Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 216 / Friday, November 7, 1997 / Notices 60247

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 December 1,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. Citizens Bancshares, Inc.,

Salineville, Ohio; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of UniBank,

Steubenville, Ohio.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Community First Banking

Company, Carrollton, Georgia; to

become a bank holding company by

acquiring 100 percent of the voting

shares of Carrollton Federal Bank, FSB,

Carrollton, Georgia (following

conversion from a thrift to a commercial

bank).

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Hillister Enterprises II, Inc.,

Beaumont, Texas; Umphrey II Family

Limited Partnership, Beaumont, Texas;

Southeast Texas Bancshares, Inc.,

Beaumont, Texas; and Texas

Community Bancshares of Delaware,

Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to acquire

58.64 percent of the voting shares of

Silsbee Financial Corporation, Silsbee,

Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire

Silsbee Delaware Corporation,

Wilmington, Delaware, and Silsbee

State Bank, Silsbee, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 3, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–29407 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary will

periodically publish summaries of

proposed information collections

projects and solicit public comments in

compliance with the requirements of

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more

information on the project or to obtain

a copy of the information collection

plans and instruments, call the OS

Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690–

6207.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Project 1

Applicant Background Survey—0990–

0208—Extension—This form will be

used to ask applicants for employment

how they learned about a vacancy, to

make sure that recruitment sources

yield qualified women, minority and

handicapped applicants in compliance

with EEOC Management Directives.

Respondents: Individuals; Annual

Number of Respondents: 310,000;

Annual Frequency of Response: one

time; Average Burden per Response: 2

minutes; Total Annual Burden: 10,333

hours.

Proposed Project 2

HHS Procurement—Solicitations and

Contracts—Extension—0990–0115—

This clearance request covers general

information collection requirements of

the procurement process such as

technical proposals and statements of

work.—Respondents: State or local

governments, businesses or other forprofit, non-profit institutions, small

businesses; Annual Number of

Respondents: 8415; Frequency of

Response: one time; Average Burden per

Response: 249.68 hours; Estimated

Annual Burden: 2,101,005 hours.

OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens

Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Avenue S.W.,

Washington DC, 20201. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: October 30, 1997.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 97–29470 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Bioethics Advisory

Commission; Meetings

Notice of two meetings of the National

Bioethics Advisory Commission

(NBAC): One each of its genetics and

human subjects subcommittees,

including a brief joint session of the full

Commission.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is given of two meetings of

subcommittees of the National Bioethics

Advisory Commission and a brief joint

session of the full Commission.

Commission members will discuss the

protection of the rights and welfare of

human subjects in research including

decisionally and/or cognitively

impaired populations and will address

the use of genetic information involved

in tissue storage. All meetings are open

to the public and opportunities for

statements by the public will be

provided.