Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 24, 2000 / Notices 63591

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. Additional information on all

bank holding companies may be

obtained from the National Information

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

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 November 7, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. Dresdner Bank Aktiengesellschaft,

Frankfurt, Germany; to acquire

indirectly all the voting shares of

Wasserstein Perella Group, Inc, New

York, New York, and its subsidiaries,

including Wasserstein Perella & Co.,

Inc., New York, New York, and thereby

engage in financial and investment

advisory activities, including among

other things providing advice in

connection with mergers, acquisitions,

divestitures, investments, joint ventures,

leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations,

capital structuring, financing

transactions, and similar transactions,

and conducting financial feasibility

studies, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(6) of

Regulation Y; and Wasserstein Perella

Securities, Inc., New York, New York, a

registered broker-dealer, and thereby

engage in underwriting and dealing in,

to a limited extent, all types of debt and

equity securities (other than ownership

interests in open-end investment

companies) both in the United States

and globally, see Travelers Group, Inc.,

84 Fed. Res. Bull. 985 (September 1998);

Fleet Financial Group, Inc., 84 Fed. Res.

Bull. 227 (March 1998); SunTrust

Banks, Inc., 84 Fed. Res. Bull. 126

(February 1998); First Union

Corporation, 84 Fed. Res. Bull. 59

(January 1998); Canadian Imperial Bank

of Commerce, 83 Fed. Res. Bull. 1008

(December 1997); BankBoston

Corporation, 84 Fed. Res. Bull. 850

(1998); BankAmerica Corporation, 83

Fed. Res. Bull. 913 (November 1997);

BB&T Corporation, 83 Fed. Res. Bull.

919 (November 1997); KeyCorp, 83 Fed.

Res. Bull. 921 (November 1997);

NationsBank Corporation, 83 Fed. Res.

Bull. 924 (November 1997); Swiss Bank

Corporation, 83 Fed. Res. Bull. 786

(September 1997); First Chicago NBD

Corporation, 83 Fed. Res. Bull. 784

(September 1997); Bankers Trust New

York Corporation, 83 Fed. Res. Bull. 780

(September 1997); and in the following

listed nonbanking activities both in the

United States and globally (with the

revenues derived from these activities

considered to be eligible revenues);

extending credit and servicing loans,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation

Y; acquiring debt that is in default at the

time of acquisition, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(2)(vii) of Regulation Y;

providing financial and investment

advice, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(6) of

Regulation Y; providing securities

brokerage services as agent for

customers, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(7)(i)

of Regulation Y; buying and selling in

the secondary market all types of

securities on the order of customers as

a riskless principal, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(7)(ii) of Regulation Y; acting

as agent for the private placement of

securities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(7)(iii)

of Regulation Y; and buying and selling

permissible derivatives contracts as

principal, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(8)(ii)

of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 18, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–27194 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Meeting Act

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

October 30, 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 items 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: October 20, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–27447 Filed 10–20–00; 3:51 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue

Debts

Section 30.13 of the Department of

Health and Human Services’ claims

collection regulations (45 CFR part 30)

provides that the Secretary shall charge

an annual rate of interest as fixed by the

Secretary of the Treasury after taking

into consideration private consumer

rates of interest prevailing on the date

that HHS becomes entitled to recovery.

The rate generally cannot be lower than

the Department of Treasury’s current

value of funds rate or the applicable rate

determined from the ‘‘Schedule of

Certified Interest Rates with Range of

Maturities.’’ This rate may be revised

quarterly by the Secretary of the

Treasury and shall be published

quarterly by the Department of Health

and Human Services in the Federal

Register.

The Secretary of the Treasury has

certified a rate of 137⁄8% for the quarter

ended September 30, 2000. This interest

rate will remain in effect until such time

as the Secretary of the Treasury notifies

HHS of any change.

63592 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 24, 2000 / Notices

Dated: October 17, 2000.

George Strader,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Finance.

[FR Doc. 00–27192 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 01010]

Pregnancy Risk Assessment

Monitoring System; Notice of

Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2001

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for a Pregnancy Risk

Assessment Monitoring System

(PRAMS) program. CDC is committed to

achieving the health promotion and

disease prevention objectives of

‘‘Healthy People 2010,’’ a national

activity to reduce morbidity and

mortality and improve the quality of

life. This announcement is related to the

focus area of Maternal, Infant, and Child

Health. For the conference copy of

‘‘Healthy People 2010,’’ visit the

Internet site: www.health.gov/

healthypeople.

The purpose of the program is to

assist State public health agencies in

generating State-specific data for

informing perinatal health programs and

policies. This will be accomplished by

assisting the State public health

agencies to (1) establish or maintain

State-specific, population-based

surveillance of selected maternal

behaviors and experiences that occur

around the time of pregnancy and early

infancy, (2) enhance the basic PRAMS

surveillance system in order to more

effectively reach special or related

populations which are typically

considered hard-to-reach populations,

and (3) to implement alternative

methodologies for surveying women

about selected maternal behaviors and

experiences. This announcement

includes three separate categories:

Category A (Core Activities): To

establish or maintain State-specific

population-based surveillance of

selected maternal behaviors and

experiences that occur around the time

of pregnancy and early infancy.

Category B (Enhanced Activities): To

enhance regular PRAMS surveillance to

reach special population groups, to test

new data collection or analytic

methodologies related to pregnancy or

infant health, or to gather additional

information on specific topics from

women or others. Category B funds

cannot be used for ongoing sampling

from data sources other than vital

records.

1. Special or related population

groups: Special populations may

include teenagers, groups with low

response rates, cultural groups, women

whose first language is something other

than English, low-income women,

women from urban or rural areas, or

incarcerated women. Related

populations could include follow-up of

women who have experienced a fetal

death and women with children less

than 5 years of age. Special or related

populations to be considered for

ongoing surveillance must be

identifiable for sampling from vital

records.

2. New data collection or analytic

methodologies: Methodologies that

might enhance regular PRAMS mail/

telephone data collection could include

in-person interviews, additional mail

and telephone follow-up with in-person

interviews, Internet-administered

surveys, or use of community health

workers or an organization (e.g., church,

civic, cultural groups) to deliver the

surveys. Methodologies that might

enhance analytic capacity could include

conducting small area analysis or GIS

(Geographic Information Science),

testing the validity and reliability of

measures, or performing linkages with

other data sets that focus on maternal

and infant health issues (e.g., Medicaid

data, WIC (Women, Infant, and

Children) data, databases with potential

contact information for pregnant

women).

3. Specific topics: Special surveys

focusing on specific topics or specific

populations might include in-depth

surveys of the PRAMS sample on a

time-limited basis (e.g., additional

detailed questions on a specific topic

added to existing an questionnaire) or

special surveys of other populations on

topics related to PRAMS (e.g., prenatal

care providers, hospitals, health

insurance providers).

Category C (Alternative

Methodologies): To implement one time

(point-in-time) surveys for Statespecific, population-based surveillance

of selected maternal behaviors and

experiences that occur around the time

of pregnancy and early infancy.

B. Eligible Applicants

Applicants may apply for core

activities (Category A), either as an

existing grantee or as a new grantee, or

they may apply for alternative

methodologies (Category C). In order to

apply for enhanced activities (Category

B), applicants must also apply for and

receive Category A funding. A separate

narrative must be provided for each

category for which an applicant applies.

Applications in each category will be

evaluated separately.

For Category A (Core Activities):

Assistance will be provided only to the

official State or territorial public health

agencies designated as registration areas

for vital statistics, including the District

of Columbia, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the

Federated States of Micronesia, the

Republic of the Marshall Islands, and

the Republic of Palau.

Applicants can apply for Category A

funds, either as an existing or new state.

Existing PRAMS States are States that

are funded under program

announcement 96059 or 99070. These

are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas,

Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,

Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine,

Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, New

Mexico, New York State, New York

City, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,

South Carolina, Utah, Vermont,

Washington, and West Virginia. All

other States must apply as a new State.

All applicants for Category A must

provide the following evidence of

support letters:

1. Written assurance, signed by the

head of the State’s Vital Statistics unit,

that:

a. the recipient PRAMS program will

have timely (i.e., able to draw a sample

from birth certificates within 2 to 4

months after delivery) access to edited

birth certificate information needed for

sampling and data collection,

b. the recipient program will identify

and commit a person from the Vital

Statistics unit to act as a liaison to the

PRAMS program to develop and

maintain the sampling program and

make any modifications needed

throughout the life of the program,

c. final birth tape will be available by

December 1 of the following data year

for the purpose of weighting the annual

data set, and,

d. any changes in the vital statistics

system, such as with file layouts, will be

communicated in writing to the

recipient PRAMS program in a timely

fashion, as it can affect the monthly

sampling process.

2. A joint letter of commitment from

the State Directors of the Maternal and

Child Health (MCH), the Vital Statistics,

and the Data Processing units, that they

will work collaboratively to support the

PRAMS program. This letter should