Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 128 / Monday, July 3, 2000 / Notices 41071

follow the instructions for submitting

the letter of intent described on page 1

of this announcement.

In addition, prospective applicants

should obtain a copy of the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, Part

30 (and for State and local agencies, also

see Part 31). This portion of the CFR

includes regulations applicable to your

assistance agreement. Copies of the CFR

are available at your local U.S.

Government Bookstore, the U.S.

Government Printing Office or on the

internet at http://www.epa.gov/ogd/

grants.htm. Once at this site, select

‘‘Administrative Regulations and

Policies/Subchapter B-Grants and Other

Federal Assistance’’ and select Part 30

or Part 31.

Selected projects will be announced

on or around October 15, 2000. If you

have any questions regarding this grant

notice, please contact Sheila Brown

(202) 564–9370.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7626; Pub. L.

159, 69 Stat. 322.

Dated: June 26, 2000.

Robert Perciasepe,

Assistant Administrator of Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 00–16763 Filed 6–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6728–5]

Notice of Proposed Prospective

Purchaser Agreements Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as Amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601–9675,

notice is hereby given that two identical

proposed prospective purchaser

agreements (‘‘Purchaser Agreements’’)

associated with the Sharon Steel Farrell

Works Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) in

Farrell, Pennsylvania, have been

executed by the Environmental

Protection Agency and the Department

of Justice. The prospective purchasers,

Shenango Valley Manufacturing

Company (‘‘SVMC’’) and Farrell Slag,

Inc. (‘‘Farrell Slag’’) competed at a

bankruptcy auction sale by the United

States Bankruptcy Court for the Western

District of Pennsylvania to purchase

approximately 200 acres of the Sharon

Steel Farrell Works Superfund Site

(‘‘Site’’). Sharon Steel Corporation

presently owns the Site and is

liquidating its assets pursuant to

Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Farrell Slag bid successfully for the

property. SVMC was the second highest

bidder. Pursuant to the bankruptcy sale,

if Farrell Slag is unable to complete the

purchase of the property, it will be

conveyed to the next highest bidder,

SVMC. Since it is acceptable to EPA for

either Farrell Slag or SVMC to acquire

the property, EPA is proposing

Purchaser Agreements for each.

However, only the ultimate purchaser of

the property will be bound by its

respective Purchaser Agreement.

The Purchaser Agreements are now

subject to public comment, after which

the United States may modify or

withdraw its consent if comments

received disclose facts or considerations

which indicate that the Purchaser

Agreements are inappropriate,

improper, or inadequate. The Purchaser

Agreements will resolve certain

potential EPA claims under Sections

106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606

and 9607. The property subject to the

Purchaser Agreements is the portion of

the Site south of Ohio Street and west

of the Shenango River. The property

contains slag Sharon Steel generated

during operation of an integrated steel

making plant at the Site. EPA will

conduct or oversee long term remedial

actions at the Site and has initiated the

Remedial Investigation/Feasibility

Study to identify the hazards posed by

contamination at and arising from the

Site. Under the terms of each Purchaser

Agreement, the purchaser will pay the

United States $40,000 for a limited

covenant not to sue, cooperate with EPA

in the continued implementation of

remedial actions at the Site and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of the Purchaser Agreement.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the proposed Purchaser Agreements.

The Agency’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Availability: The proposed

Purchaser Agreements and additional

background information relating to the

proposed Purchaser Agreements are

available for public inspection at the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the

proposed Purchaser Agreements may be

obtained from Suzanne Canning, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Regional Docket Clerk (3RC00), 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Comments should reference the ‘‘Sharon

Steel Farrell Works Superfund Site

Prospective Purchaser Agreements’’ and

‘‘EPA Docket No. CERCLA–PPA–2000–

01 and CERCLA–PPA–2000–02,’’ and

should be forwarded to Suzanne

Canning at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ami

Y. Antoine (3RC43), Sr. Assistant

Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103, Phone: (215)

814–2497.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III.

[FR Doc. 00–16762 Filed 6–30–00; 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 17,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Alan E. Knudson and the Knudson

Family Limited Partnership, Ltd.,

Draper, Utah; to retain voting shares of

Silver State Bancorp, Henderson,

Nevada, and thereby indirectly retain

voting shares of Silver State Bank,

Henderson, Nevada.

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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 27, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16733 Filed 6–30–00; 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 27, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. Avant Financial LLC, Syracuse,

New York, to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 67.5 percent of

the voting shares of Reliance Bank,

White Plains, New York.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice

President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. Cardinal Financial Corporation,

Fairfax, Virginia; to merge with Heritage

Bancorp, Inc., McLean, Virginia, and

thereby indirectly acquire The Heritage

Bank, McLean, Virginia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 27, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16732 Filed 6–30–00; 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

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 July 17, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106–2204:

1. Boston Private Financial Holdings,

Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; to acquire

Sand Hill Advisors, Inc., Menlo Park,

California, and thereby engage in

investment advisory services, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(6) if Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice

President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. Southern Financial Bancorp, Inc.,

Warrenton, Virginia; to acquire First

Savings Bank of Virginia, Springfield,

Virginia, and thereby engage in

operating a savings and loan

association, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y, and

immediately merging this institution

into Southern Financial Bank,

Warrenton, Virginia, a wholly owned

subsidiary of Southern Financial

Bancorp, Inc. Comments on this

application must be received not later

than July 27, 2000.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 27, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16731 Filed 6–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary

publishes a list of information

collections it has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.5.

The following are those information

collections recently submitted to OMB.

1. Evaluation of the BodyWise Eating

Disorder Initiative—NEW—The Office

on Women’s Health plans to conduct an

evaluation of the initial demonstration

phase of the BodyWise Eating Disorder

initiative to look for changes in school

practices and awareness regarding

eating disorder issues. The study design

features a pre-test/post-test model with

questionnaires to be completed by a

sample of middle school staff. Burden

Information for Pre-test—Number of

Respondents: 426; Burden Per

Response: 20 minutes; Burden for Pretest: 142 hours—Burden Information for

Post-test—Number of Respondents: 396;

Burden Per Response: 20 minutes;

Burden for Post-test: 132 hours—Total

Burden: 274 hours.

OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

Copies of the information collection

packages listed above can be obtained

by calling the OS Reports Clearance

Officer on (202) 690–6207. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the OMB desk officer

designated above at the following

address: Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Office of Management and