41466 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 5, 2000 / Notices

Anderson, Benton, Cheatham, Davidson,

Henry, Hickman, Houston, Jackson, Knox,

Lake, Obion, Perry, Pickett, and Stewart

Counties for Public Assistance.

All counties within the State of

Tennessee are eligible to apply for

assistance under the Hazard Mitigation

Grant Program.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–16909 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1331–DR]

Tennessee; Amendment No. 1 to

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Tennessee, (FEMA–1331–DR), dated

June 12, 2000, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Tennessee is hereby amended to include

the following area among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of June 12, 2000: Weakley

County for Public Assistance.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Robert J. Adamcik,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 00–16910 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Notice of Field Test of the State

Management of the Public Assistance

Operations in Small Disasters

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We (FEMA) give notice that

we will field test the devolution of

major management responsibility of the

Public Assistance Program to interested

States in small disasters beginning on or

after July 1, 2000. We award Public

Assistance grants, which supplement

community assets in the recovery of

State, local and eligible private nonprofit infrastructure when the President

declares an emergency or major disaster.

The proposed change in the program

management does not constitute

changes to the process by which

assistance is provided nor does it

constitute a change in benefits under the

law or regulation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James A. Walke, Engineering Branch

Chief, Federal Emergency Management

Agency, Washington D.C. 20472, 202–

646–2751 (phone), 202–646–3304 (fax),

or James.Walke@fema.gov (e-mail).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act provides for

the award of grants to assist in the repair

and reconstruction of community

infrastructure. With the help of State

officials, we have explored the option of

having capable States manage the Public

Assistance Program in small disasters.

However, before formally instituting the

option of devolving this responsibility,

we will field test the concept in selected

disasters occurring on or after July 1,

2000, to validate the concept and to

determine whether additional

refinements are necessary. State

participation in the field test(s) will be

voluntary. FEMA and an affected State

will enter into an operational agreement

for the field test after the State elects to

manage the disaster and FEMA

determines that the State is capable. The

operational agreement will define the

roles and responsibilities of both the

State and FEMA as well as the processes

and procedures in effect under the

agreement.

Under this initiative, a capable State

will manage the Public Assistance

Program operation, including project

eligibility reviews, process control, and

resource allocation on small disasters.

We will retain obligation authority, final

approval of environmental and historic

preservation reviews, and we will help

the State to the extent that the State

requests such assistance. We and the

State will conduct on-going quality

control checks of a sample of Project

Worksheets to ensure accurate eligibility

decisions, scopes of work, and cost

estimates. A Quality Assurance Team

consisting of our and State staff will

evaluate the Public Assistance recovery

operation and determine the level of

success of the pilot program. We will

develop evaluation criteria before the

pilot program and will include the

criteria in the operational agreement.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 00–16911 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

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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 July 19,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303–2713:

1. James Steve Daniels, Livingston,

Tennessee; to retain voting shares of

American BancShares Corporation,

Livingston, Tennessee, and thereby

indirectly retain voting shares of

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American Savings Bank, Livingston,

Tennessee.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Perry B. Hansen, The Woodlands,

Texas; Douglas M. Kratz, The

Woodlands, Texas; and Francis P.

McCarthy, Bettendorf, Iowa; to acquire

voting shares of Second Mid-America

Bancorp, Inc., Savanna, Illinois, and

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares

of First Illinois National Bank, Savanna,

Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 28, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16834 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies; Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

00–15701) published on pages 38831

and 38832 of the issue for Thursday,

June 22, 2000.

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of

Chicago heading, the entry for Michael

Robert Reese, Appleton, Wisconsin, is

revised to read as follows:

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Michael Robert Reese, Appleton,

Wisconsin; to acquire voting shares of

Fox River Valley Bancorp, Inc.,

Appleton, Wisconsin, and thereby

indirectly acquire voting shares of First

Business Bank of Fox River Valley,

Appleton, Wisconsin.

Comments on this application must

be received by July 6, 2000.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 28, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16835 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies;

Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

00–15702) published on page 38832 of

the issue for Thursday, June 22, 2000.

Under the entry for Formations of,

Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank

Holding Companies, is revised to read

as follows:

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, NW., Atlanta, Georgia

30303–2713:

1. Cumberland Bancshares, Inc.,

Hartsville, Tennessee; to acquire 51

percent of the voting shares of Academy

Bank (in organization), Lebanon,

Tennessee.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Amana Bancshares, Inc.,

Southfield, Michigan; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Amana

Bank (in organization), Dearborn,

Michigan.

Comments on this application must

be received by July 17, 2000.

The correct date this Notice was

signed by the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, is June 16,

2000.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 28, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16832 Filed 7–3–00; 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 July 28, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272:

1. First-West Texas Bancshares, Inc.,

Midland, Texas; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of First Pecos

Bancshares, Inc., Midland, Texas, and

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares

of First National Bank, Pecos, Texas,

First National Bank, Alpine, Texas, and

First National Bank, Fort Stockton,

Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 28, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16833 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

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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