5644 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 24 / Friday, February 4, 2000 / Notices

(NTIS) in Springfield, VA (1–800–553–

NTIS[6847] or 703–605–6000; facsimile

703–321–8547). Please provide the

following PB numbers when ordering

from NTIS: The QTRACER Program for

Tracer-Breakthrough Curve Analysis for

Karst and Fractured-Rock Aquifers

(PB99–151904), and A Lexicon of Cave

and Karst Terminology with Special

Reference to Environmental Karst

Hydrology (PB2000–101071).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Malcolm Field, NCEA–W (8623D), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Washington, DC 20460; phone: 202–

564–3279; facsimile: 202–565–0079; 

e-mail: field.malcolm@epa.gov.

Dated: January 19, 2000.

George W. Alapas,

Acting Director, National Center for

Environmental Assessment.

[FR Doc. 00–2480 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6532–8]

Lakewood Battery Superfund Site

Notice of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of settlement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

122(i) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, as

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.

9622(i), notice is hereby given of a

proposed administrative settlement for

recovery of past response costs

concerning the Lakewood Battery Site in

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia with

the following Settling Parties: the 162

Milton Avenue Trust and Doris V.

Henderson. The settlement requires the

Settling Parties to pay a total of $25,000

to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.

The settlement includes a covenant not

to sue the Settling Parties pursuant to 42

U.S.C. 9607(a). EPA will consider public

comments on the proposed settlement

for thirty days. EPA may withdraw from

or modify the proposed settlement

should such comments disclose facts or

considerations which indicate the

proposed settlement is inappropriate,

improper, or inadequate. Copies of the

proposed settlement are available

from:Ms. Paula V. Batchelor,U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region IV,CERCLA Program Services

Branch,Waste Management Division, 61

Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303,404/562–8887.

Written comments may be submitted

to Ms. Batchelor at the above address

within 30 days of the date of

publication.

Dated: January 20, 2000.

Franklin E. Hill,

Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch,

Waste Management Division.

[FR Doc. 00–2482 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, February 29,

2000 at 2:00 P.M. (Eastern Time). (This

Meeting was rescheduled from Tuesday,

January 25, 2000)

PLACE: Conference Room on the Ninth

Floor of the EEOC Office Building, 1801

‘‘L’’ Street, NW, Washington, DC 20507.

STATUS: The meeting will be closed to

the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Closed Session

Review of Pending Litigation.

Note: Any matter not discussed or

concluded may be carried over to a later

meeting. (In addition to publishing notices

on EEOC Commission meetings in the

Federal Register, the Commission also

provides a recorded announcement a full

week in advance on future Commission

sessions). Please telephone (202) 663–7100

(voice) and (202) 663–4074 (TTD) at any time

for information on these meetings.

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Frances M. Hart, Executive

Officer on (202) 663–4070.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Frances M. Hart,

Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 00–2682 Filed 2–2–00; 1:39 pm]

BILLING CODE 6750–06–M

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE

UNITED STATES

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the

United States.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the

Export-Import Bank of the United States

is submitting to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve a revised

exporter and banker survey which

expired on February 28, 1999. The

purpose of the survey is to fulfill a

statutory mandate (the Export-Import

Bank Act of 1945, as amended, 12

U.S.C. 635) which directs Ex-Im Bank to

report annually to the U.S. Congress any

action taken toward providing export

credit programs that are competitive

with those offered by official foreign

export credit agencies. The Act further

stipulates that the annual report on

competitiveness should include the

results of a survey of lending

institutions to determine whether their

export financing is competitive with

that of their foreign counterparts.

Accordingly, Ex-Im Bank is requesting

that the proposed survey (EIB No. 00–

02) be sent to approximately 50

respondents, split equally between

bankers and exporters. The new survey

is the same as in previous years as it

asks bankers and exporters to evaluate

the competitiveness of Ex-Im Bank’s

programs vis-a`-vis foreign export credit

agencies. However, it has been modified

in order to account for newer policies

and to capture enough information to

provide a better analysis of our

competitiveness.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before March 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

or requests for additional information to

David Rostker, Office of Management

and Budget, Information and Regulatory

Affairs, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, D.C. 20503, (202) 395–

3897.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carlista Robinson (202) 565–3351

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Type of Request: Revision.

Annual Number of Respondents: 50.

Annual Burden Hours: 50.

Frequency of Reporting or Use:

Annual survey.

Dated: January 31, 2000.

Carlista Robinson,

Agency Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–2507 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6690–01–M

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

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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

(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 February 28,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Old Kent Financial Corporation,

Grand Rapids, Michigan; to merge with

Grand Premier Financial, Inc.,

Wauconda, Illinois, and thereby

indirectly acquire Grand National Bank,

Wauconda, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 31, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–2454 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y

(12 CFR 225.28) 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.

The notice also will 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.

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 February 18, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,

Assistant Vice President) 250 Marquette

Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480–2171:

1. Dakota Bancshares, Inc., Mendota

Heights, Minnesota; and its subsidiary,

Olivia Bancorporation, Inc., Olivia,

Minnesota; to engage de novo through

their subsidiary, American State

Insurance Agency, Inc., Olivia,

Minnesota, in general insurance agency

activities in a place where the bank

holding company has a lending office

and that has a population not exceeding

5,000, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(11)(iii) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 31, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–2453 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System .

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

February 9, 2000.

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 matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, 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.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–2680 Filed 2–2–00; 1:19 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT

INVESTMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m. (EST), February

14, 2000.

PLACE: 4th Floor, Conference Room

4506, 1250 H Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Approval of the minutes of the January

10, 2000, Board member meeting.

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report by the

Executive Director.

3. Labor Department audit briefing.

4. Investment policy review.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640.

Dated: February 1, 2000.

Elizabeth S. Woodruff,

Secretary to the Board, Federal Retirement

Thrift Investment Board.

[FR Doc. 00–2679 Filed 2–2–00; 1:19 pm]

BILLING CODE 6760–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00D–0087]

Draft Guidance for Industry on IND

Meetings for Human Drugs and

Biologics; Chemistry, Manufacturing,

and Controls Information; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing the

availability of a draft guidance for