Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 67 / Tuesday, April 8, 1997 / Notices 16809

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 April 22, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. First Security Bank of Havre Profit

Sharing Plan and Trust, Havre,

Montanna; to acquire an additional 2.1

percent, for a total of 11.6 percent, of the

voting shares of Montana Security, Inc.,

Havre, Montana, and thereby indirectly

acquire First Security Bank of Havre,

Havre, Montana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 2, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–8902 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies;

Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

97-8135) published on page 15518 of the

issue for Tuesday, April 1, 1997.

On page 15519, under the Federal

Reserve Bank of Dallas heading, the

entry for BonState Bancshares, Inc.,

Bonham, Texas, is revised to read as

follows:

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. BonState Bancshares, Inc.,

Bonham, Texas, and Bonham Financial

Services, Inc., Dover, Delaware; to

become bank holding companies by

acquiring 100 percent of the voting

shares of Bonham State Bank, Bonham,

Texas.

Comments on this application must

be received by April 25, 1997.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 2, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–8901 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

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

April 14, 1997.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 21st 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:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204. You may call

(202) 452–3207, beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before this meeting, for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–9157 Filed 4–4–97; 2:47 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Notice and Request for Comment

Regarding Compliance Assistance and

Civil Penalty Leniency Policies for

Small Entities

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of policies and request

for comment.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission is issuing two statements

describing its policies for assisting small

businesses and other small entities.

These policy statements implement

requirements of the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of

1996. The first policy statement

discusses the variety of mechanisms

available for small entities to obtain

advice about their obligations under

statutes and rules enforced by the

Commission. The second policy

statement describes the Commission’s

approach to reduction or waiver of civil

penalties for small entities in various

mitigating circumstances.

Although these statements reflect

policies that are already in effect, the

Commission is soliciting comments

about them from interested persons. If,

after considering any comments, the

Commission determines to revise either

policy, it will publish a revised policy

statement.

DATES: The policy statements were

effective on March 28, 1997. Comments

will be received until May 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

identified as Small Business Policy

Comments, and sent to: Secretary, FTC,

Room H–159, Sixth and Pennsylvania

Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.

Comments will be entered on the public

record of the Commission and will be

available for public inspection in Room

130 during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary K. Engle, 202–326–3161,

Enforcement Division, Bureau of

Consumer Protection; or Neil W.

Averitt, 202–326–2885, Office of Policy

and Evaluation, Bureau of Competition.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part A, the

statement of the Small Entity

Compliance Assistance Policy, is

intended to explain to small businesses

and other small entities what assistance

is available to them from the

Commission and its staff to help them

understand and comply with obligations

imposed by the statutes and rules

enforced by the Commission. Part B, the

statement of the Civil Penalty Leniency

Policy, discusses how the Commission

expects to consider mitigating factors in

matters where small entities are subject

to civil penalties. These statements are

issued in implementation of sections

213 and 223 of the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

(‘‘SBREFA’’), Pub. L. No. 104–121,

enacted March 29, 1996.

These policy statements provide

guidance and information only, and do

not create any rights, duties, obligations,

or defenses, implied or otherwise. The

Commission specifically retains its

discretion for determining how to

proceed in particular cases. Also, while

the statements are drafted specifically

with respect to small entities in order to