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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]

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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

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]

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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

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agreement will receive approximately

$100,000 per year. Continuation awards

within the project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress and

the availability of funds.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

If you are interested in obtaining

additional information regarding this

cooperative agreement, contact Ms.

Cynthia Amis, Office of Minority

Health, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 1000,

Rockville, Maryland 20852 or telephone

(301) 594–0769.

OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number for this cooperative

agreement is 93.004.

Dated: April 11, 2000.

Nathan Stinson, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority

Health.

[FR Doc. 00–10319 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–21–00]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of

information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance

Officer at (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

Evaluation of NIOSH Fire Fighter

Alert (Structural Collapse)—New—The

National Institute of Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH). An Alert

documents the scientific research about

an occupational health and safety

hazard and provides recommendations

for assessing, avoiding, or reducing the

hazard. The Alert is probably the

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) best tool

for addressing risks of great immediate

danger involving hazards to life and

health. Even though the Alert can be

termed an important tool, prior to 1999

no rigorous test of Alert efficacy had

ever been conducted. During the past

year, NIOSH began the first rigorous test

of one NIOSH Alert on the dangers of

structural collapse among fire fighters.

This testing was done with a sample of

fire fighters, and on the basis of this

sample, a national distribution strategy

for the Alert will follow.

This Alert contains recommendations

with important safety and health

implications for more than one million

fire fighters in over 36,000 fire fighter

units. Morbidity and mortality rates are

relatively high for this occupation,

which increases the need for effective

communication strategies when

reporting safety and health

recommendations.

The formative research phase done

this year by NIOSH’s Health

Communication Research Branch and

Division for Safety Research will

produce data with strong levels of

internal and external validity. However,

the formative phase is only aimed at

designing effective messages and not

aimed at understanding the impact of

those messages in the final distribution

of the Alert. NIOSH believes that it is

reasonable to: (1) Conduct an evaluation

of the national distribution of the Alert

to determine its final impact and (2)

identify the characteristics of those fire

fighter units that may not have met

optimal levels of communication effect

(receiver awareness, comprehension,

acceptance, and use).

The specific goals of this investigation

are to: (1) Assess the communication

effect of NIOSH recommendations

contained within the Alert on structural

collapse and (2) identify the

characteristics (behavioral, normative,

and control beliefs, and demographics)

of receivers who fail to meet minimum

levels of communication effect.

A standardized questionnaire

developed and approved for the

formative research phase will be used to

assess communication effect. Items will

identify the extent of receiver

awareness, comprehension, acceptance,

and use of the Alert. The Theory of

Planned Behavior will be used to help

identify the factors that mediate this

communication effect, and relevant

questions will be added to the existing

questionnaire.

The data collected in this study will

be used to assess the communication

effect of the national distribution of the

Alert by comparing the means between

the respondents in the formative

evaluation and the respondents in the

national distribution. This data also will

be used to identify the characteristics of

those fire fighter units that may not have

met optimal levels of communication

effects. Total annual burden hours are

250.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden

response

(in hours)

Fire Fighters ............................................................................................................................................. 1,000 1 .25

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Charles W. Gollmar,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 00–10350 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–22–00]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of

information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance

Officer at (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.