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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.

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 each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than November 17,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106–2204:

1. Northwest Mutual Holding

Company, Winsted, Connecticut; to

become a bank holding company by

acquiring Northwest Community Bank,

Winsted, Connecticut.

2. Litchfield Mutual Holding

Company, Litchfield, Connecticut; to

become a bank holding company by

acquiring Litchfield Bancorp, Litchfield,

Connecticut.

3. Northwest Mutual Holding

Company, Winsted, Connecticut; to

merge with Litchfield Mutual Holding

Company, and thereby acquire

Litchfield Bancorp, Litchfield,

Connecticut. The successor bank

holding company will be called

Connecticut Mutual Holding Company.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice President)

104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta,

Georgia 30303–2713:

1. Compass Bancshares, Inc.,

Birmingham, Alabama; to merge with

FirstTier Corporation, Northglenn,

Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire

FirstTier Bank, Northglenn, Colorado;

and Firstate Bank, Kimball, Nebraska.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. SSB Management LLC, Wilber,

Nebraska, and First National Johnson

Bancshares, Inc, Johnson, Nebraska; to

acquire Wilber Co., Wilber, Nebraska,

and thereby indirectly acquire Saline

State Bank, Wilber, Nebraska. In

connection with these applications, SSB

Management has applied to become a

bank holding company and acquire

Saline State Insurance Agency, LLC,

Wilber, Nebraska, and thereby engage in

general insurance activities pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(11)(iii)(A) of Regulation Y.

Wilber Co. also has applied to acquire

Saline State Insurance Agency.

2. Wilber Co., Wilber, Nebraska; to

acquire 23.34 percent of the voting

shares of NebraskaLand Financial

Services, Inc., North Platte, Nebraska,

and thereby indirectly acquire

NebraskaLand National Bank, North

Platte, Nebraska.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 19, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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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

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.

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 each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later thanNovember 20,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice President)

104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta,

Georgia 30303–2713:

1. Southern Community Bancorp,

Orlando, Florida; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of Southern

Community Bank of Southwest Florida,

Bonita Springs, Florida (in

organization).

2. PAB Bankshares, Inc., Valdosta,

Georgia; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Friendship Community

Bank, Ocala, Florida.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 20, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Planning and Evaluation; Technical

Review Panel on the Medicare

Trustees Reports; Notice of November

15 Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office

of the Assistant Secretary for Planning

and Evaluation, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of November 15 meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, this notice announces the fifth

meeting of the Technical Review Panel

on the Medicare Trustees Reports (the

Panel). This meeting is open to the

public.

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463 (the

Federal Advisory Committee Act), the

Panel was established on August 12,

1999, by the Secretary of HHS to review

the methods and assumptions

underlying the annual reports of the

Board of Trustees of the Hospital

Insurance and Supplementary Medical

Insurance Trust Funds.

DATES: The fifth meeting will be held on

November 15, 2000 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA) Headquarters,

Conference Center, Room C–112, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ariel Winter, Executive Director,

Technical Review Panel on the

Medicare Trustees Reports, Department

of Health and Human Services, Room

442E, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC, 20201, (202) 690–6860,

medpanel@osaspe.dhhs.gov. Additional

information is also available on the

Panel’s web site: http://aspe.hhs.gov/

health/medpanel.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

of Trustees of the Medicare Trust Funds

(the Hospital Insurance (HI) and

Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI)

Trust Funds) report annually on the

funds’ financial condition. The reports

describe the trust funds’ current and

projected financial condition, within the

next 10 years (the short term) and over

the subsequent 65 years (the long term).

The Medicare Board of Trustees has

directed the Secretary of Health and

Human Services (who is one of the

Trustees) to establish a panel of

technical experts to review the

assumptions and methods underlying

the HI and SMI annual reports.

The panel’s review includes the

following four topics:

1. Medicare assumptions (e.g.,

utilization rates, medical price

increases).

2. Projection methodology (how

assumptions are used to make cost

projections).

3. Long-range growth assumptions for

HI and SMI.

4. Use of stochastic forecasting

techniques.

The Panel will issue its findings in a

report to the Secretary and the other

Trustees.

The Panel consists of six members

who are experts in the fields of

economics and actuarial science: Dale

Yamamoto, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., F.C.C.A,

E.A., B.S.—Chair; Len Nichols, Ph.D.;

David Cutler, Ph.D.; Michael Chernew,

Ph.D.; James Robinson, F.S.A.,

M.A.A.A., Ph.D.; and Alice Rosenblatt,

F.S.A., M.A.A.A., M.A. The members’

terms will end August 12, 2001. Sam

Gutterman, F.S.A., F.C.A.S., M.A.A.A.,

M.A., is a consultant to the Panel.

The Panel’s next meeting will be held

on November 15, 2000 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

At this meeting, the Panel will edit and

approve its final report to the Trustees.

The meeting will be held at the Health

Care Financing Administration (HCFA)

Headquarters, Conference Center, Room

C–112, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting is

open to the public, but attendance is

limited to the space available.

Individuals or organizations that wish

to make 5-minute oral presentations on

the issues covered by the Panel should

contact the Executive Director by 5 p.m.

on November 1, 2000. The number of

oral presentations may be limited to the

time available. A written copy of the

presenters’ oral remarks should be

submitted to the Executive Director no

later than 5 p.m. on November 7, 2000,

for distribution to the Panel members.

Any interested member of the public

may submit written comments to the

Executive Director and Panel members

for review. Comments should be

received by the Executive Director by 5

p.m. on November 7, 2000, for

distribution to the Panel members.

Individuals requiring sign language

interpretation for the hearing impaired

and/or other special accommodation,

should contact Ariel Winter at (202)

690–6860 by November 1, 2000.

Dated: October 18, 2000.

Margaret A. Hamburg,

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

Solicitation of Volunteers To Serve as

Special Consultants on the Community

and Tribal Subcommittee of the ATSDR

Board of Scientific Counselors

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances

and Disease Registry (ATSDR),

Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

This notice announces ATSDR’s need

for special consultants to provide

citizens’ input on the Community and

Tribal Subcommittee (CTS) of ATSDR’s

Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC).

DATES: Applications should be

completed and returned by Friday,

November 17, 2000.

BACKGROUND: The CTS provides the

BSC with input, recommendations, and

advice on ATSDR’s community/tribal

community involvement practices,

programs, and policies from

community/tribal members who live

near hazardous waste sites or are

otherwise affected by hazardous

substances in the community

environment. The subcommittee was

established, at the request of the

Assistant Administrator, ATSDR, to

provide the agency, through its Board of

Scientific Counselors, with a formal

vehicle for citizen input.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

express interest in serving as a special

consultant and obtain additional

information, contact: Sandee

Coulberson, Designated Federal Official,

CTS, ATSDR (E–56), 1600 Clifton Road,

NE, Atlanta, GA 30033 (404) 639–6002

(Direct Line) Toll-free 1–888–422–8737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATSDR

conducts public health-related activities

at hazardous waste sites and releases,

pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA or Superfund) (42 U.S.C. 9601

et seq.). ATSDR established a BSC

which is chartered under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app.).

In 1994, the chair of the BSC, ATSDR,

appointed three community/tribal

representatives as consultants to ensure

that its deliberations included the views

of community and tribal members who

live around Superfund and other

hazardous waste sites and are

representatives of groups that work at

local, regional, or national locations

with these affected communities. To

supplement the work of these

consultants, nine additional community

and tribal representatives were added.

Four members of the BSC serve on this

Subcommittee, one of which was

appointed as chair.

The Community Tribal

Subcommittee’s objective is to provide

the BSC, ATSDR, with the views and

recommendations of community and

tribal representatives on ATSDR’s

community involvement programs,

practices, policies, and other relevant

issues impacting communities and

tribes who live near Superfund and

hazardous waste sites. The

Subcommittee will review ATSDR’s

community involvement programs, and

policies; provide advice, findings, and

recommendations to the Board on these

issues; and bring broad-based

community and tribal involvement

issues to the attention of the Board of

Scientific Counselors.

The Subcommittee will present

findings, advice, and recommendations

to the full Board. The BSC will discuss

and review reports of the Subcommittee

and may forward recommendations to

ATSDR for action. The Community/

Tribal Subcommittee will periodically

meet and/or hold conference calls.

A group consisting of special

consultants, CTS Chair and the DFO

will review the applications and

develop a short list to be recommended

for consideration. The Agency, in

consultation with the BSC chair, will

then select the four community

representatives to serve as special