Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 21, 2000 / Notices 69941

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 16, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29806 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–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

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 than December 15,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice

President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. Bank of America Corporation and

NB Holdings Corporation, both of

Charlotte, North Carolina; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Bank of

America Georgia, N.A., Atlanta, Georgia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Goering Management Company,

LLC, Moundridge, Kansas; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Goering

Financial Holding Company

Partnership, L.P., Moundridge, Kansas,

and thereby indirectly acquire voting

shares of Bon, Inc., Moundridge,

Kansas, and Citizens State Bank,

Moundridge, Kansas. Goering

Management Company LLC also

proposed to acquire directly 20.1

percent of the voting shares of Bon, Inc.

In connection with this application,

Goering Financial Holding Company

Partnership, L.P., Moundridge, Kansas;

has applied to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 42.49 percent of

the voting shares of Bon, Inc.,

Moundridge, Kansas, and thereby

indirectly acquire Citizens State Bank,

Moundridge, Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 16, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29805 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

Circulatory System Devices Panel of

the Medical Devices Advisory

Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

This notice announces a forthcoming

meeting of a public advisory committee

of the Food and Drug Administration

(FDA). The meeting will be open to the

public.

Name of Committee: Circulatory

System Devices Panel of the Medical

Devices Advisory Committee.

General Function of the Committee:

To provide advice and

recommendations to the agency on

FDA’s regulatory issues.

Date and Time: The meeting will be

held on December 4, 2000, 10 a.m. to 6

p.m., and December 5, 2000, 8 a.m. to

2 p.m.

Location: Holiday Inn, Ballroom, Two

Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg,

MD.

Contact Person: Megan Moynahan,

Center for Devices and Radiological

Health (HFZ 450), Food and Drug

Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd.,

Rockville, MD 20850, 301–443–8517,

ext. 171, or FDA Advisory Committee

Information Line, 1–800–741–8138

(301–443–0572 in the Washington, DC

area), code 12625. Please call the

Information Line for up-to-date

information on this meeting.

Agenda: On December 4, 2000, the

committee will discuss and make

recommendations on a reclassification

petition proposing to down-classify

percutaneous transluminal coronary

angioplasty (PTCA) catheters from class

III to class II. The petition is available

for public review and comment on the

FDA Dockets Management Branch

website at www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets

and is listed as docket number 00P–

1533. In the context of the

reclassification petition, the committee

will be asked to consider possible

modifications to the draft guidance

document entitled ‘‘Guidance for the

Submission of Research and Marketing

Applications for Interventional

Cardiology Devices: PTCA Catheters,

Atherectomy Catheters, Lasers,

Intravascular Stents’’ (May 1995). The

guidance document can be viewed on

the FDA website at www.fda.gov/cdrh/

ode/846.pdf. Questions for the

committee regarding the December 4,

2000, session can be found on the

Internet at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/

panelmtg.html.

On December 5, 2000, the committee

will discuss, make recommendations,

and vote on a premarket approval

application for an implantable

cardioverter defibrillator used in the

treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Procedure: Interested persons may

present data, information, or views,

orally or in writing, on issues pending

before the committee. Written

submissions may be made to the contact

person by November 27, 2000. Oral

presentations from the public will be

scheduled between approximately 10

a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and near the end

of the committee deliberations on

December 4, 2000; and between

approximately 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., and

near the end of the committee

deliberations on December 5, 2000.

Time allotted for each presentation may

be limited. Those desiring to make

formal oral presentations should notify

the contact person before November 27,

2000, and submit a brief statement of

the general nature of the evidence or

arguments they wish to present, the

names and addresses of proposed

participants, and an indication of the

approximate time requested to make

their presentation.

Notice of this meeting is given under

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. app. 2).

69942 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 21, 2000 / Notices

Dated: November 15, 2000.

Linda A. Suydam,

Senior Associate Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 00–29668 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–10004]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: New; Title of Information

Collection: Restraints/Seclusion Death

Reporting for Hospitals; Form No.:

HCFA–10004 (OMB# 0938–XXXX); Use:

This collection requires hospitals to

report deaths of patients while in

restraints or seclusion; Frequency: On

occasion; Affected Public: Businesses

and other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions; Number of Respondents:

6,072; Total Annual Responses: Total

Annual Hours: 3.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

on or before January 22, 2001 directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Security and Standards Group, Division

of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2–14–

26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: November 9, 2000.

John P. Burke, III,

Reports Clearance Officer, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–29784 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–10012]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: New Collection; Title of

Information Collection: Healthy Aging

Smoking Cessation Demonstration;

Form No.: HCFA–10012 (OMB# 0938–

NEW); Use: The goals of the Healthy

Aging Project are to test the

effectiveness of three possible Medicare

smoking cessation benefits and to make

inferences that are generalizable to the

Medicare program. Using a comparison

trial with restricted randomization of

study locales, this study will compare

three variations in a potential Medicare

smoking cessation benefit on smoking

cessation and abstinence rates;

Frequency: Semi-annually; Affected

Public: Individuals or Households;

Number of Respondents: 43,500; Total

Annual Responses: 130,500; Total

Annual Hours: 58,000.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

on or before January 22, 2001 directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Security and Standards Group, Division

of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2–14–

26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: November 9, 2000.

John P. Burke, III,

Reports Clearance Officer, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Sandards.

[FR Doc. 00–29785 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–10022]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,