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is given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. 

§§ 552 (b)(4) and (b)(6)). 

Abstract: The Federal Reserve uses 

this information to define relevant 

banking markets for specific merger and 

acquisition applications and to evaluate 

changes in competition that would 

result from proposed transactions. 

4. Report title: Notice of Branch 

Closure 

Agency form number: FR 4031 

OMB control number: 7100–0264 

Frequency: On occasion 

Reporters: State member banks 

Annual burden hours: 422 hours 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Reporting requirements, 2 hours; 

Disclosure requirements, 1 hour; 

Recordkeeping requirements, 8 hours. 

Number of respondents: 124 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (12 

U.S.C. 1831r–l(a)(1)) and may be given 

confidential treatment upon request (5 

U.S.C. 552(b)(4)). 

Abstract: The mandatory reporting, 

recordkeeping, and disclosure 

requirements regarding the closing of 

any branch of an insured depository 

institution are imposed by section 228 

of the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation Improvement Act of 1991. 

There is no reporting form associated 

with the reporting portion of this 

information collection; state member 

banks notify the Federal Reserve by 

letter prior to closing a branch. The 

Federal Reserve uses the information to 

fulfill its statutory obligation to 

supervise state member banks. 

5. Report title: Reports Related to 

Securities of State Member Banks as 

Required by Regulation H. 

Agency form number: Reg H–1 

OMB Control number: 7100–0091 

Frequency: Quarterly and on occasion 

Reporters: State member banks 

Annual reporting hours: 1,477 hours 

Estimated average hours per response: 

5.11 hours 

Number of respondents: 17 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (15 

U.S.C. 781(i)) and is not given 

confidential treatment. 

Abstract: The Federal Reserve(s 

Regulation H requires certain state 

member banks to submit information 

relating to their securities to the Federal 

Reserve on the same forms that bank 

holding companies and nonbank 

entities use to submit similar 

information to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission. The information 

is primarily used for public disclosure 

and is available to the public upon 

request. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, March 6, 2007. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–4264 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

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 April 2, 2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. BlackRidge Financial, Inc., Fargo, 

North Dakota , to acquire 100 percent of 

the voting shares of BlackRidgeBANK, 

Fargo, North Dakota, a de novo bank. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201- 

2272: 

1. Woodforest Financial Group, Inc., 

The Woodlands, Texas; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of Olympic 

Savings, SSB, Refugio, Texas. Upon 

consummation, Woodforest Final 

Group, Inc., will convert Olympic Bank 

into a federal savings bank and change 

its name to Woodforest Bank, FSB, 

Refugio, Texas, and thereby engage in 

owning and operating a savings and 

loan association, pursuant to section 

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

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, March 5, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–4173 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

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 

Web site at http://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 April 5, 2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02106-2204: 


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