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Nuclear Power Plant plan for

Connecticut Communities in accordance

with section 350.10. Based on an overall

evaluation, I find and determine that the

State of Rhode Island Ingestion Pathway

plans can be implemented and are

adequate to protect the health and safety

of the public living in the Rhode Island

portion of the ingestion pathway of

Millstone Nuclear Power Plant and

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station by

providing reasonable assurance that

appropriate protective measures can be

taken in the event of an accident at

either one of these sites. FEMA will

continue to review the status of the

ingestion pathway plan in accordance

with Sections 350.5 and 350.9.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Kay C. Goss,

Associate Director for Preparedness, Training,

and Exercises.

[FR Doc. 00–12808 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–06–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System (Board).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35), the Board, the Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),

and the Office of the Comptroller of the

Currency (OCC) (collectively, the

‘‘agencies’’), hereby give notice that they

plan to submit to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

requests for review of the information

collection system described below. The

Agencies may not conduct or sponsor,

and the respondent is not required to

respond to, an information collection

that has been extended, revised, or

implemented on or after October 1,

1995, unless it displays a currently valid

OMB control number. The Agencies,

under the auspices of the Federal

Financial Institutions Examination

Council (FFIEC), propose to extend

without revision the following currently

approved information collection: the

Country Exposure Report for U.S.

Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks

(FFIEC 019). However, minor

clarifications are proposed to the

instructions. The Board is publishing

the request for extension on behalf of

the agencies. At the end of the comment

period, the comments and

recommendations received will be

analyzed to determine whether the

FFIEC and the agencies should modify

the information collections. The Board

will then submit the reports to OMB for

review and approval.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are

invited to submit written comments to

any or all of the agencies. All comments

should refer to the OMB control number

and will be shared among the agencies.

Board: Written comments on the

FFIEC 019 should be addressed to

Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, 20th and C Streets, NW,

Washington, DC 20551, or mailed

electronically to

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov.

Comments addressed to Ms. Johnson

also may be delivered to the Board’s

mail room between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15

p.m., and to the security control room

outside of those hours. Both the mail

room and the security control room are

accessible from the courtyard entrance

on 20th Street between Constitution

Avenue and C Street, NW. Comments

received may be inspected in room M–

P–500 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,

except as provided in section 261.12 of

the Board’s Rules Regarding Availability

of Information, 12 CFR 261.12(a). A

copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the agencies: Alexander T. Hunt, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information or a copy of the

collection may be requested from:

Board: Mary M. West, Chief, Financial

Reports Section, (202) 452–3829,

Division of Research and Statistics,

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, 20th and C Streets,

NW, Washington, DC 20551.

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

(TDD) users may contact Diane Jenkins,

(202) 452–3544, Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C

Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal

to extend for three years with minor

instructional clarification the following

currently approved collection of

information:

Report title: Country Exposure Report

for U.S. Branches and Agencies of

Foreign Banks.

Form number: FFIEC 019.OMB

number: 7100–0213.

Frequency of response: Quarterly.

Affected Public: U.S. branches and

agencies of foreign banks.

Number of respondents: 230.

Estimated average hours per response:

10 hours.

Estimated Annual reporting hours:

9,200 hours.

General Description of Report

This information collection is

mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 3105 and 3108 for

the Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System; sections 7 and 10 of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12

U.S.C. 1817, 1820) for the Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation; and the

National Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 161) for

the Office of the Comptroller of the

Currency). This information collection

is given confidential treatment. (5 U.S.C.

552(b)(8)). Small businesses (that is,

small U.S. branches and agencies of

foreign banks) are affected.

Abstract

All individual U.S. branches and

agencies of foreign banks that have more

than $30 million in direct claims on

residents of foreign countries must file

the FFIEC 019 report quarterly.

Currently, all respondents report

adjusted exposure amounts to the five

largest countries having at least $20

million in total adjusted exposure. The

Agencies collect this data to monitor the

extent to which such branches and

agencies are pursuing prudent country

risk diversification policies and limiting

potential liquidity pressures. No

changes are proposed to the FFIEC 019

reporting form, however, minor

clarifications are proposed to the

instructions.

Current Actions

The instructional clarifications to the

FFIEC 019 report that are the subject of

this notice have been approved by the

Agencies for implementation as of the

September 30, 2000, report date. The

proposed clarifications involve the

treatment of credit derivatives as

guarantees.

Request for Comment

Comments are invited on:

a. Whether the information

collections are necessary for the proper

performance of the agencies’ functions,

including whether the information has

practical utility;

b. The accuracy of the agencies’

estimates of the burden of the

information collections, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

c. Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected;

d. Ways to minimize the burden of

information collections on respondents,

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including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology; and

e. Estimates of capital or start up costs

and costs of operation, maintenance,

and purchase of services to provide

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be shared among the

agencies and will be summarized or

included in the agencies’ requests for

OMB approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Written comments should address the

accuracy of the burden estimates and

ways to minimize burden including the

use of automated collection techniques

or the use of other forms of information

technology as well as other relevant

aspects of the information collection

request.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 16, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12706 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 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 offices 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 June 5,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. Ann Doolin Adcock, Dumas,

Arkansas; to acquire additional voting

shares of M & F Financial Corporation,

Dumas, Arkansas, and thereby

indirectly acquire additional voting

shares of Merchants and Farmers Bank,

Dumas, Arkansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 16, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12707 Filed 5–19–00; 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 June 15, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272:

1. Northwest Bancorporation, Inc.,

Houston, Texas; to merge with Redstone

Bancorporation, Inc., Houston, Texas,

and thereby indirectly acquire Redstone

Bank, N. A., Houston, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 16, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12709 Filed 5–19–00; 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

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 June 5, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. National Bank of Greece, S.A.,

Athens, Greece; to acquire NBG Asset

Management Inc. and NBG Securities

Inc., both of New York, New York, and

thereby indirectly acquire through NBG

International Limited, London, England,

indirect control of Newbrook Group

LLC, New Brook Capital Management,

Inc., Newbrook Capital Management

LLC, and Newbrook Securities LLC, and

thereby engage in investment advisory

activities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(6) of

Regulation Y; brokerage, riskless

principal, and private placement

activities, pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(7)(i),

(ii) and (iii) of Regulation Y,

respectively; and private investment

fund activities, including acting as a

commodity pool operator for and

controlling private investment funds

that invest solely in assets that a bank

holding company is permitted to hold