Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 193 / Monday, October 6, 1997 / Notices 52129

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Stuart A. Cashin, Jr., Duluth,

Georgia; to retain voting shares of Embry

Bankshares, Inc., Duluth, Georgia, and

thereby indirectly retain share of Embry

National Bank, Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 1, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–26447 Filed 10–3–97; 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 October 31,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Midland Bancshares, Inc., Kincaid,

Illinois; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of The Midland

Community Bank, Kincaid, Illinois.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of

Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. Greater Bay Bancorp, Palo Alto,

California; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Peninsula Bank of

Commerce, Millbrae, California.

2. Heritage Financial Corporation,

Olympia, Washington; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Heritage

Savings Bank, Olympia, Washington.

Applicant is converting from mutual to

stock form.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 1, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–26448 Filed 10–3–97; 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 October 21, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. Boston Private Bancorp, Inc.,

Boston, Massachusetts; to acquire

Westfield Capital Management

Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts,

and thereby engage in financial and

investment advisory activities, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(6) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 1, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–26446 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Granting of Request for Early

Termination of the Waiting Period

Under the Premerger Notification

Rules

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust

Improvement Act of 1976, requires

persons contemplating certain mergers

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General advance notice and to wait

designated periods before

consummation of such plans. Section

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies,

in individual cases, to terminate this

waiting period prior to its expiration

and requires that notice of this action be

published in the Federal Register.

The following transactions were

granted early termination of the waiting

period provided by law and the

premerger notification rules. The grants

were made by the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General for the Antitrust Division of the

Department of Justice. Neither agency

intends to take any action with respect

to these proposed acquisitions during

the applicable waiting period.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 090197 AND 091297

Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Date terminated

Ferrous Processing and Trading Company, TBS Industrial Recycling, Inc., TBS Assets ...................................... 97–3127 09/02/97
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 090197 AND 091297—Continued

Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Date terminated

Questor Partners Fund, L.P., Zell/Chilmark Fund, L.P., Schwinn Cycling & Fitness Inc ....................................... 97–3207 09/02/97

TPG Partners II, L.P., Zilog, Inc., Zilog, Inc ............................................................................................................ 97–3233 09/02/97

BankAmerica Corporation, First Data Corporation, First Data Merchant Services Corporation ............................. 97–3243 09/02/97

Lee M. Bass, United States Filter Corporation, United States Filter Corporation ................................................... 97–3272 09/02/97

Ceramicas Industriales, S.A., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Briggs Holdings, Inc.; Briggs Plumbing

Products, Inc ......................................................................................................................................................... 97–3278 09/02/97

Timothy C. Collins, Merrill L. Nash, Symons Corporation ....................................................................................... 97–1934 09/03/97

Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company, PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc., FHP of Illinois, Inc .......................... 97–3160 09/03/97

American Disposal Services, Inc., Fred B. Barbara, Fred B. Barbara Trucking Co., Inc. (and) Shred-All ............ 97–3183 09/03/97

Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P., HFS Incorporated, Property Resources Group, Inc ........................................... 97–3196 09/03/97

Resurrection Health Care Corporation, Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc., Alverno-Evanston Corporation ........................................................................................................................................................................ 97–3215 09/03/97

SUPERVALU INC. Charles E. Benidt, Town & Country Super Markets, Inc ......................................................... 97–3235 09/03/97

SUPERVALU INC., Miller Enterprises, Inc., Miller Enterprises, Inc ........................................................................ 97–3262 09/03/97

Harcourt General, Inc., Pearson, plc, Churchill Livingston Inc ................................................................................ 97–3269 09/03/97

Masashi Yamada (Mr.), Mr. Robert L. Veloz, J.C. Carter Company, Inc ............................................................... 97–3276 09/03/97

MicroAge, Inc., Paul W. Rajewski, Access MicroSystems, Inc ............................................................................... 97–3280 09/04/97

Lincoln National Corporation, CIGNA Corporation, CIGNA Associates, Inc.; CIGNA Financial Advisors, Inc ....... 97–3195 09/05/97

Tele-Communications, Inc., Washington Post Company (The), Pro Am Sports System, Inc ................................ 97–3268 09/05/97

Robert Lee Kaaren, M.D., HNC Software, Inc., HNC Software, Inc ....................................................................... 97–3290 09/05/97

The Surface Mount Technology Centre Inc., Ogden Corporation, Atlantic Design Company, Inc ......................... 97–3294 09/05/97

Michael E. Munayyer, HNC Software, Inc., HNC Software, Inc .............................................................................. 97–3298 09/05/97

Ford Motor Company, Household International, Inc., Household Finance Corp. III, Household Finance Corp. II 97–3264 09/08/97

Mail-Well, Inc., Maurice J. Towery, National Color Graphics, Inc ........................................................................... 97–3266 09/08/97

GS Capital Partners II, L.P., Estate of John A. Svenningsen, Amscan Holdings, Inc ............................................ 97–3274 09/08/97

IXC Communications Inc., PSINet Inc., PSINet Inc ................................................................................................ 97–3279 09/08/97

CIS Technology Inc., Dennis Hayes, Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc ............................................................ 97–3281 09/08/97

Carl H. Lindner, New Energy Company of Indiana, New Energy Company of Indiana ......................................... 97–3291 09/08/97

Apollo Group, Inc., National Endowment for Financial Education, National Endowment for Financial Education 97–3305 09/08/97

Protective Life Corporation, Allstate Corporation (The), Lincoln Benefit Life Company ......................................... 97–3320 09/08/97

Ogden Corporation, Pacific Enterprises, Pacific Energy ......................................................................................... 97–3323 09/08/97

Nalco Chemical Company, Larry Schramm, Chemical Technologies, Inc. and Cramer-Schramm, Inc ................. 97–3331 09/08/97

Nalco Chemical Company, James R. Cramer, Chemical Technologies, Inc. and Cramer-Schramm, Inc ............. 97–3332 09/08/97

Joe Balous, Edward Narens, Kenco Plastics, Inc.; Narens Design & Engineering, Inc ......................................... 97–3333 09/08/97

Richard Nash, Edward Narens, Kenco Plastics, Inc.; Narens Design & Engineering, Inc ..................................... 97–3334 09/08/97

Conseco, Inc., NAL Financial Group, Inc., NAL Financial Group, Inc .................................................................... 97–3337 09/08/97

URS Corporation, Woodward-Clyde Group, Inc., Woodward-Clyde Group, Inc ..................................................... 97–3344 09/08/97

Sybron International Corporation, Chase Instruments Corp., Chase Instruments Corp ......................................... 97–3345 09/08/97

Green Equity Investors II, L.P., Watkins-Johnson Company, W–J TSMD, Inc ...................................................... 97–3348 09/08/97

Credit Suisse Group (a Swiss company), Elektrowatt AG, Elektrowatt AG ............................................................ 97–3355 09/08/97

Concentra Managed Care, Inc., Vencor, Inc., Vencor, Inc ..................................................................................... 97–3374 09/08/97

United States Filter Corporation, William A. Davis, Pacific Water Works Supply Company, Inc ........................... 97–3386 09/08/97

Paxar Corporation, International Imaging Material, Inc., International Imaging Material, Inc ................................. 97–3391 09/08/97

Vestar Capital Partners III, L.P., B. Joseph Rokus and Tari Rokus, Reid Plastics Holdings, Inc .......................... 97–3398 09/08/97

AmeriKing, Inc., Robert D. Green, B&J Restaurants, Inc ....................................................................................... 97–3317 09/09/97

Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P., Delchamps, Inc., Delchamps, Inc .......................................................... 97–2804 09/11/97

Motorola, Inc., Pro-Log Corporation, Pro-Log Corporation ..................................................................................... 97–3167 09/11/97

California Physicians’ Service, UniHealth, CareAmerica Health Plans, Inc.; CareAmerica Life ............................. 97–3214 09/11/97

Zurich Insurance Company, Lawrence K. Dodge, American Sterling Insurance Agency, Inc ................................ 97–3314 09/11/97

Omnicom Group, Inc., Eagle River Interactive, Inc., Graphic Media, Inc ............................................................... 97–3325 09/11/97

Sun Microsystems, Inc., Gemplus SCA (a French company), Integrity Arts, Inc ................................................... 97–3341 09/11/97

IBP, Inc., James T. Hudson, Hudson Midwest Foods, Inc ...................................................................................... 97–3351 09/11/97

R. Emmett Boyle, Specialty Blanks, Inc., Specialty Blanks, Inc ............................................................................. 97–3369 09/11/97

Florida Rock Industries, Inc., James A. Comyns, CAC Aggregates, Inc. and GKK Corporation ........................... 97–3211 09/12/97

France Telecom, WorldCom, Inc., IDB WorldCom, Inc.; IDB Media Group, Inc .................................................... 97–3326 09/12/97

Walt Disney Company (The), Silver Screen Partners III, L.P., Disney-Silver Screen III Joint Venture ................. 97–3350 09/12/97

Estate of Charles A. Sammons, Guaranty Reassurance Corporation, Guaranty Reassurance Corporation ......... 97–3371 09/12/97

Republic Industries, Inc., Thomas A. & Roberts J. Coward, JHTC, Inc ................................................................. 97–3379 09/12/97

Advocat Inc., A. Steve Pierce and Mary Lou Pierce (Husband and Wife), Pierce Management Group First Partnership, et al ......................................................................................................................................................... 97–3384 09/12/97

Atchison Casting Corporation, Inverness Casting Group, Inc., Inverness Casting Group, Inc .............................. 97–3390 09/12/97

WPL Holdings, Inc., Interstate Power Company, Interstate Power Company ........................................................ 97–3403 09/12/97

WPL Holdings, Inc., IES Industries, Inc., IES Industries, Inc .................................................................................. 97–3404 09/12/97

The Hitchcock Alliance, Weeks Hospital Association, Weeks Hospital Association ............................................... 97–3406 09/12/97

Holland Chemical International, B.V., Coastal Chemical Co., Inc., Coastal Chemical Co., Inc ............................. 97–3407 09/12/97

Counsel Corporation, Transworld HealthCare, Inc, Health Management Inc. Assets ............................................ 97–3408 09/12/97

Finlay Enterprises, Inc., Zale Corporation, Zale Delaware, Inc ............................................................................... 97–3409 09/12/97

Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V. (a Mexican company), Amcor Limited (an Australian company), Amcor

Paper US, Inc ....................................................................................................................................................... 97–3433 09/12/97

Recovery Equity Investors II, L.P., David M. Roberts, bankruptcy trustee, Doran Texiles, Inc ............................. 97–3455 09/12/97
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 193 / Monday, October 6, 1997 / Notices 52131

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, or Parcellena P.

Fielding, Contact Representatives,

Federal Trade Commission, Premerger

Notification Office, Bureau of

Competition, Room 303, Washington,

DC 20580 (202) 326–3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26388 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Appointments to the Medicare

Payment Advisory Commission

AGENCY: General Accounting Office.

ACTION: Notice of appointments.

SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of

1997 establishes the Medicare Payment

Advisory Commission, with members to

be appointed by the Comptroller

General. This notice announces the

appointment and terms of the initial

members, and the designation of the

chairman and vice chairman, of the

Commission.

DATES: Appointments effective October

1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The General Accounting

Office is at 441 G St. NW., Washington,

DC, 20548. The Office of the Chairman

of the Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission will be at 2120 L St. NW.,

Washington, DC, 20037–1527.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General Accounting Office: Walter S.

Ochinko, 202–512–7157. Medicare

Payment Advisory Commission: Lauren

LeRoy, 202–653–7220, or Don Young,

202–401–8986.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

1805 of the Social Security Act, as

added by section 4022 of the Balanced

Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–33, 111

Stat. 251, 350) provided for creation of

the Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission, comprising 15 members

appointed by the Comptroller General.

The Comptroller General is to designate

one member as chairman and one

member as vice chairman. Members

serve 3-year terms, except that the

Comptroller General is to establish

staggered terms for the members first

appointed.

The appointments, to be effective

October 1, 1997, are: Gail R. Wilensky,

Chair; Joseph P. Newhouse, Vice Chair;

P. William Curreri, M.D.; Anne B.

Jackson; Spencer Johnson; Peter

Kemper; Judith R. Lave; Donald T.

Lewers, M.D.; Hugh W. Long, William

A. MacBain; Woodrow A. Myers, Jr.,

M.D.; Janet G. Newport; Alice F.

Rosenblatt; John W. Rowe, M.D.; and

Gerald M. Shea.

The following members will serve 1-

year terms, to expire September 30,

1998: P. William Curreri, Anne B.

Jackson, Spencer Johnson, Donald T.

Lewers, M.D., and Janet G. Newport.

The following members will serve 2-

year terms, to expire September 30,

1999: Peter Kemper, Judith R. Lave,

Hugh W. Long, William A. MacBain,

and Gerald M. Shea. The following

members will serve 3-year terms, to

expire September 30, 2000: Gail R

Wilensky, Joseph P. Newhouse,

Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D., Alice F.

Rosenblatt, and John W. Rowe, M.D.

Subsequent appointments will be for 3

years.

James F. Hinchman,

Acting Comptroller General of the United

States.

[FR Doc. 97–26449 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1610–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary

publishes a list of information

collections it has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.5.

The following are those information

collections recently submitted to OMB.

1. Responsibilities of Awardees and

Applicant Institutions for Reporting

Possible Misconduct in Science (42 CFR

Part 50 and PHS 6349)—0937–0198—

Revision—As required by Section 493 of

the Public Health Service Act, the

Secretary by regulation shall require

that applicant and awardee institutions

receiving PHS funds must investigate

and report instances of alleged or

apparent misconduct in science.

Respondents: State or local

governments; Businesses or other forprofit; Non-profit institutions—

Reporting Burden Information—Number

of Respondents: 3607; Number of

Annual Responses: 3,700; Average

Burden per Response: 29.85 minutes;

Total Reporting Burden: 1,841 hours—

Disclosure Burden Information—

Number of Respondents: 3,607; Number

of Annual Responses: 3,667; Average

Burden per Response: 30 minutes; Total

Disclosure Burden: 1,834 hours—

Recordkeeping Burden Information—

Number of Respondents: 40; Number of

Annual Responses: 140; Average Burden

per Response: 7.03 hours; Total

Recordkeeping Burden: 984 hours—

Total Burden—4,659 hours. OMB Desk

Officer: Allison Eydt

Copies of the information collection

packages listed above can be obtained

by calling the OS Reports Clearance

Officer on (202) 690–6207. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the OMB desk officer

designated above at the following

address: Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Comments may also be sent to

Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports

Clearance Officer, Room 503H,

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.

Written comments should be received

within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: September 25, 1997.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 97–26347 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research

Agency information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Agency for Health Care Policy

and Research, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research’s. (AHCPR) intention to

request the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) to allow a proposed

information collection of the ‘‘Medical

Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance

Component (MEPS–IC) for 1998 and

1999.’’ In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),

AHCPR invites the public to comment

on this proposed information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to: Ruth A. Celtnieks,

Reports Clearance Officer, AHCPR, 2101

East Jefferson Street, Suite 500,

Rockville, MD 20852–4908