Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 114 / Tuesday, June 13, 2000 / Notices 37135

Total Annual Burden: 400 hours.

Total Annual Costs: $1,000.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirements reported under

this control number are used by

Commission staff to identify situations

where it should exercise jurisdiction

over basic service and equipment rates

in place of a local franchising authority.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0700.

Title: Open Video Systems Provisions

Form Number: FCC 1275.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 708.

Estimated Time Per Response: Varies.

Total Annual Burden: 3,910 hours.

Total Annual Costs: $9,000.

Needs and Uses: Section 302 of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996

provides for specific entry options for

entities wishing to enter the video

programming marketplace, one option

being to provide cable service over an

‘‘Open Video System’’ (‘‘OVS’’). On

April 15, 1997, the Commission released

a Fourth Report and Order, FCC 97–130,

which clarified various OVS rules and

modified certain OVS filing procedures.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0565.

Title: Commission Review of

Franchising Authority Decisions on

Rates for the Basic Service Tier and

Associated Equipment—Section 76.944.

Form Number: n/a.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 300.

Estimated Time Per Response: Varies.

Total Annual Burden: 5,400 hours.

Total Annual Costs: $340,500.

Needs and Uses: The information

collected is reviewed by the

Commission to ensure that franchising

authority decisions regarding cable rates

are consistent with the provisions of the

Cable Television Consumer Protection

and Competition Act of 1992 and the

Commission’s rules regarding cable rate

regulation. Commission review of

appeals is necessary to ensure

uniformity of interpretation of federal

guidelines.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14875 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

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 27,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Thomas W. Healy, Olympia,

Washington; Ned D. Williams, Gig

Harbor, Washington; Ronald W.

Pemberton, Lakewood, Washington;

James D. Marchetti, Gig Harbor,

Washington; Charles H. Kester,

Bellevue, Washinton; Robert H. Pearson,

Gig Harbor, Washington; Carole J.

Axtell, Puyallup, Washington; Timothy

A. Williams, Tacoma, Washington; to

acquire voting shares of Pierce County

Bancorp, Tacoma, Washington, and

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares

of Pierce Commercial Bank, Tacoma,

Washington.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 7, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–14848 Filed 6–12–00; 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 July 7, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Vice

President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. Peoples Financial Group, Inc., Iva,

South Carolina; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of The

Peoples Bank, Iva, South Carolina.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303–2713:

1. Regions Financial Corporation,

Birmingham, Alabama; to merge with

First National Bancshares of Louisiana,

Inc., Alexandria, Louisiana, and thereby

indirectly acquire Security First

National Bank, Alexandria, Louisiana.

2. Regions Financial Corporation,

Birmingham, Alabama; to merge with

East Coast Bank Corporation, Ormond

Beach, Florida, and thereby indirectly

acquire Bank at Ormond By-the-Sea,

Ormond Beach, Florida.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. IBT Bancorp, Inc., Mt. Pleasant,

Michigan; to merge with FSB Bancorp,

Inc, Breckenridge Michigan, and thereby

indirectly acquire Farmers State Bank of

Breckenridge, Breckenridge, Michigan.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,

Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin

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Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480–0291:

1. Inter-Mountain Bancorp., Inc.,

Bozeman, Montana; to merge with Three

Forks Bancorporation, Three Forks,

Montana; and thereby indirectly acquire

Security Bank of Three Forks, Three

Forks, Montana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 7, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–14846 Filed 6–12–00; 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

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 27, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Pierce County Bancorp, Tacoma,

Washington; to acquire Olympic

Equities Corporation, Puyallup,

Washington, and thereby engage in

making residential and construction

loans and other related activities related

to the extension of credit, pursuant to

§§ 225.28(b)(1) and (b)(2) of Regulation

Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 7, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–14847 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Delegation of Authority

Notice is hereby given that I have

delegated to the Administrator, Health

Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA), all authorities vested in the

Secretary of Health and Human Services

under Part D, Title III of the PHS Act,

Subpart IX—Support of Graduate

Medical Education Programs, as

amended. This delegation excludes the

authority to issue regulations and to

submit reports to Congress This

authority may be redelegated.

In addition, I hereby ratify any actions

taken by the Administrator or other

HRSA officials which involved exercise

of this authority prior to the effective

date of this delegation.

This delegation is effective upon date

of signature.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14802 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Office of Public Health and Science,

and National Institutes of Health, Office

of the Director; Statement of

Organization, Functions, and

Delegations of Authority

Part A, Office of the Secretary (OS) of

the Statement of Organization,

Functions, and Delegations of Authority

for the Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS), Chapter AC,

Office of Public Health and Science

(OPHS), the Immediate Office (ACA) as

last amended at 62 FR 5009–10, dated

February 3, 1997; and Part N, the

National Institutes of Health, Office of

the Director (NA), Office of Extramural

Research (NA3), Office for Protection

from Research Risks, as last amended at

65 FR 11792, March 6, 2000, are being

amended to reflect the transfer of the

human research protection functions

from the NIH to the newly established

Office for Human Research Protections

(OHRP), OPHS, within the OS. The

OHRP will be headed by a Director who

will report to the Assistant Secretary for

Health.

The changes are as follows:

I. Under Part N, National Institutes of

Health, Chapter NA, Office of Director,

Office of Extramural Research (NA3),

make the following changes:

A. Delete the ‘‘Office of Extramural

Research (NA3)’’ in its entirety and

replace with the following:

Office of Extramural Research

(NA3)—(1) Acts on behalf of the NIH

Director to provide guidance to the

research institutes on the development

and management of extramural (grant

and cooperative agreement) research

and training programs; (2) advises the

NIH Director and staff on issues relating

to extramural research activities; and (3)

oversees the proper care and use of

laboratory animals on behalf of the

entire U.S. Public Health Service.

B. Delete the ‘‘Office for Protection

from Research Risks (NA33)’’ in its

entirety.

II. Under Part A, Chapter AC, Office

of Public Health and Science, make the

following changes:

A. Delete Section AC.10 Organization

in its entirety and replace with the

following:

Section AC.10 Organization. The

Office of Public Health and Science

(AC) is under the direction of the

Assistant Secretary for Health and

consists of the following components:

A. Immediate Office (ACA)

B. Office on Women’s Health (ACB)

C. Office of Minority Health (ACC)

D. Office of the President’s Council on

Physical Fitness and Sports (ACE)

E. Office of Research Integrity (ACF)

F. Office of Population Affairs (ACG)

G. Office of International and Refugee

Health (ACH)

H. Office of HIV/AIDS Policy (ACJ)

I. Office of Emergency Preparedness

(ACK)

J. Office of Disease Prevention and

Health Promotion (ACL)

K. Office of the Surgeon General (ACM)

L. Office for Human Research

Protections (ACN)

B. Amend Chapter AC.20 Functions,

paragraph A, ‘‘Office of Public Health

and Science,’’ paragraph titled, ‘‘The

Immediate Office (ACA)’’ by adding the

following new clause:

(m) Responsible for overseeing human

research subjects protections functions

and related functions where research

involves the use of human subjects.