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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 November 3, 

2006. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Anne McEwen, Financial 

Specialist) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045-0001: 

1. Fort Orange Financial Corporation, 

Albany New York; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Capital 

Bank & Trust Company, Albany, New 

York. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105-1579: 

1. Castle Creek Capital Partners III, 

L.P., Castle Creek Capital III LLC, 

Eggemeyer Capital LLC, Ruh Capital 

LLC, Western States Opportunity LLC, 

Eggemeyer Family Trust, William J. Ruh 

Trust, Legions IV Advisory Corp., all 

located in Rancho Santa Fe, California, 

and LDF, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; to 

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares 

of BB&T Bancshares, Corp., and thereby 

indirectly acquire Bloomingdale Bank 

and Trust, both of Bloomingdale, 

Illinois. 

2. West Valley Bancorp, Inc., 

Avondale, Arizona; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of West 

Valley National Bank (in organization), 

both of Avondale, Arizona. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 5, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–16737 Filed 10–10–06; 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 October 25, 2006. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 

1. Great River Financial Group, Inc., 

Burlington, Iowa; to operate a federal 

Savings Bank upon the conversion of its 

subsidiary Burlington Bank and Trust, 

Burlington, Iowa, to a Federal Savings 

Bank, pursuant to section 

225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 4, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–16703 Filed 10–10–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Notice of Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Minority Health 

AGENCY: Office of Minority Health, 

Office of Public Health and Science, 

Office of the Secretary, DHHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a 

meeting. This meeting is open to the 

public. Preregistration is required for 

both public attendance and comment. 

Any individual who wishes to attend 

the meeting and/or participate in the 

public comment session should e-mail 

acmb@osophs.dhhs.gov. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 31, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 8777 Georgia 

Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. 

The meeting is accessible from the 

Silver Spring Metro Station. The 

Crowne Plaza Hotel will provide shuttle 

service to and from the Silver Spring 

Metro Station for individuals attending 

the ACMH meeting on October 31, 2006. 

Meeting participants can call the hotel 

at (301) 589–0800 for shuttle pick-up if 

they don’t see the shuttle. Meeting 

participants may also walk the three 

short blocks to the hotel from the Silver 

Spring station by existing onto Wayne 

Avenue and walking toward the 

Discovery Building. Make a left onto 

Georgia Avenue and walk the 1 block 

toward the Crowne Plaza. The hotel will 

be on the right-hand side. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica A. Baltimore, Tower Building, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. Phone: 240–

453–2882 Fax: 240–453–2883. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Public Law 105–392, 

the ACMH was established to provide 

advice to the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Minority Health in improving the 

health of each racial and ethnic 

minority group and on the development 

of goals and specific program activities 

of the Office of Minority Health. 

Topics to be discussed during this meeting 

will include strategies to improve the health 

of racial and ethnic minority populations 

through the development of health policies 

and programs that will help eliminate health 

disparities, as well as other related issues. 

Public attendance at the meeting is limited 

to space available. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such as 

sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should notify 

the designated contact person at least 

fourteen business days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public will have an 

opportunity to provide comments at the 

meeting. Public comments will be limited to 

three minutes per speaker. Individuals who 

would like to submit written statements 

should mail or fax their comments to the 

Office of Minority Health at least five 

business days prior to the meeting. Any 

member of the public who wishes to have 

printed material distributed to ACMH 

committee members should submit their 

materials to Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H., 

Executive Secretary, ACMH, Tower Building, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852, prior to close of business on 

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October 3, 2006. 

Mirtha R. Beadle, 

Deputy Director, Office of Minority Health, 

Office of Public Health and Science, Office 

of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

[FR Doc. 06–8596 Filed 10–10–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) allow the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Assessment of Unreimbursed Care 

among Community Primary Care 

Physicians.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public 

to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 13, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room #5036, Rockville, 

MD 20850. Copies of the proposed 

collection plans, data collection 

instruments, and specific details on the 

estimated burden can be obtained from 

AHRQ’s Reports Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

‘‘Assessment of Unreimbursed Care 

among Community Primary Care 

Physicians’’

This project is being conducted as 

part of AHRQ’s Primary Care PracticeBased Research Networks (PBRN). One 

of AHRQ’s PBRN contractors, the 

American Academy of Family 

Physician’s National Research Network 

(AAFP–NRN), will survey primary care 

practices participating in its PBRN in 

order to assess the current state of unreimbursed medical care provided in 

community based primary care 

practices. 

There has been substantial research 

conducted to quantify the amount of unreimbursed care provided in private 

physicians’ offices. This survey will 

collect information from a sample of 

community-based primary care 

practices that are widely representative 

of private physicians across the United 

States in order to understand the current 

state of private primary care office unreimbursed care and help assess factors 

that encourage and discourage practices 

from engaging in this activity. 

The AAFP–NRN will collaborate with 

AHRQ on the design of a selfadministered, web-based questionnaire. 

The survey will collect information 

pertaining to the level of un-reimbursed 

care in the practice as well as 

characteristics of the practice, the 

physician(s) and the patient population. 

Methods of Collection 

The survey will be distributed to 1200 

primary care physicians with an 

expected response rate of 65% (780 

responses). A stratified sampling 

approach will be used to ensure 

appropriate representation from the four 

Census regions, urban and rural areas, 

and small and large practices. Selected 

physicians will receive a letter 

informing them of the purpose of the 

study, inviting them to participate and 

offering them the opportunity to 

complete the survey on paper or via the 

Internet. A follow-up mailing with a 

duplicate paper-based version of the 

questionnaire will be mailed to nonresponders after two weeks. Reminder 

phone calls will be placed in weeks four 

and six to all non-responders. If 

necessary to achieve target response 

rates, a re-mailing of the paper-based 

questionnaire will occur in week eight. 

The questionnaire is estimated to take 

no more than fifteen minutes to 

complete. 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Data collection effort Number of 

respondents 

Estimated time 

per respondent in hours 

Estimated total 

burden hours 

Primary care clinicians ................................................................................................................. 780 .25 195 

Estimated Costs to the Federal 

Government 

The total cost to the government for 

this activity is estimated to be $129,956. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

legislation, comments on AHRQ’s 

information collection are requested 

with regard to any of the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of health care research and 

information dissemination functions of 

AHRQ, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

To date, one comment has been 

received. The commenter noted that s/ 

he believed no physicians provide free 

care. The purpose of this survey is to 

assess the current state of private 

primary care office un-reimbursed care 

and help assess factors that encourage 

and discourage practices from engaging 

in this activity. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the proposed information 

collection. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: September 26, 2006. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 06–8607 Filed 10–10–06; 8:45am] 

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