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and cost-effective conflict management

practices in all aspects of FDIC

operations and programs. The Dispute

Resolution Specialist, working with the

ADR Steering Committee, shall report to

the Board of Directors on an annual

basis regarding the Corporation’s ADR

efforts, implementation of this policy,

and any revisions or actions necessary.

It is the responsibility of all FDIC

employees to implement this policy and

to practice and promote cost-effective

dispute resolution in FDIC programs

and other areas of Corporation

operation. All management and

employees of the FDIC are hereby

directed to take the necessary steps to

implement this policy and to cooperate

to the fullest extent with the ADR

Steering Committee and the Dispute

Resolution Specialist (and his/her

designee) to promote effective and

appropriate use of ADR at the

Corporation in furtherance of this

policy.

The FDIC welcomes and encourages

input on the use of ADR and comment

on current and potential uses of ADR

from both within and outside the

Corporation.

By order of the Board of Directors.

Dated at Washington, DC, this 9th day of

December, 1997.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

James D. LaPierre,

Deputy Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33038 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Coastal Barrier Improvement Act;

Property Availability; State Road 33

South, Lake County, Florida

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the property known as State Road 33

South, located in the City of Groveland,

Lake County, Florida, is affected by

section 10 of the Coastal Barrier

Improvement Act of 1990 as specified

below.

DATES: Written notice of serious interest

to purchase or effect other transfer of all

or any portion of this property may be

mailed or faxed to the FDIC until March

18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of detailed

descriptions of this property, including

maps, may be obtained from or are

available for inspection by contacting

the following person: Mr. Richard

Espinoza, Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation, Northeast Service Center,

101 East River Drive, East Hartford, CT.

06108, (860) 291–4051; Fax (860) 291–

4077.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State

Road 33 South property (a.k.a. 11804

State Road 33 South) consists of

approximately 100 acres of undeveloped

land divided into two tracts in a rural

area approximately two miles south of

the city limits of the City of Groveland,

FL. The legal description of the site is

Tracts 1, 2, 15, 16, 34, 47, 48, 49, 50, 63

and 64 in Section 6, Township 23

South, Range 25 East, Groveland Farms,

according to the plat thereof as recorded

in Plat Book 2, Pages 10 and 11, Public

Records of Lake County, FL. The State

Road 33 South property is

predominately wetlands and contains

dense vegetation. This property is

within the State of Florida’s Green

Swamp Area of Critical Concern and is

adjacent to Mill Stream Swamp which

is managed by the St. John’s River Water

Management District for natural

resource conservation purposes. This

property is covered property within the

meaning of Section 10 of the Coastal

Barrier Improvement Act of 1990, Pub.

L. 101–591 (12 U.S.C. 1441a–3).

Written notice of serious interest in

the purchase or other transfer of all or

any portion of this property must be

received on or before March 18, 1998 by

the Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation at the appropriate address

stated above.

Eligible Entities

Those entities eligible to submit

written notices of serious interest are:

1. Agencies or entities of the Federal

government;

2. Agencies or entities of State or local

government; and,

3. ‘‘Qualified organizations’’ pursuant

to section 170(h)(3) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.

170(h)(3)).

Form of Notice

Written notices of serious interest

must be submitted in the following

form:

NOTICE OF SERIOUS INTEREST

RE: State Road 33 South

Federal Register Publication Date:

December 18, 1997.

1. Entity name.

2. Declaration of eligibility to submit

Notice under criteria set forth in the

Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of

1990, P.L. 101–591, section 10(b)(2), (12

U.S.C. 1441a–3(b)(2)), including, for

qualified organizations, a determination

letter from the United States Internal

Revenue Service regarding the

organization’s status under section

170(h)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue

Code (26 U.S.C. 170(h)(3)).

3. Brief description of proposed terms

of purchase or other offer for all or any

portion of the property (e.g., price,

method of financing, expected closing

date, etc.).

4. Declaration of entity that it intends

to use the property for wildlife refuge,

sanctuary, open space, recreational,

historical, cultural, or natural resource

conservation purposes (12 U.S.C.

1441a–3(b)(4)), as provided in a clear

written description of the purpose(s) to

which the property will be put and the

location and acreage of the area covered

by each purpose(s) including a

declaration of entity that it will accept

the placement, by the FDIC, of an

easement or deed restriction on the

property consistent with its intended

conservation use(s) as stated in its

notice of serious interest.

5. Authorized Representative (Name/

Address/Telephone/Fax).

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

James D. LaPierre,

Deputy Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33006 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P

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