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Evaluation Program’’ may be obtained

by calling the TSCA Hotline at (202)

554–1404.

III. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

As described in Units I.D. and I.E. of

the notice published in the Federal

Register of March 29, 2000 (65 FR

16590) (FRL–6552–6), you may submit

your comments through the mail, in

person, or electronically. Please follow

the instructions that are provided in that

notice. Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,

be sure to identify docket control

number OPPTS–00274B in the subject

line on the first page of your response.

IV. What Action is EPA taking?

EPA is extending the comment period

on the VCCEP from May 12 to May 30,

2000. The VCCEP is described in the

April 10, 2000, revision of the document

entitled ‘‘Framework for a Voluntary

Children’s Chemical Evaluation

Program’’ which EPA made available to

the public on April 12, 2000. The

VCCEP was developed using a

stakeholder involvement process which

was announced in the Federal Register

of August 26, 1999 (64 FR 46673) (FRL–

6089–1).

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals,

Children, Hazardous substances, Health

and safety.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

William H. Sanders III,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 00–12278 Filed 5–11–00; 2:34 pm]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 9:09 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10,

2000, the Board of Directors of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

met in closed session to consider

matters relating to the Corporation’s

resolution, corporate, and supervisory

activities.

In calling the meeting, the Board

determined, on motion of Director Ellen

S. Seidman (Director, Office of Thrift

Supervision), seconded by vice

Chairman Andrew C. Hove, Jr.,

concurred in by Director John D. Hawke,

Jr. (Comptroller of the Currency), and

Chairman Donna Tanoue, that

Corporation business required its

consideration of the matters on less than

seven days’ notice to the public; that no

notice earlier than May 5, 2000, of the

meeting was practicable; that the public

interest did not require consideration of

the matters in a meeting open to public

observation; and that the matters could

be considered in a closed meeting by

authority of subsections (c)(4), (c)(6),

(c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10)

of the ‘‘Government in the Sunshine

Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8),

(c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10)).

The meeting was held in the Board

Room of the FDIC Building located at

550—17th Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

James D. LaPierre,

Deputy Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–12238 Filed 5–11–00; 10:23 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 2:30 p.m., Wednesday,

May 17, 2000.

PLACE: Board Room, Second Floor,

Federal Housing Finance Board, 1777 F

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

STATUS: The entire meeting will be

open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED DURING

PORTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: 

• Final Rule: Election of Federal

Home Loan Bank Directors.

• Designation of Federal Home Loan

Bank Directors.

• Discussion of Issues Pertaining to

the Federal Home Loan Bank Capital

Reform.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Elaine L. Baker, Secretary to the Board,

(202) 408–2837.

William W. Ginsberg,

Managing Director.

[FR Doc. 00–12273 Filed 5–11–00; 2:12 pm]

BILLING CODE 6725–01–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 June 8, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,

Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin

Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480–0291:

1. JDOB, Inc., Sandstone, Minnesota;

to acquire at least 80 percent of the

voting shares of First National Bank of

Hinckley, Hinckley, Minnesota, a de

novo bank.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 9, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12062 Filed 5–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

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

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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 May 30, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Paul Kaboth, Banking Supervision)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101–2566:

1. First State Bancshares, Inc.,

Middlesboro, Kentucky; to acquire

LexBanc Corporation, Lexington,

Kentucky, and thereby indirectly

acquire Lexington Bank, FSB,

Lexington, Kentucky, and thereby

engage in permissible savings

association activities, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(4) of Regulation Y.

Comments regarding this application

must be received not later than June 8,

2000.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. Area Bancshares Corporation,

Owensboro, Kentucky; to acquire Area

Trust Company, and thereby engage in

the operation of a trust company,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(5) of Regulation

Y.

2. Lima Bancshares, Inc., Lima,

Illinois; to retain voting shares of East

Dubuque Bancshares, Inc., East

Dubuque, Illinois, and its subsidiary,

East Dubuque Savings Bank, East

Dubuque, Illinois, and thereby engage in

operating a savings association,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(4) of Regulation

Y. Comments regarding this application

must be received not later than June 8,

2000.

3. Summit Bancorp, Inc.,

Arkadelphia, Arkansas; to engage de

novo through its subsidiary, Summit

Residential Services, Inc., Arkadelphia,

Arkansas, in community development

activities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(12) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 9, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12060 Filed 5–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Irwin Union Bank & Trust Company,

Columbus, Indiana; a De Novo

Corporation To Do Business Under

Section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act

An application has been submitted for

the Board’s approval of the organization

of a corporation to do business under

section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act

(Edge Corporation) 12 U.S.C. 611 et seq.

The factors that are to be considered in

acting on the application are set forth in

the Board’s Regulation K (12 CFR

211.4).

The application may by inspected at

the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago or

at the Board of Governors. Any

comment on an application that

requests a hearing must include a

statement of why a written presentation

would not suffice in lieu of a hearing,

identify specifically any questions of

fact that are in dispute, and summarize

the evidence that would be presented at

a hearing.

Comments regarding the application

must be received by the Reserve Bank

indicated or at the offices of the Board

of Governors not later than June 13,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Irwin Union Bank & Trust

Company, Columbus, Indiana; to

establish Irwin International

Corporation, Columbus, Indiana, which

will acquire 78 percent of the

outstanding voting securities of Onset

Capital Corporation, Vancouver,

Canada, and thereby engage in leasing

real or personal property, pursuant to

§ 25A of the Federal Reserve Act.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 9, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12061 Filed 5–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, May

18, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12239 Filed 5–11–00; 10:24 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Granting of Request for Early

Termination of the Waiting Period

Under the Premerger Notification

Rules

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust

Improvements Act of 1976, requires

persons contemplating certain mergers

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General advance notice and to wait

designated periods before

consummation of such plans. Section

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies,

in individual cases, to terminate this

waiting period prior to its expiration

and requires that notice of this action be

published in the Federal Register.

The following transactions were

granted early termination of the waiting