Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 203 / Tuesday, October 21, 1997 / Notices 54635

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA 97–2203]

Notice of Telecommunications Relay

Services (TRS) Applications for State

Certification Accepted (CC Docket No.

90–571)

Released: October 15, 1997.

Notice is hereby given that the states

listed below have applied to the

Commission for State

Telecommunications Relay Service

(TRS) Certification. Current state

certifications expire July 25, 1998.

Applications for certification, covering

the five year period of July 26, 1998 to

July 25, 2003, must demonstrate that the

state TRS program complies with the

Commission’s rules for the provision of

TRS, pursuant to Title IV of the

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),

47 U.S.C. § 225. These rules are codified

at 47 CFR §§ 64.601–605.

Copies of applications for certification

are available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau,

Network Services Division, Room 235,

2000 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to

3:00 PM (closed 12:30 to 1:30 PM) and

the FCC Reference Center, Room 239,

1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

daily, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Interested persons may file comments

on or before December 12, 1997.

Comments should reference the relevant

state file number of the state application

that is being commented upon. One

original and five copies of all comments

must be sent to William F. Caton, Acting

Secretary, Federal Communications

Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20554. Two copies

also should be sent to the Network

Services Division, Common Carrier

Bureau, 2000 M Street, N.W., Room 235,

Washington, D.C. 20554.

A number of state TRS programs

currently holding FCC certification have

failed to apply for recertification.

Applications received after October 1,

1997, for which no extension has been

requested before October 1, 1997, must

be accompanied by a petition explaining

the circumstances of the late-filing and

requesting acceptance of the late-filed

application.

File No: TRS–97–42

Applicant: Nebraska Public Service

Commission .

State of Nebraska

File No: TRS–97–49

Applicant: North Dakota Information

Services Division

State of North Dakota

For further information, contact Al

McCloud, (202) 418–2499,

amccloud@fcc.gov, or Andy Firth, (202)

418–2224 (TTY), afirth@fcc.gov, at the

Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission.

Federal Communications Commission.

Shirley S. Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–27826 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Affordable Housing Advisory Board

Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App., established by the

Resolution Trust Corporation

Completion Act, Pub. L. No. 103–204,

§ 14(b), 107 Stat. 2369, 2393–2395

(1993), announcement is hereby

published of the Affordable Housing

Advisory Board (AHAB) meeting. The

meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation, Affordable Housing

Advisory Board will hold its second

meeting of 1997 on Wednesday,

November 5, in Washington, D.C. from

9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the following location: Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation, Board Room,

550 17th Street, NW, Room 6010,

Washington, D.C. 20429.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Danita M.C. Walker, Committee

Management Officer, Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street,

NW, Room (F–3038), Washington, D.C.

20249, (202) 898–6711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Affordable Housing Advisory Board

(AHAB) consists of the Secretary of

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

or delegate; the Chairperson of the

Board of Directors of the FDIC, or

delegate; the Chairperson of the Thrift

Depositor Protection Oversight Board, or

delegate; four persons appointed by the

General Deputy Assistant Secretary of

HUD who represent the interests of

individuals and organizations involved

in using the affordable housing

programs, and two members of the

Regional Advisory Board. The AHAB’s

original charter was issued March 9,

1994, and a re-charter was issued on

February 26, 1996.

Agenda

An agenda will be available at the

meeting. At this session, the AHAB will

review the status and receive reports on

four topics: (1) Status of legislative

change for Affordable Housing Advisory

Board meetings; (2) Status report on

FDIC Affordable Housing Program; and

(3) Panel discussion on roles regulators

can play in facilitating affordable

housing. The AHAB will develop

recommendations at the conclusion of

the Board meeting. The AHAB’s

chairperson or its Delegated Federal

Officer may authorize a member or

members of the public to address the

AHAB during the public forum portion

of the session.

Statement

Interested persons may submit, in

writing, data, information or views on

the issues pending before the Affordable

Housing Advisory Board prior to or at

the meeting. Seating for the public is

available on a first-come first-served

basis.

Dated: October 16, 1997.

Danita M.C. Walker,

Committee Management Officer, Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–27884 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS

AUTHORITY

Agency Information Collection Activity

Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Labor Relations

Authority.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the information collection request

described below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review. The Federal Labor

Relations Authority (FLRA) is

requesting an emergency approval by

October 31, 1997, in accordance with 5

CFR 1320.13. In order that OMB will

have an opportunity to consider

comments from interested individuals

on the information collection request

described below, such comments should

be submitted to OMB on or before

October 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Nancy Speight, Director of

Program Development, Office of the

General Counsel, Federal Labor

Relations Authority, Suite 210, 607 14th
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St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20424.

Joseph Lackey, Paperwork Clearance

Officer for the FLRA, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th St.,

N.W., Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For more

information, to submit comments or to

request a copy of the OMB submission,

please contact Nancy Speight at the

address listed above or by telephone at

202–482-6680 ext. 205. Interested

parties may also submit comments to

Joseph Lackey at the address given

above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Needs and Uses: The Customer

Satisfaction Survey will be

disseminated to persons making use of

the services and procedures of the

FLRA, to obtain input as to the degree

of success the agency has achieved in

meeting the objective of its Strategic

Plan concerning providing high quality

services in timely resolving disputes in

the federal sector labor-management

relations community.

Respondents: Approximately 200

persons, within the meaning of 5 CFR

1320.3(k), who are representatives of

labor organizations and are not federal

employees. In addition, approximately

4500 federal employees who are either

representatives of labor organizations or

of management of various employer

agencies of the executive branch will

also receive the Survey.

Estimated Annual Burden: 30 minutes

per response; 200 respondents for the

purposes of burden calculation under

the Paperwork Reduction Act; 100 total

annual burden hours.

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Solly Thomas,

Executive Director, FLRA.

[FR Doc. 97–27733 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6727–01–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Agency Holding the Meeting: Federal

Maritime Commission.

Time and Date: 12:30 P.M.—October

17, 1997.

Place: 800 North Capitol Street,

N.W.—Room 1000, Washington, D.C.

Status: Closed.

Matter(s) to be Considered:

1. Docket No. 96–20—Port

Restrictions and Requirements in

the United States/Japan Trade

Contact Person for More Information:

Joseph C. Polking, Secretary, (202) 523–

5725.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28021 Filed 10–17–97; 3:43 pm]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than

November 4, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Rogers Family Limited Partnership

No. 2, and Doyle W. Rogers, General

Partner, Batesville, Arkansas; to acquire

voting shares of Rogers Bancshares, Inc.,

Little Rock, Arkansas, and thereby

indirectly acquire Metropolitan National

Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 15, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–27752 Filed 10–20–97; 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 November 14,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. WNB Bancshares, Inc., Odessa,

Texas; to acquire at least 51 percent of

the voting shares of City National Bank,

Austin, Texas, a de novo bank.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 15, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–27753 Filed 10–20–97; 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.