Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices 67867

Federal Communications Commission.

Geraldine A. Matise,

Chief, Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau.

[FR Doc. 97–33882 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1191–DR]

Iowa; Major Disaster and Related

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA–

1191–DR), dated November 20, 1997,

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated

November 20, 1997, the President

declared a major disaster under the

authority of the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.),

as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the State of Iowa, resulting

from a severe winter storm on October 26–

28, 1997, is of sufficient severity and

magnitude to warrant a major disaster

declaration under the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

(‘‘the Stafford Act’’). I, therefore, declare that

such a major disaster exists in the State of

Iowa.

In order to provide Federal assistance, you

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds

available for these purposes, such amounts as

you find necessary for Federal disaster

assistance and administrative expenses.

You are authorized to provide Public

Assistance and Hazard Mitigation in the

designated areas. Consistent with the

requirement that Federal assistance be

supplemental, any Federal funds provided

under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance

or Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75

percent of the total eligible costs.

The time period prescribed for the

implementation of section 310(a),

Priority to Certain Applications for

Public Facility and Public Housing

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for

a period not to exceed six months after

the date of this declaration.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the authority vested in the Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency under Executive Order 12148, I

hereby appoint Warren M. Pugh, Jr. of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency to act as the Federal

Coordinating Officer for this declared

disaster.

I do hereby determine the following

areas of the State of Iowa to have been

affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

The counties of Clarke, Iowa, Jasper,

Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Polk,

Pottawattamie, Union, and Warren for Public

Assistance.

All counties within the State of Iowa

are eligible to apply for assistance under

the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–33929 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Commission hereby gives notice

of the filing of the following

agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of

1984.

Interested parties can review or obtain

copies of agreements at the Washington,

DC offices of the Commission, 800

North Capitol Street, NW., Room 962.

Interested parties may submit comments

on an agreement to the Secretary,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days

of the date this notice appears in the

Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 203–011602.

Title: The Grand Alliance Agreement

II.

Parties:

Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

P&O Nedlloyd Limited

P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

Orient Overseas Container Line Inc.

Orient Overseas Container Line (UK)

Limited.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

would permit the parties to charter

space among themselves and coordinate

their vessel services. They may also:

charter vessels among themselves or

from third parties; agree to other, related

cooperative arrangements; and, with

voluntary adherence, agree upon rates,

terms, and conditions of service in the

trade between Untied States ports, and

inland U.S. points via such ports, and

ports and points in the Far East, the

Indian Subcontinent, North Europe, the

Mediterranean, the Middle East,

Canada, Mexico, and Panama. The

parties have requested a shortened

review period.

Agreement No.: 201–200063–016.

Title: NYSA–ILA Assessment

Agreement.

Parties:

New York Shipping Association

International Longshoremen

Association.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

reduces certain assessment rates

applicable in the Port of New York and

New Jersey.

Agreement No.: 224–000086–010.

Title: NYSA–ILA Collective

Bargaining (Memorandum of

Settlement) Agreement.

Parties:

New York Shipping Association.

The International Longshoremen

Association.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

provides the settlement, as agreed, by

the parties on terms of all local

conditions under various NYSA–ILA

collective bargaining agreements.

Agreement No.: 224–000083–009.

Title: NYSA–ILA Final Management

Agreement.

Parties:

(‘‘Management Associations’’)

Carriers Container Council, Inc.

New York Shipping Association, Inc.

Boston Shipping Association, Inc.

Hampton Roads Shipping Association

New Orleans Steamship Association

Philadelphia Marine Trade

Association

South Atlantic Employers Negotiating

Committee

Southeast Florida Port Employers

Association

Steamship Trade Association of

Baltimore

West Gulf Maritime Association

(‘‘Management Stevedores’’)

Ceres Terminals

Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring

Fairway Terminal Corp.

Maher Terminals

Stevedoring Services of America

Stevens Shipping & Terminal

Company

Universal Maritime Service Corp.

The International Longshoremen

Association, AFL–CIO, and Its

Districts and Locals

Synopsis: The proposed Amendment

is a complete and operative labor

agreement between the parties on all

issues relating to the employment of

longshore employees on container and

ro-ro vessels and terminals in all ports

from Maine to Texas at which ships of

the Carriers Container Council (CCC)
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and subscribers may call as well as all

others.

Agreement No.: 224–201043.

Title: Port of Oakland/Ocean

Management, Inc. D/B/A FESCO,

Agencies North America Line

(‘‘FESCO’’).

Parties: Port of Oakland, Ocean

Management, Inc. d/b/a/FESCO

Agencies North America Line.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

provides that FESCO will have

nonexclusive right to certain assigned

premises at the Port’s Charles P. Howard

Terminal, for berthing, loading and

discharging of its vessels and related

liner operations. The term of the

Agreement is for five years.

Dated: December 23, 1997.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33868 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Monday,

January 5, 1998.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.bog.frb.fed.us for an electronic

announcement that not only lists

applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: December 24, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–34069 Filed 12-24-97; 11:12 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 971–0026]

Shell Oil Company; Texaco Inc.;

Analysis To Aid Public Comment

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Proposed consent agreement.

SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this

matter settles alleged violations of

federal law prohibiting unfair or

deceptive acts or practices or unfair

methods of competition. The attached

Analysis to Aid Public Comment

describes both the allegations in the

draft complaint that accompanies the

consent agreement and the terms of the

consent order—embodied in the consent

agreement—that would settle these

allegations.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

directed to: FTC/Office of the Secretary,

room 159, 6th St. and Pa. Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Baer, Federal Trade

Commission, 6th & Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW, H–374, Washington, DC 20580.

(202) 326–2932. George Cary, Federal

Trade Commission, 6th & Pennsylvania

Ave., NW, H–374, Washington, DC

20580. (202) 326–3741.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade

Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C.

46, and § 2.34 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice (16 CFR 2.34), notice

is hereby given that the above-captioned

consent agreement containing a consent

order to cease and desist, having been

filed with and accepted, subject to final

approval, by the Commission, has been

placed on the public record for a period

of sixty (60) days. The following

Analysis to Aid Public Comment

describes the terms of the consent

agreement, and the allegations in the

accompanying complaint. An electronic

copy of the full text of the consent

agreement package can be obtained from

the Commission Actions section of the

FTC Home Page (for December 19,

1997), on the World Wide Web, at

‘‘http://www.ftc.gov/os/actions97.htm.’’

A paper copy can be obtained from the

FTC Public Reference Room, room H–

130, Sixth Street and Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580,

either in person or by calling (202) 326–

3627. Public comment is invited. Such

comments or views will be considered

by the Commission and will be available

for inspection and copying at its

principal office in accordance with

Section 4.9(b)(6)(ii) of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice (16 CFR 4.9(b)(6)(ii)).

I. Introduction

The Federal Trade Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) has accepted from

Shell Oil Co. (‘‘Shell’’) and Texaco Inc.

(‘‘Texaco’’) (collectively ‘‘Proposed

Respondents’’) an Agreement

Containing Consent Order (‘‘Proposed

Consent Order’’). The Commission has

also entered into a Hold Separate

Agreement that requires Proposed

Respondents to hold separate and

maintain certain divested assets. The

Proposed Consent Order remedies the

likely anticompetitive effects, in seven

geographic markets, arising from certain

aspects of Proposed Respondents’ joint

venture.

II. Description of the Parties and the

Transaction

Shell, which is headquartered in

Houston, TX, is one of the world’s

largest integrated oil companies. Among

its other businesses, Shell operates

petroleum refineries that make various

grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, and

kerosene jet fuel, among other

petroleum products, and Shell sells

these products to intermediaries,

retailers and consumers. It owns or

leases approximately 3,400 gasoline

stations nationally and sells gasoline to

jobbers or gasoline dealers that operate

another 5,000 retail outlets throughout

the United States. During fiscal year

1996, Shell sold about $8.66 billion of

gasoline nationally and had revenues

from downstream operations (refining,

transportation, and marketing of

petroleum products) of approximately

$22.7 billion.

Texaco, which is headquartered in

White Plains, NY, is another of the

world’s largest integrated oil companies.

Among its other businesses, Texaco

operates petroleum refineries in the

United States that make gasoline, diesel

fuel, kerosene jet fuel, and other

petroleum products, and sells those

products throughout the midwestern

and western United States. Texaco owns

one-half of Star Enterprises, Inc., a joint

venture between Texaco and Saudi

Refining, Inc. Star also operates

refineries and markets gasoline and

other petroleum products, under the

Texaco name, in the southeastern and

eastern United States. About 14,000

retail outlets sell Texaco-branded