

directories of health care providers and

Hispanic medical students interested in

primary care, including funding

mechanisms to continue graduate,

medical, and scientific education.

• It has an inventory of critical

knowledge, skills, and abilities related

to serving Hispanic clients on a range of

health and social problems.

This cooperative agreement will be

continued for an additional 3-year

project period with 12-month budget

periods. Depending upon the types of

projects and availability of funds, it is

anticipated that this cooperative