Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 165 / Tuesday, August 26, 1997 / Notices 45255

Termination of the Board is in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

agency by law, to ensure an inclusive

advisory process for FEMA plans and

programs. FEMA will adopt a more

inclusive process than previously used

for involving constituents and

stakeholders in policy development.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–22678 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–01–M

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 19,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. Mutual Bancorp of the Berkshires,

Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts; to

become a bank holding company by

acquiring 100 percent of the voting

shares of Lee National Banc Corp., Lee,

Massachusetts, and thereby indirectly

acquire First National Bank of the

Berkshires, Lee, Massachusetts, and City

Savings Bank of Pittsfield, Pittsfield,

Massachusetts.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. First Commercial Corporation,

Little Rock, Arkansas; to merge with

First Charter Bancshares, Inc., North

Little Rock, Arkansas, and thereby

indirectly acquire Charter State Bank,

Beebe, Arkansas, Beebe, Arkansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 20, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–22600 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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 10,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. Santander Holding Internacional,

S.A., and Santusa Holding, S.L., both of

Madrid, Spain; to become bank holding

companies by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Banco Santander

Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Santander Holding Invernacional, S.A.,

Santusa Holding, S.L., and Banco

Santander Puerto Rico all currently are

subsidiaries of Banco Santander, S.A.,

Madrid, Spain.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 21, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–22642 Filed 8–25–97; 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 September 9, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101–2566:

1. National City Corporation,

Cleveland, Ohio, acting through its

wholly-owned subsidiary, National

Processing, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky,

to acquire Caribbean Data Services, Ltd.,

Dallas, Texas, and thereby engage in