3716 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 15 / Monday, January 24, 2000 / Notices

published elsewhere in this issue of the

FR. Until the DISCO II Recon.

proceeding became effective, the

Commission required that carriers

wishing to use non-U.S.-licensed

satellite systems must file a separate

section 214 application pursuant to

§ 63.18(e)(4) of the Commission’s rules.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

Attachment—Exclusion List for

International Section 214 Authorizations

Last Modified December 22, 1999

The following is a list of countries and

facilities not covered by grant of global

section 214 authority under § 63.18(e)(1) of

the Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 63.18(e)(1).

In addition, the facilities listed shall not be

used by U.S. carriers authorized under

§ 63.18 of the Commission’s Rules unless the

carrier’s section 214 authorization

specifically lists the facility.

Carriers desiring to serve countries or use

facilities listed as excluded hereon shall file

a separate section 214 application pursuant

to § 63.18(e)(4) of the Commission’s Rules.

See generally 47 CFR 63.22.

Countries: Cuba (Applications for service

to Cuba shall comply with the separate filing

requirements of the Commission’s Public

Notice Report No. I–6831, dated July 27,

1993, ‘‘FCC to Accept Applications for

Service to Cuba.’’)

Facilities: All non-U.S.-licensed satellite

systems that are not on the Permitted Space

Station List, maintained at www.fcc.gov/ib/

srd/se/permitted.html. See International

Bureau Public Notice, DA 99–2844 (rel. Dec.

17, 1999).

This list is subject to change by the

Commission when the public interest

requires. Before amending the list, the

Commission will first issue a public notice

giving affected parties the opportunity for

comment and hearing on the proposed

changes. The Commission may then release

an order amending the exclusion list. This

list also is subject to change upon issuance

of an Executive Order. See Streamlining the

section 214 Authorization Process and Tariff

Requirements, IB Docket No. 95–118, FCC

96–79, 11 FCC Rcd 12,884, released March

13, 1996 (61 Fed. Reg. 15,724, April 9, 1996).

A current version of this list is maintained

at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/td/pf/

exclusionlist.html. For additional

information, contact the International

Bureau’s Telecommunications Division,

Policy & Facilities Branch, (202) 418–1460.

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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 February

7, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer),

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1413:

1. Horizon Bancorp Employees’ Stock

Bonus Plan Trust, Michigan City,

Indiana; to acquire voting shares of

Horizon Bancorp, and thereby indirectly

acquire Horizon Bank, N.A., both of

Michigan City, Indiana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 18, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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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.

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 February 17,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

(A. Linwood Gill, III, Assistant Vice

President), 701 Easy Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. FNB Corp., Asheboro, North

Carolina; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Carolina Fincorp, Inc.,

Rockingham, North Carolina, and

thereby indirectly acquire Richmond

Savings Bank, Inc., SSB, Rockingham,

North Carolina.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President), 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303–2713:

1. Vision Bancshares, Inc., Gulf

Shores, Alabama; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Vision

Bank (in organization), Gulf Shores,

Alabama.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President),

411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63102–2034:

1. National Commerce

Bancorporation, Memphis, Tennessee;

to acquire 100 percent of the voting

shares of Piedmont Bancorp, Inc.,

Hillsborough, North Carolina, and

thereby indirectly acquire Hillsborough

Savings Bank, Inc., SSB, Hillsborough,

North Carolina.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W.

Arthur Tribble, Vice President), 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272:

1. Mesquite Financial Services, Inc.,

Alice, Texas; to acquire 100 percent of

the voting shares of Falfurrias State

Bank, Falfurrias, Texas. Comments on

this application must be received by

February 15, 2000.

E. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group), 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Eggemeyer Advisory Corp.; WJR

Corp.; Castle Creek Capital LLC; Castle

Creek Capital Partners Fund I, LP; Castle

Creek Capital Partners Fund IIa, LP;

Castle Creek Capital Partners Fund IIb,

LP, all of Rancho Santa Fe, California;

to acquire up to 35 percent of the voting

shares of First Community Bancorp,

Rancho Santa Fe, California, and

thereby indirectly acquire Rancho Santa

Fe National Bank, Rancho Santa Fe,

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California, and First Community Bank

of the Desert, Indian Wells, California.

2. First Community Bancorp, Rancho

Santa Fe, California; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Rancho

Santa Fe National Bank, Rancho Santa

Fe, California, and First Community

Bank of the Desert, Indian Wells,

California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 18, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for

Section 8 of the Clayton Act

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission announces the revised

thresholds for interlocking directorates

required by the 1990 amendment of

section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8

prohibits, with certain exceptions, one

person from serving as a director or

officer of two competing corporations if

two thresholds are met. Competitor

corporations are covered by section 8 if

each one has capital, surplus, and

undivided profits aggregating more than

$10,000,000, with the exception that no

corporation is covered if the competitive

sales of either corporation are less than

$1,000,000. Section 8(a)(5) requires the

Federal Trade Commission to revise

those thresholds annually, based on the

change in gross national product. The

new thresholds, which take effect

immediately, are $16,732,000 for section

8(a)(1), and $1,673,200 for section

8(a)(2)(A).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: H.

Gabriel Dagen, Bureau of Competition,

Office of Accounting and Financial

Analysis, (202) 326–2573.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5).

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

has made a final finding of scientific

misconduct in the following case:

John L. Ho, M.D., Cornell University:

Based on a report dated June 16, 1999,

by Cornell University (Report), as well

as information obtained by ORI during

its oversight review, ORI found that Dr.

John Ho, Associate Professor,

Department of Medicine and

Department of Microbiology at Cornell

University Medical College, engaged in

scientific misconduct by reporting

falsified and fabricated research results

in a National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of

Health (NIH), grant application.

Specifically, ORI found that Dr. John

Ho committed scientific misconduct in

connection with the data contained in

Figure 10 of the Application that

purportedly demonstrated cytokine

production heterogeneity. Dr. John Ho

falsified the text describing Panel 2 of

Figure 10 by representing that the

interferon-γ values reflected data from

25 donors when values from only four

donors had been obtained. In addition,

Dr. John Ho falsified the data entries for

Panels 1 and 3 of Figure 10 by

representing that approximately 19 and

25 donor samples, respectively, were

studied when only three and six

genuine values were obtained, the

remaining symbols reflecting fabricated

results.

Dr. John Ho has accepted the ORI

finding and has entered into a Voluntary

Exclusion Agreement with ORI in which

he has voluntarily agreed:

(1) to comply with all terms and

conditions of the plan for remedial

training and scientific and

administrative oversight imposed by

Cornell University. Pursuant to the

Cornell Plan, Dr. John Ho can return to

work at Cornell University only after it

receives written confirmation from Dr.

David Ho that Dr. John Ho has

successfully completed a program of

remedial training of at least one (1)

year’s duration at the Aaron Diamond

Foundation. Under the terms of the

Cornell Plan, Dr. John Ho will be subject

to a two (2) year plan of scientific and

administrative oversight of his research

upon his return to Cornell University

from the Aaron Diamond Foundation.

(2) that, for a period of three (3) years

beginning on December 28, 1999, any

institution (including but not limited to

Cornell University and the Aaron

Diamond Foundation) that submits an

application for U.S. Public Health

Service (PHS) support for a research

project on which Dr. John Ho’s

participation is proposed or which uses

him in any capacity on PHS supported

research, or that submits a report of

PHS-funded research in which he is

involved, must concurrently submit to

PHS and ORI:

a. a plan for supervision of his duties

during the particular PHS-related

project at issue, which must be designed

to ensure the scientific integrity of his

research contribution; and

b. a certification that the data

provided by Dr. John Ho are based on

actual experiments or are otherwise

legitimately derived, and that the data,

procedures, and methodology are

accurately reported in the application or

research report.

(3) to exclude himself from serving in

any advisory capacity to PHS, including

but not limited to service on any PHS

advisory committee, board, and/or peer

review committee, or as a consultant for

a three (3) year period beginning

December 28, 1999.

Further, in the event that Dr. John Ho

obtains a new employer at anytime

during the three (3) year period

beginning on December 28, 1999, Dr.

John Ho has agreed to:

(1) notify ORI in writing no later than

ten (10) business days after the

commencement of his new employment

of the name and address of his new

employer;

(2) provide his new employer with a

copy of the Agreement (including the

Cornell Plan); and

(3) ensure that, for so long as the

Cornell Plan is in effect, his new

employer will agree to assume the

scientific and research oversight

responsibilities adopted by Cornell

University pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2,

and 3 of the Cornell Plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Acting Director, Division of Research

Investigations, Office of Research

Integrity, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 700,

Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 443–5330.

Chris B. Pascal,

Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity.

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