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D. Determination of Safety for Infants

and Children

1. Developmental toxicity.

Developmental toxicity was observed in

a developmental toxicity study using

rats but was not seen in a

developmental toxicity study using

rabbits. A developmental NOAEL of 180

mg/kg/day and developmental LEL of

650 mg/kg/day were established for the

rat study. Effects noted in the rat study

included decrease in fetal weights (21 to

22 percent), filamentous tail, lack of tail

(due to absence of sacral and/or caudal

vertebrae), and delayed ossification

(hyoids, vertebral centrum and/or

transverse processes, sternebrae and/or

metatarsals, and pubes). The

developmental NOEL for the rabbit

study was greater than 400 mg/kg/day

and was the highest dose tested. The

developmental effects observed in the

rat study are believed to be secondary

effects resulting from maternal stress.

2. Reproductive toxicity. A twogeneration reproduction study with rats

fed diets containing 0, 150, 600, and

3,000 ppm (approximately 0, 7.5, 30,

and 150 mg/kg/day) produced no

reproductive effects during the course of

the study. Although the dose levels

were insufficient to elicit a toxic

response, the Agency has considered

this study usable for regulatory

purposes and has established a freestanding NOEL of 3,000 ppm

(approximately 150 mg/kg/day) [See

Proposed Rule at 60 FR 13941, March

15, 1995].

RFD. Based on the demonstrated lack

of significant developmental or

reproductive toxicity BASF believes that

the RfD used to assess safety to children

should be the same as that for the

general population, 0.09 mg/kg/day.

Using the conservative exposure

assumptions described above, BASF has

concluded that the most sensitive child

population is that of children ages 1 to

6. BASF calculates the exposure to this

group to be less than 70 percent of the

RfD for all uses (including those

proposed in this document). The

proposed tolerances in endive,

asparagus, carrot, cranberry, peppermint

and spearmint represent an exposure to

this group of less than 1 percent. Based

on the completeness and reliability of

the toxicity data and the conservative

exposure assessment, BASF concludes

that there is a reasonable certainty that

no harm will result to infants and

children from aggregate exposure to the

residues of sethoxydim, including

dietary exposure and all other nonoccupational exposures.

3. Endocrine effects. No special

studies investigating potential

estrogenic or endocrine effects of

sethoxydim have been conducted.

However, the standard battery of

required studies has been completed.

These studies include an evaluation of

the potential effects on reproduction

and development, and an evaluation of

the pathology of the endocrine organs

following repeated or long-term

exposure. These studies are generally

considered to be sufficient to detect any

endocrine effects but no such effects

were noted in any of the studies.

II. Other Considerations

There is no reasonable expectation

that secondary residues will occur in

milk, eggs, or meat of livestock and

poultry from the proposed uses of

sethoxydim on asparagus, cranberries,

endive, and mint; there are no livestock

feed commodities associated with these

commodities. Any secondary residues

occurring in meat, fat, meat byproducts

and milk of cattle, goats, hogs, horses

and sheep from the proposed use on

carrots will be covered by existing

tolerances. There are no residues

expected to occur in poultry meat, meat

byproducts, fat or eggs since carrots are

not considered a poultry feed item.

There are no Codex maximum residue

levels established for residues of

sethoxydim on asparagus, carrots,

cranberry, endive, or mint.

III. Public Record

EPA invites interested persons to

submit comments on this notice of

filing. Comments must bear a notation

indicating the docket number, [PF–688;

FRL–5582–6]. All written comments

filed in response to this petition will be

available in the Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, at the

address given above from 8:30 a.m. to

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except legal holidays.

A record has been established for this

rulemaking under docket number [PF–

688; FRL–5582–6] (including comments

and data submitted electronically as

described below). A public version of

this record, including printed, paper

versions of electronic comments, which

does not include any information

claimed as CBI, is available for

inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is located in

Room 1132 of the Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this notice of

filing, as well as the public version, as

described above will be kept in paper

form. Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official rulemaking record which will

also include all comments submitted

directly in writing. The official

rulemaking record is the paper record

maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.

Dated: December 31, 1996.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–415 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

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. Once the

notices have been accepted for

processing, they will also 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 January 23, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:

1. Gib S. Nichols, Helena, Montana; to

acquire an additional 6.4 percent, for a
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total of 28.1 percent, of the voting shares

of Flathead Holding Company of

Bigfork, Bigfork, Montana, and thereby

indirectly acquire Flathead Bank of

Bigfork, Bigfork, Montana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 2, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–367 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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. Once the application has

been accepted for processing, it will also

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,

including whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company can ‘‘reasonably

be expected to produce benefits to the

public, such as greater convenience,

increased competition, or gains in

efficiency, that outweigh possible

adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for a

hearing must be accompanied by a

statement of the reasons a written

presentation would not suffice in lieu of

a hearing, identifying specifically any

questions of fact that are in dispute,

summarizing the evidence that would

be presented at a hearing, and indicating

how the party commenting would be

aggrieved by approval of the proposal.

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 February 3,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198:

1. BOK Financial Corporation, Tulsa,

Oklahoma; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of First TexCorp, Inc.,

Dallas, Texas, and thereby indirectly

acquire First Texas Bank, Dallas, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 2, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–369 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Notice of Proposals to Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

to Acquire Companies that are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation

Y, (12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo,

or to acquire or control voting securities

or assets of a company that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.25 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.25) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

Once the notice has been accepted for

processing, it will also be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act, including whether

consummation of the proposal can

‘‘reasonably be expected to produce

benefits to the public, such as greater

convenience, increased competition, or

gains in efficiency, that outweigh

possible adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for a

hearing on this question must be

accompanied by a statement of the

reasons a written presentation would

not suffice in lieu of a hearing,

identifying specifically any questions of

fact that are in dispute, summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a

hearing, and indicating how the party

commenting would be aggrieved by

approval of the proposal.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than January 23, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Christopher J. McCurdy, Senior

Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New

York, New York 10045:

1. The Bank of New York Company,

Inc., New York, New York; to engage

through its subsidiary, BNY Capital

Markets, Inc., New York, New York, in

underwriting and dealing in debt and

equity securities of all types, other than

shares of open-end investment

companies. See Canadian Imperial

Bank of Commerce, 76 Fed. Res. Bull.

158 (1990); J. P. Morgan & Co.

Incorporated, 75 Fed. Res. Bull. 192

(1989), aff’d sub nom. Securities

Industries Ass’n v. Board of Governors

of the Federal Reserve System, 900 F.2d

360 (D.C. Cir. 1990); and Citicorp, 73

Fed. Res. Bull. 473 (1987), aff’d sub

nom. Securities Industry Ass’n v. Board

of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, 839 F.2d 47 (2d Cir.), cert.

denied, 486 U.S. 1059 (1988).

2. The Toronto-Dominion Bank,

Toronto, Canada and Waterhouse

Investor Services, Inc., New York, New

York; to acquire 50 percent of the voting

shares of Marketware International, Inc.,

and thereby engage in providing data

processing and data transmission

services, pursuant to § 225.25(b)(7) of

the Board’s Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:

1. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis

Minnesota; to acquire Statewide

Mortgage Company, Birmingham,

Alabama, and thereby engage in the

purchase, origination, and sale of

mortgage loans and related servicing

rights, pursuant to § 225.25(b)(1) of the

Board’s Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 2, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–368 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.