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in the National Enforcement Training

Institute, Ariel Rios Buildings, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20460, accessible by public

transportation via the Federal Triangle

Metro Stop.

On Monday, March 17, the

subcommittee will participate in a

seminar on environmental risk

communication principles as they are

applied to public participation in the

federal sector. On Tuesday, March 28,

the subcommittee will meet to plan the

next National Environmental Justice

Advisory Council meeting scheduled for

May 12–15, 1997, at the Potawatomi

Indian Springs Lodge & Conference

Center, Wabena, Wisconsin (91 miles

North of Green Bay). The

subcommittee’s activities are part of the

Council’s efforts to provide independent

advice, consultation, and

recommendations to the Administrator

of the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency on matters related to

environmental justice. A limited

amount of seating for the public will be

available on a first-come basis. To

reserve a space, send your name,

mailing address, fax and telephone

number to: Mr. Robert J. Knox,

Designated Federal Official, U.S. EPA

(2201A), 401 M Street SW., Washington,

DC 20460 or FAX to 202–501–0740 or

E-mail to: Environmental-JusticeEPA@epamail.epa.gov or E-mail to:

Knox.Robert@epamail.epa.gov.

Additional information may be

requested by calling 1–800–962–6215.

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Clarice E. Gaylord,

Director, Office of Environmental Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–3922 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

[FRL–5690–5]

Notice of Proposed Administrative De

Micromis Settlement Under Section

122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act,

Regarding the Pollution Abatement

Services Superfund Site, in the City Of

Oswego, NY

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative agreement and

opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

122(i) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42

U.S.C. 9622(i), the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), Region II,

announces a proposed administrative

‘‘de micromis’’ settlement pursuant to

Section 122(g)(4) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9622(g)(4), relating to the Pollution

Abatement Services Superfund Site

(‘‘Site’’). The Site is located in the City

of Oswego, New York, and is included

on the National Priorities List

established pursuant to Section 105(a)

of CERCLA. This notice is being

published pursuant to Section 122(i) of

CERCLA to inform the public of the

proposed settlement and of the

opportunity to comment. EPA will

consider any comments received during

the comment period and may withdraw

or withhold consent to the proposed

settlement if such comments disclose

facts or considerations which indicate

that the proposed settlement is

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

The proposed administrative

settlement has been memorialized in an

Administrative Order on Consent

(‘‘Order’’) between EPA and the settling

party, Syracuse University

(‘‘Respondent’). The Order resolves an

EPA claim against Respondent under

Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA.

Consistent with EPA’s June 3, 1996

Revised Guidance on CERCLA

Settlements with De Micromis Waste

Contributors, the Order does not require

the Respondent to make a monetary

contribution toward cleanup costs at the

Site.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before March 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

the individual named below and should

refer to: ‘‘Pollution Abatement Services

Superfund Site, U.S. EPA Index No. IICERCLA–96–0211’’. For a copy of the

settlement document, contact the

individual listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol Y. Berns, Assistant Regional

Counsel, New York/Caribbean

Superfund Branch, Office of Regional

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New

York, New York 10007. Telephone:

(212) 637–3177.

Dated: January 29, 1997.

William J. Muszynski,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–3928 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Notice of Agency Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 11,

1997, the Board of Directors of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

met in closed session to consider the

following matters:

Matters relating to the Corporation’s

supervisory activities.

Matters relating to the probable failure

of a certain insured depository

institution.

Matters relating to the Corporation’s

liquidation activities.

Matters relating to the activities of the

Corporation’s Audit Committee.

In calling the meeting, the Board

determined, on motion of Director

Joseph H. Neely (Appointive), seconded

by Mr. John Downey, acting in the place

and stead of Director Nicolas P. Retsinas

(Director, Office of Thrift Supervision),

concurred in by Director Eugene A.

Ludwig (Comptroller of the Currency)

and Chairman Ricki Helfer, that

Corporation business required its

consideration of the matters on less than

seven days’ notice to the public; that no

earlier notice of the meeting was

practicable; that the public interest did

not require consideration of the matters

in a meeting open to public observation;

and that the matters could be

considered in a closed meeting by

authority of subsections (c)(2), (c)(4),

(c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9) (A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and

(c)(10) of the ‘‘Government in the

Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2),

(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9) (A)(ii),

(c)(9)(B), and (c)(10)).

The meeting was held in the Board

Room of the FDIC Building located at

550—17th Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Valerie J. Best,

Assistant Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4076 Filed 2–13–97; 2:45 pm]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

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
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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 March 4, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Clyde Crews, as Trustee for the

Grossman Trust, both of San Antonio,

Texas; to retain power to vote 99

percent of the voting shares of

InterContinental Bank Shares

Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, and

thereby indirectly acquire

InterContinental National Bank, San

Antonio, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 11, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3870 Filed 2–14–97; 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). 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 March 14,

1997.

A.Federal Reserve Bank of

Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior

Vice President) 100 North 6th Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:

1. USA BancShares, Inc.,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to acquire

between 5.0 percent of, and 9.9 percent

of, the voting shares of Regent

Bancshares Corp., Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly

acquire Regent Bank, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(R. Chris Moore, Senior Vice President)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. Banc One Corporation, Columbus,

Ohio, and Banc One Oklahoma

Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;

to merge with Liberty Bancorp, Inc.,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and thereby

indirectly acquire Liberty Bank and

Trust Company of Oklahoma City, N.A.,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Liberty

Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, N.A.,

Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In connection with this application,

Applicant has also applied to acquire

Mid-America Credit Life Assurance

Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

and thereby engage in underwriting

insurance solely related to extensions of

credit by subsidiaries of Liberty

Bancorp, Inc., pursuant to §

225.25(b)(8)(i) of the Board’s Regulation

Y; Mid-America Insurance Agency, Inc.,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and thereby

engage in selling insurance solely

related to extensions of credit by

subsidiaries of Liberty Bancorp, Inc.,

pursuant to § 225.25(b)(8)(i) of the

Board’s Regulation Y; Liberty Trust

Company of Texas, Dallas, Texas, and

thereby engage in providing trust

services, pursuant § 225.25(b)(3) of the

Board’s Regulation Y; and Liberty

Financial Corporation, Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma, and thereby engage in real

estate financing and equipment leasing

activities for Liberty Bancorp, Inc.,

pursuant to §§ 225.25(b)(1) and (5) of

the Board’s Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 11, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3871 Filed 2–14–97; 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).

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 March 4, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Christopher J. McCurdy, Senior

Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New

York, New York 10045-0001:

1. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, S.A., Bilbao,

Spain;, to engage de novo through its

wholly-owned subsidiary, BBV

LatInvest Securities Inc., New York,

New York (‘‘Company’’), in: (1)

underwriting and dealing in, to a

limited extent, all types of debt and

equity securities that a state member

bank may not underwrite or deal in (see,

e.g., J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., 75 Fed. Res.