10856 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 46 / Monday, March 10, 1997 / Notices

Federal Financial Institutions Examination

Council

Joe M. Cleaver,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5848 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P, 6720–01–P, 6714–01–P,

4810–33–P, 7535–01–P

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

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 24, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. Larry W. Jochim, Bigfork, Montana;

to acquire an additional 9.6 percent, for

a total of 11.7 percent, of the voting

shares of Mountain Bank System, Inc.,

Whitefish, Montana, and thereby

indirectly acquire Valley Bank of

Belgrade, Belgrade, Montana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–5763 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

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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.

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 April 3, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690-1413:

1. ABC Employee Stock Ownership

Plan, Anchor, Illinois; to acquire

through a redemption of stock, an

additional 18.23 percent, for a total of

59.31 percent, of the voting shares of

Anchor Bancorporation, Inc., Anchor,

Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire

Anchor State Bank, Anchor, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–5762 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary

publishes a list of information

collections it has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.5.

The following are those information

collections recently submitted to OMB.

1. HHS Acquisition Regulations

—HHSAR Subpart 315 Solicitation and

Receipt of Proposals and Quotations—

0990–0139—extension with no

change—Subpart 315.4 is needed to

ensure consistency in all Departmental

solicitations and to ensure that all

solicitations describe all of the

information which an offeror would

need to submit an acceptable proposals.

Respondent: State of local governments,

Businesses or other for-profit

organizations, non-profit institutions,

small businesses; Total Number of

Respondents: 6,645 Frequency of

Response: one time; Average Burden per

Response: 2 hours; Estimated Annual

Burden: 23,290 hours.

OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

Copies of the information collection

packages listed above can be obtained

by calling OS Reports Clearance Officer

on (202) 690–6207. Written comments

and recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

directly to the OMB desk officer

designated above at the following

address: Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, 725 17th Street N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Comments may also be sent to

Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports

Clearance Officer, Room 503H,

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue S.W., Washington DC, 20201.

Written comments should be received

within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 97–5733 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

Annual Update of the HHS Poverty

Guidelines

AGENCY: Department of Health and

Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice provides an

update of the HHS poverty guidelines to

account for last (calendar) year’s

increase in prices as measured by the

Consumer Price Index.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These guidelines go into

effect on March 10, 1997 (unless an

office administering a program using the

guidelines specifies a different effective

date for that particular program).