Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 211 / Friday, October 31, 1997 / Notices 58971

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–97–36.

Applicant: Alaska Public Utilities

Commission, State of Alaska.

File No: TRS–97–46.

Applicant: New York Department of

Public Service, State of New York.

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.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28887 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 97–16]

Ryan-Walsh, Inc. and Stevedoring

Services of America v. Port of Houston

Authority of Harris Country, Texas;

Notice of Filing of Complaint and

Assignment

Notice is given that a complain file by

Ryan-Walsh, In., and Stevedoring

Services of America (‘‘Complainants’’)

against Port of Houston Authority of

Harris County, Texas (‘‘Respondent’’)

was served October 1, 1997.

Complainants allege that Respondent

has violated sections 10(a)(3), (d)(1) and

(d)(3) of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46

U.S.C. app. §§ 1709(a)(3), (d)(1) and

(d)(3), by engaging in a pattern of willful

and knowing, repeated, material and

ongoing breaches to an agreement

required to be file with the Commission,

providing undue or unreasonable

preferences or advantage to persons

other than Complainants, and

unreasonably refusing to deal with

Complainants.

This proceeding has been assigned to

the office of Administrative Law Judges.

Hearing in this matter, if any is held,

shall commence within the time

limitations prescribed in 46 CFR 502.61,

and only after consideration has been

give by the parties and the presiding

officer to the use of alternative forms of

dispute resolution. The hearing shall

include oral testimony and crossexamination in the discretion of the

presiding officer only upon proper

showing that there are genuine issues of

material fact that cannot be resolved on

the basis of sworn statements, affidavits,

depositions, or other documents or that

the nature of the matter in issue is such

that an oral hearing and crossexamination are necessary for the

development of an adequate record.

Pursuant to the further terms of 46 CFR

502.61, the initial decision of the

presiding officer in this proceeding shall

be issued by October 1, 1998, and the

final decision of the Commission shall

be issued by January 29, 1999.

Ronald D. Murphy,

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28920 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

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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 28,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. South Branch Valley Bancorp, Inc.,

Moorefield, West Virginia; to acquire an

additional 60.4 percent of the voting

shares of Capital State Bank, Inc.,

Charleston, West Virginia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Capitol Bancorp Ltd., Lansing,

Michigan; to acquire 51 percent of the

voting shares of Kent Commerce Bank

(in organization), Kentwood, Michigan,

a de novo bank.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. The Banc Ed Corp., Edwardsville,

Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of OMNI Financial Corp.,

Pontoon Beach, Illinois, and thereby

indirectly acquire Omni Bank, Pontoon

Beach, Illinois.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Peoples, Inc., Ottawa, Kansas; to to

become a bank holding company by

acquiring 49.82 percent of the voting

shares of Johnson County Bank,

Overland Park, Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 28, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–28927 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

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