Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 169 / Tuesday, September 2, 1997 / Notices 46363

Governors not later than September 26,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. Wachovia Corporation, WinstonSalem, North Carolina; to merge with

Central Fidelity Banks, Inc., Richmond,

Virginia, and thereby indirectly acquire

Central Fidelity National Bank,

Richmond, Virginia.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Central Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc.,

Richmond, Virginia, and thereby engage

in acting as an agent or broker in the

sale of credit related insurance,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(11) of the

Board’s Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Centre 1 Bancorp, Inc., Beloit,

Wisconsin; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of First Winnebago

Corporation, Winnebago, Illinois, and

thereby indirectly acquire First National

Bank of Winnebago, Winnebago,

Illinois.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Bank Capital Corporation,

Strasburg, Colorado; to acquire 4.59

percent, for a total of 9 percent of the

voting shares of Guaranty Corporation,

Denver, Colorado.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 27, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–23233 Filed 8–29–97; 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 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 September 16, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. Prestige Financial Corp.,

Flemington, New Jersey; to engage de

novo through its subsidiary, PSC

Financial Services, Inc., Flemington,

New Jersey, in securities brokerage

activities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(7)(i)

of the Board’s Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 27, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–23231 Filed 8–29–97; 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; Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

97-22303) published on pages 44697

and 44798 of the issue for Friday,

August 22, 1997.

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of

Boston heading, the entry for UST

Corp., Boston, Massachusetts, is revised

to read as follows:

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. UST Corp., Boston, Massachusetts;

to acquire Firestone Financial Corp.,

Newton, Massachusetts, and thereby

engage in installment loan and lease

financing activities to commercial

customers pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(1)

and (b)(3) of the Board’s Regulation Y.

Comments on this application must

be received by September 5, 1997.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 27, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–23232 Filed 8–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Notice Regarding Compliance

Assistance and Civil Penalty Leniency

Policies for Small Entities

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of policies.

SUMMARY: On April 8, 1997, the Federal

Trade Commission issued two

statements describing its policies for

assisting small businesses and other

small entities, in implementation of

requirements of the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of

1996. The first policy statement

discussed the variety of mechanism

available for small entities to obtain

advice about their obligations under

statutes and rules enforced by the

Commission. The second policy

statement described the Commission’s

approach to reduction or waiver of civil

penalties for small entities in various

mitigating circumstances. The

Commission solicited comments about

these statements from interested

persons. After considering the one

comment it received, the Commission

has determined not to advise either

policy.

DATES: The policy statements were

effective on March 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil

J. Blickman, Federal Trade Commission,

Bureau of Consumer Protection,

Division of Enforcement, Sixth St. and

Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington,

DC 20580, 202–326–3038.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

statement of the Commission’s Small

Entity Compliance Assistance Policy

explains to small businesses and other

small entities what assistance is

available to them from the Commission

and its staff to help them understand

and comply with obligations imposed

by the statutes and rules enforced by the

Commission. The statement of the

Commission’s Civil Penalty Leniency

Policy discusses how the Commission

expects to consider mitigating factors in

matters where small entities are subject

to civil penalties. These statements were

issued in implementation of sections

213 and 223 of the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

(‘‘SBREFA’’), Pub. L. No. 104–121,

enacted March 29, 1996. 62 FR 16809

(Apr. 8, 1997).
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1The comment submitted in response to the

notice has been placed on the public record, and

is filed as document number B21946900001. In

today’s notice, the comment is cited as Lamet, #1.

2Lamet, #1. 3 5 U.S.C. 504; 28 U.S.C. 2412.

Public Comments

Members of the public were invited to

comment on any issues or concerns that

they believed were relevant or

appropriate to these policies. 62 FR

16809, 16814. The only comment

received in response to the

Commission’s notice was submitted by

Jerome S. Lamet, Esq., an attorney in

Chicago, Illinois.1 The comment

addressed issues not encompassed

within the scope of the notice, and did

not relate to any specific aspect of the

policies adopted by the Commission.

The comment appeared to relate to

actions brought by the Commission in

federal district court under sections

13(b) and 19 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C.

53(b) and 57b, following entry of a court

order restraining a defendant from

disposing of individual or corporate

assets. Mr. Lamet commented that when

the defendant in such a case is a small

business, the Commission should not

oppose the defendant’s motion to

release frozen assets to pay its attorney.

In the alternative, the commenter stated

that the Commission should provide

legal counsel for defendants who are

small businesses, or funds for that

purpose.2

When the Commission brings actions

under sections 13(b) and 19 of the FTC

Act, it considers a number of factors in

determining whether to seek a court

order freezing assets and thereafter

oppose motions to release frozen assets

to pay defendants’ attorneys. These

factors include, but are not limited to,

the seriousness of any fraud, the threat

of dissipation of assets, the degree of

consumer injury, and the funds

necessary to redress injury to

consumers. Typically, when the

Commission opposes motion to release

frozen assets to pay defendants’

attorneys, it does so based on the theory

that it only will be able to achieve relief

if the frozen assets identified by the

Commission are preserved to provide

restitution to the victims of the

defendants’ fraud, and the defendants

should not be permitted to use the

proceeds of fraud to finance their

defense of the fraud. The Commission

addresses this issue on a case-by-case

basis based on individual facts and

circumstances. It is beyond the

Commission’s statutory authority, as

mandated by Congress pursuant to the

FTC Act, to provide legal counsel to

defendants who are small businesses,

or, except in the limited circumstances

provided in the Equal Access to Justice

Act,3 to provide funds for that purpose.

Accordingly, the Commission has

determined not to revise either its small

business compliance assistance policy

or its civil penalty leniency policy.

Authority: Secs. 213 and 223, Pub. L. 104–

121, 110 Stat. 847.

By direction of the Commission.

Benjamin I. Berman,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23186 Filed 8–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Advisory Commission on Consumer

Protection and Quality in the Health

Care Industry; Notice of Public Meeting

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby

given of the meeting of the Advisory

Commission on Consumer Protection

and Quality in the Health Care Industry.

This two-day meeting will be open to

the public, limited only by the space

available.

Place of Meeting: The University of

Illinois at Chicago, West Campus:

Chicago Illini Union, 2nd Floor, Chicago

Rooms; 828 South Wolcott Avenue,

Chicago, Illinois 60612. Exact locations

of the sessions will be available at the

Union center and on the Commission’s

web site,

‘‘www.hcqualitycommission.gov’’.

Times and Dates: The public meeting

will span two days. On Tuesday,

September 9, 1997, the subcommittee

break-out sessions will take place from

10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. On

Wednesday, September 10, 1997, the

general plenary session will begin at

8:00 a.m. and it will continue until 4:00

p.m.

Purpose/Agenda: To hear testimony

and continue formal proceedings of the

Commission’s four (4) subcommittees.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person: For more information,

including substantive program

information and summaries of the

meeting, please contact: Edward (Chip)

Malin, Hubert Humphrey Building,

Room 118F, 200 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, DC 20201; [202/205–

3333].

Dated: August 25, 1997.

Richard Sorian,

Deputy Director, Advisory Commission on

Consumer Protection and Quality in the

Health Care Industry.

[FR Doc. 97–23177 Filed 8–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–20–97]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of

information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance

Office on (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. National Inventory of Clinical

Laboratory Testing Services (NICLTS)—

New—This is a new data collection.

CDC proposes to gather data through the

use of a mail/telephone-assisted survey

of a statistical sample of waived and

provider performance microscopy

(PPM) certified laboratories. The use of

a mail/telephone survey instrument will

be cost-effective approach for

performing the inventory of clinical

laboratory testing services by analytes,

test systems, specimen types and test

volume in laboratories with limited

menus such as waived and PPM

facilities.

The data collected in this study will

provide the government, policy makers,

practitioners and researchers with

national estimates of analytes, test

systems, and test volumes being

performed in each of the ten defined

regions in the United States in waived

and PPM laboratories.

This baseline survey will be analyzed

and used by CDC in: (1) Responding to

questions concerning the impact of both

regulatory and non-regulatory changes

in the delivery of clinical laboratory

medicine to Congress, DHHS, and the

public; (2) allowing the government to

track changes in public access to

clinical laboratory testing and to