Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 235 / Monday, December 8, 1997 / Notices 64589

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA will

review and evaluate additional

comments received on this Interim Final

Directive prior to its release as ‘‘Final’’

guidance.

Dated: November 17, 1997.

Anna Hopkins Virbick,

Director, Office of Underground Storage

Tanks.

[FR Doc. 97–32044 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

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

December 22, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. John Ryburn Stipe, Forrest City,

Arkansas; to acquire additional voting

shares of Forrest City Financial

Corporation, Forrest City, Arkansas, and

thereby indirectly acquire Forrest City

Bank, N.A., Forrest City, Arkansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, December 2, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31949 Filed 12–5–97; 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 December 31,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. Mellon Bank Corporation,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; to merge with

United Bankshares, Inc., Miami, Florida,

and thereby indirectly acquire United

National Bank, Miami, Florida.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, December 2, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31947 Filed 12–5–97; 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 January 2,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. First Empire State Corporation, and

Olympia Financial Corp., both of

Buffalo, New York; to acquire up to 19.9

percent of the voting shares of

OnBancorp, Inc., Syracuse, New York,

and thereby indirectly acquire OnBank

& Trust Co., Syracuse, New York.

Olympia Financial Corp., also has

applied to become a bank holding

company and to acquire Manufactures

and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo,

New York.

In connection with these applications,

Applicants also have applied to acquire

Franklyn First Savings Bank, WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania, and thereby engage

in operating a savings association,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of the

Board’s Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Firstrust Corporation, New Orleans,

Louisiana; to acquire 86.39 percent of

the voting shares of Peoples Bank of

Louisiana, Amite, Louisiana.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Gifford Bancorp, Inc. Employee

Stock Ownership Plan, Gifford, Illinois;

to acquire 48.8 percent of the voting

shares of Gifford Bancorp, Inc., Gifford,

Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire

Gifford State Bank, Gifford, Illinois.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of

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