42252 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 151 / Wednesday, August 6, 1997 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5870–5]

Proposed CERCLA Prospective

Purchaser Agreement for the Rock

Island Plating Works Site

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘USEPA’’).

ACTION: Proposal of CERCLA

Prospective Purchaser Agreement for

the Rock Island Plating Works Site.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601

et seq., as amended by the Superfund

Amendments and Reauthorization Act

of 1986 (‘‘SARA’’), Pub. L. 99–499,

notice is hereby given that a proposed

prospective purchaser agreement

(‘‘PPA’’) for the Rock Island Plating

Works Site (‘‘the Site’’) located in Rock

Island, Illinois, has been executed by

the City of Rock Island. The proposed

PPA has been submitted to the Attorney

General for approval. The proposed PPA

would resolve certain potential claims

of the United States under Sections 106

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

9607, against the City of Rock Island.

The proposed PPA would require the

City of Rock Island to pay the United

States $3,990 to be applied toward

outstanding response costs incurred by

the United States in conducting

federally funded removal activities at

the Site. The Site is not on the NPL.

EPA will complete the removal action in

August 1997. EPA does not anticipate

taking further remedial action at the Site

after the completion of the removal

action.

DATES: Comments on the proposed PPA

must be received by USEPA on or before

September 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the proposed PPA

is available for review at USEPA, Region

5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604. Please contact

Constandina Kallos at (312) 353–1027,

prior to visiting the Region 5 office.

Comments on the proposed PPA

should be addressed to Constandina A.

Kallos, Office of Regional Counsel,

USEPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard (Mail Code C–29A), Chicago,

Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Constandina A. Kallos at (312) 353–

1027, of the U.S. EPA Region 5 Office

of Regional Counsel.

A 30-day period, commencing on the

date of publication of this notice, is

open for comments on the proposed

PPA. Comments should be sent to the

addressee identified in this notice.

William E. Muno,

Director, Superfund Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 97–20669 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–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.

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 September 2,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. F.N.B. Corporation, Hermitage,

Pennsylvania; to acquire 100 percent of

the voting shares of Indian Rocks State

Bank, Largo, Florida.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Midwest Community Bancshares,

Inc., Marion, Illinois; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of The Bank

of Marion, Marion, Illinois.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Nichols Bancshares, Inc., Kenedy,

Texas, and J.M. Nichols, Inc., Dover,

Delaware; to become bank holding

companies by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of First-Nichols

National Bank of Kenedy, Kenedy,

Texas.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of

Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. 1867 Western Financial

Corporation, Stockton, California; to

acquire at least 5 percent of the voting

shares of Capital Corp of the West,

Merced, California, and thereby

indirectly acquire County Bank, Merced,

California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 1, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–20727 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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 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.

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 August 21, 1997.