64224 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 233 / Thursday, December 4, 1997 / Notices

for enhancing modeling within EPA.

The Plan is likely to include the

following: model development and

application, peer review and quality

assurance/control, training, technical

support, applications acceptability

criteria, and identification and

penetration of barriers to improved use

of models within EPA.

The Agency will convene experts in a

workshop format to critically review

existing EPA and other appropriate

guidance, policies and procedures, plus

recent analyses of associated problems,

such as the ATFERM report. The aim is

to improve adherence to existing

policies; identify needed guidance

changes (additions or deletions) to those

policies; identify barriers to effective

implementation of policies; and

recommend actions to overcome these

barriers (e.g., training in model use,

organizing a standing model users

support group).

The workshop is designed primarily

for EPA scientists. Some outside

scientists are being invited to attend,

including some who may have been

members of past Science Advisory

Board panels. They will be participating

as individuals, not as SAB members,

and the SAB will not be making any

advice on the basis of this meeting.

There is some limited space for

observers from the public.

Robert R. Swank, Jr.,

Acting Director, Ecosystems Research

Division, Athens, GA.

[FR Doc. 97–31793 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

FEDERAL REGISTER NUMBER: 97–31384.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE AND TIME:

Thursday, December 4, 1997, 10:00 a.m.,

Meeting Open to the Public.

THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS ADDED TO THE

AGENDA: Establishment of Filing

Requirements for the Pennsylvania

Special Election in the 1st

Congressional District.

* * * * *

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, December 9,

1997 at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to

the public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Compliance matters pursuant to 2

U.S.C. § 437G.

Audits conducted pursuant to 2

U.S.C. § 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26,

U.S.C.

Matters concerning participation in

civil actions or proceedings or

arbitration.

Internal personnel rules and

procedures or matters affecting a

particular employee.

* * * * *

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, December 11,

1997 at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. (Ninth Floor).

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the

public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Correction and Approval of Minutes.

Election of Officers.

Future Meeting Dates.

Advisory Opinion 1997–21: Firebaugh

for Congress Committee by counsel,

Judith Corley. (Reconsideration of

issued opinion on use of campaign

funds to restore candidate’s funds used

to pay bank loan owed by her

committee.)

Administrative Matters.

Service pins.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 219–4155.

Marjorie W. Emmons,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–31900 Filed 12–2–97; 11:58 am]

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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 18, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue,

P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480-0291:

1. Betty Lou Johnson Trust, Betty Lou

Johnson, Trustee, Winthrop, Minnesota;

and Mark L. Johnson, Dassel, Minnesota

to acquire voting shares of Winthrop

Bancshares, Inc., Winthrop, Minnesota,

and thereby indirectly acquire Winthrop

State Bank, Winthrop, Minnesota.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

2. Fred C. and Kellie P. Harlan,

Okmulgee, Oklahoma; to acquire voting

shares of First Okmulgee Corporation,

Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and thereby

indirectly acquire First National Bank &

Trust Company, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 28, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31745 Filed 12-3-97; 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
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indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than December 29,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63102–2034:

1. National Commerce

Bancorporation, and National

Commerce Community Bancorp, Inc., a

wholly owned subsidiary of National

Commerce Bancorporation, both of

Memphis Tennessee; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Bancshares of West Memphis, Inc., West

Memphis, Arkansas, and thereby

indirectly acquire Bank of West

Memphis, Inc., West Memphis,

Arkansas. National Commerce

Community Bancorp, Inc., also has

applied to become a bank holding

company.

2. National Commerce

Bancorporation, and National

Commerce Community Bancorp, Inc., a

wholly owned subsidiary bank holding

company of National Commerce

Bancorporation, both of Memphis,

Tennessee; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of First Citizens

Bancshares Company, Marion,

Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

Citizens’ Bank, Marion, Arkansas.

National Commerce Community

Bancorp, Inc., also has applied to

become a bank holding company.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 28, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31744 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

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GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

Federal Supply Service; Broker and

Direct Move Management Services

Provider Participation in the General

Services Administration’s Centralized

Household Goods Traffic Management

Program (CHAMP)

AGENCY: Federal Supply Service, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of proposed program

changes for comment.

SUMMARY: Earlier this year, GSA

provided the household goods

transportation industry an opportunity

to comment on its draft 1997 Household

Goods Tender of Service (HTOS). GSA

has received and reviewed the

industry’s comments on the draft 1997

HTOS and is in the process of making

appropriate revisions to the document

before issuing it in final. The provisions

contained in this notice apply to

household goods transportation broker

and direct move management services

provider participants in CHAMP and

were not included in the original draft

HTOS. We are offering these provisions

for industry review and comment at this

time.

DATES: Please submit your comments by

January 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to the

Travel and Transportation Management

Staff (FBX), General Services

Administration, Washington, DC 20406,

Attn: Federal Register Notice. GSA will

consider your comments in developing

the final move management services

provisions. In the interim, rates filed in

response to GSA’s 1996 Request for

Offers have been extended for 90 days

from October 31, 1997 to January 29,

1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Tucker, Senior Program Analyst,

Travel and Transportation Management

Staff, FSS/GSA, 703–305–7660.

Section xx—Move Management

Services

Subsection A—General

xx-1. Scope

This section establishes terms and

conditions for participation by licensed

move management services providers

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘broker’’) and

direct move management services

providers in the General Services

Administration’s (GSA’s) Centralized

Household Goods Traffic Management

Program (CHAMP).

xx-2. Applicable Provisions

Except as otherwise provided in this

section, the provisions of sections 1

through — — of this Household Goods

Tender of Service (HTOS), and any

amendments thereto, apply both to

brokers and direct move management

services providers covered under this

section and to the transportation

services furnished by them.

xx-3. Definition of Services

CHAMP offers Federal agencies the

following two kinds of services:

A. Transportation services.

Transportation services are the

transportation and accessorial services

normally associated with a household

goods move as set out in interstate and

intrastate tariffs or this HTOS for

international moves.

B. Move management services. Move

management services are those set out

in subsection B of this section plus

transportation services as defined in

paragraph xx-3A, above.

xx-4. Move Management Services

Provider Treated as Carrier

A. Use of the term ‘‘carrier’’. The term

‘‘carrier’’ as used in sections 1

through—— of this HTOS includes both

a broker and a direct move management

services provider.

B. Service performance requirements.

For purposes of participation in

CHAMP, a broker or a direct move

management services provider must

furnish or otherwise comply with all

applicable requirements of this HTOS,

including services, delivery timeframes,

billing, reporting, and liability

responsibilities, unless waived by the

GBL Issuing Officer or responsible

Transportation Officer. A broker must

handle any shipment an agency tenders

it the same as if it were a carrier. A

direct move management services

provider must provide the move

management services set out in

subsection B of this section in

conjunction with transportation

services; it may not conduct any

brokering of shipments under CHAMP.

C. Other performance requirements.

For purposes of participation in

CHAMP, both a broker and a direct

move management services provider

must file a schedule of their service

charges, including carrier transportation

rates, and comply with requirements for

paying GSA the specified shipment

surcharge the same as any other

participant in the program.

Additionally, both are subject to the

Customer Satisfaction Rating system.

D. Carrier as subcontractor of broker.

Since a broker participating in CHAMP

is included in the term ‘‘carrier’’ as used

in sections 1 through—— of this HTOS,

an actual carrier the broker uses to

perform transportation under CHAMP is

considered to be a subcontractor of the

broker.

E. Issuance of Government bill of

lading (GBL) to broker. When an agency

tenders a shipment to a broker, the

agency will issue a GBL directly to the

broker. The broker is responsible for

billing shipment charges in conformity

with its filed rates. The broker also is

responsible for paying its agents directly

for services furnished.

F. Broker commission. If a broker has

an agreement with a carrier it engages to

provide transportation services under

CHAMP and the agreement yields a

commission, a discount, or anything

else of value to the broker, the broker

must comply with the following before

it may accept the commission, discount,

or anything else of value for work

performed under CHAMP:

(1) For agreements that yield a

commission to the broker, the broker