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Richland Operations Office (ROO)

denied the request pursuant to

Exemption 3 of the FOIA and the

National Defense Authorization Act of

1997 (NDAA), which generally prohibits

the release of proposals. The DOE found

that the NDAA applied to a proposal

that was issued prior to the effective

date of the statute. The DOE also found

that the requested proposal did not meet

the requirements of the NDAA’s

exception to non-disclosure for

proposals set forth or incorporated by

reference into the final contract.

However, because it appeared that the

DOE had released information from the

proposal in news conferences and press

releases, the agency had waived

Exemption 3 protection as to that

information. Accordingly, the Appeal

was granted and the case was remanded

to the ROO for further action.

Refund Application

Pillsbury Company, RC272–97810;

Seneca Foods Corporation, 9/5/97,

RK272–4055

The DOE rescinded a refund to one

company and denied a Supplemental

Refund to a another company in the

crude oil refund proceeding. Pillsbury

Company (Pillsbury) had received a

crude oil refund based on the purchases

by its affiliate, the Green Giant Co.

(Green Giant). Later, the DOE found that

another affiliate of Pillsbury, Burger

King Corporation (BK), had received a

refund from the Surface Transporters

Escrow in the Stripper Well refund

proceedings. By filing the Stripper Well

proceeding, BK waived Pillsbury’s right

to receive any refund in the crude oil

refund proceeding. Accordingly,

Pillsbury’s crude oil refund was

rescinded. The DOE rejected Pillsbury’s

argument that because Seneca Foods

Corporation had assumed the liabilities

of Green Giant when it purchased its

assets, Seneca should be required to

repay the refund.

Refund Applications

The Office of Hearings and Appeals

issued the following Decisions and

Orders concerning refund applications,

which are not summarized. Copies of

the full texts of the Decisions and

Orders are available in the Public

Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals.

Name Case No. Date

Rollings Farms et

al.

RK272–02995 9/5/97

Dismissals

The following submissions were

dismissed.

Name Case No.

Buesing Corporation .......... RK272–03411

Towle Manufacturing Company.RK272–4144

[FR Doc. 97–32052 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5932–8]

Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation

at Superfund, RCRA Corrective Action,

and Underground Storage Tank Sites;

OSWER Directive 9200.4–17; Interim

Final

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This Directive clarifies the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) policy regarding the use of

Monitored Natural Attenuation for the

remediation of contaminated soil and

groundwater at sites regulated under

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency

Response (OSWER) programs. These

include programs administered under

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA or ‘‘Superfund’’), the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA), the Office of Underground

Storage Tanks (OUST), and the Federal

Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office

(FFRRO). The Directive is intended to

promote consistency in how monitored

natural attenuation remedies are

proposed, evaluated, and approved. As

a policy document, it does not provide

technical guidance on evaluating

Monitored Natural Attenuation

remedies. This Directive is being issued

as Interim Final and may be used

immediately. It provides guidance to

EPA staff, to the public, and to the

regulated community on how EPA

intends to exercise its discretion in

implementing national policy on the use

of Monitored Natural Attenuation. The

document does not, however, substitute

for EPA’s statutes or regulations, nor is

it a regulation itself and, thus, it does

not impose legally-binding requirements

on EPA, States, or the regulated

community, and may not apply to a

particular situation based upon the

circumstances. EPA may change this

guidance in the future, as appropriate.

ADDRESSES:

Electronic Access. This document can

be accessed in electronic form through

the Internet (at http://www.epa.gov/

swerust1/directiv/d9200417.htm).

Order Copies. To order paper copies

of this report, please call the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) RCRA, Superfund, OUST &

EPCRA Hotline at (800) 424–9346 or DC

Area Local (703) 412–9810 or TDD (800)

553–7672 or TDD DC Area Local (703)

412–3323 Monday through Friday

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. EST.

Docket. This document is available at

three OSWER dockets:

(1) The UST Docket is open to the

general public by appointment only

between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

EST Monday through Friday. No

security clearance is necessary. Visitors

may make photocopies of documents.

The street address is: Office of

Underground Storage Tanks Docket,

1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, 13th

Floor, Arlington, VA 22202. Telephone

numbers are (703) 603–9231 (voice

mail) and (703) 603–9163 (fax).

(2) The RCRA Docket is located in the

RCRA Information Center (RIC). The RIC

is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4

p.m., Monday through Friday, however,

it is recommended that visitors call

ahead to make an appointment so that

the material they wish to view is ready

when they arrive. Patrons may call for

assistance at (703) 603–9230, send a fax

to (703) 603–9234, or send an E-mail to

rcra-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Patrons

may write to: RCRA Information Center

(5305W), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20460. The RIC is located at 1235

Jefferson Davis Highway, Ground Level,

Arlington, VA 22202.

(3) The Superfund Docket is open to

the general public by appointment only

between the hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday. No clearance is

necessary and requestors of documents

must make their own photocopies.

There is no photocopying charge for

documents less than 266 pages in

length. The street address of the

Superfund Docket/Document

Information Center is 1235 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Ground Level,

Arlington, VA 22202. The telephone

numbers are (703) 603–9232 and (703)

603–9240 (fax). The E-mail address is:

superfund.docket@epamail.epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information on the OSWER

Monitored Natural Attenuation

Directive Workgroup and the Interim

Final Directive, contact Hal White, via

E-mail at white.hal@epamail.epa.gov,

telephone at (703) 603–7177, fax at (703)

603–9163, or via U.S. Mail to US EPA

(5403G), 401 M Street, SW, Washington

DC 20460.
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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

Analytical Support, Consumer