Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 10 / Thursday, January 15, 1998 / Notices 2393

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 219–4155.

Marjorie W. Emmons,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–1169 Filed 1–13–98; 2:28 pm]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Commission hereby gives notice

of the filing of the following

agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of

1984.

Interested parties can review or obtain

copies of agreements at the Washington,

DC offices of the Commission, 800

North Capitol Street, N.W., Room 962.

Interested parties may submit comments

on an agreement to the Secretary,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days

of the date of this notice appears in the

Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 202–008090–042.

Title: Mediterranean North Pacific

Coast Freight Conference.

Parties: Med Pacific Express Zim

Israel Navigation Co., Ltd.

Synopsis: The parties have modified

their Agreement to reflect the deletion

of the trade from the West Coast of the

United States to the Mediterranean from

the geographic scope of the Agreement

as of February 15, 1998.

Agreement No.: 232–011605.

Title: GWF/Seaboard Space Charter

and Sailing Agreement.

Parties: Great White Fleet, Ltd.

(‘‘GWF’’) Seaboard Marine, Ltd.

(‘‘Seaboard’’)

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

permits the parties to charter space to

each other, rationalize sailings, to

interchange equipment, and to enter

into joint terminal arrangements relating

to stevedoring or other marine terminal

operations in the trade between the U.S.

Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the

Caribbean Coast of Colombia, Costa

Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Dated: January 9, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–997 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573.

International Forwarding and Logistics,

Inc., 2653 Veneer Street, Charleston,

SC 29405, Officer: Leslie M. Leben,

President

MATEX International Ltd., 201 E. Grand

Avenue, Suite 1–A, Escondido, CA

92025, Officers: Ronald A. Matsuishi,

President, Frank B. Reinsch, General

Manager

American Container Line, 1340 Tully

Road, Suite 313, San Jose, CA 95122,

Steve Dinh, Sole Proprietor

Dated: January 9, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–998 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

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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. The notices

also will 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 January

30, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Neal C. Needham, Anna, Illinois; to

acquire additional voting shares of First

State Bank of Dongola, Dongola, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 12, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1077 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

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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.

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 February 9,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. WesBanco, Inc., Wheeling, West

Virginia; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Commercial

Bancshares, Incorporated, Parkersburg,

West Virginia, and thereby indirectly

acquire The Bank of Paden City, Paden

City, West Virginia, Commercial

Banking and Trust Company,

Parkersburg, West Virginia, Jackson

County Bank, Ravenswood, West

Virginia, Farmers & Mechanics Bank of
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Ritchie County, Harrisville, West

Virginia, The Dime Bank, Marietta,

Ohio, Union Bank Of Tyler County,

Middlebourne, West Virginia, The

Community Bank, Pennsboro, West

Virginia, and Gateway Bancshares, Inc.,

McMechen, West Virginia, and thereby

indirectly acquire The Bank of

McMechen, McMechen, West Virginia.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Commbanc Investment, Inc., Marietta,

Ohio, and Hometown Finance Co., Inc.,

Parkersburg, West Virginia, and thereby

engage in securities brokerage activities

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(7)(i) of the

Board’s Regulation Y, in financial and

advisory activities pursuant to § 225.28

(b)(6) of the Board’s Regulation Y;

extending credit and servicing loans

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(1) of the Board’s

Regulation Y; and acting as agent for the

sale of death and disability insurance

directly related to its consumer lending

activities pursuant to § 225.28(b)(11)(ii)

of the Board’s Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Regions Financial Corporation,

Birmingham, Alabama; to merge with

Key Florida Bancorp, Inc., Bradenton,

Florida, and thereby indirectly acquire

Liberty National Bank, Bradenton,

Florida.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Community Bank Shares of

Indiana, Inc., New Albany, Indiana; to

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

of NCF Financial Corporation,

Bardstown, Kentucky, and thereby

indirectly acquire NCF Bank & Trust

Company, Bardstown, Kentucky.

2. Union Planters Corporation,

Memphis, Tennessee; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Security

Bancshares, Inc., Des Arc, Arkansas, and

thereby indirectly acquire Farmers &

Merchants Bank, Des Arc, Arkansas, and

Merchants & Farmers Bank, West

Helena, Arkansas.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue,

P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480-0291:

1. Forstrom Bancorporation, Inc.,

Clara City, Minnesota; to merge with

First Valley Bankcorp, Seeley Lake,

Montana, and thereby indirectly acquire

First Valley Bank, Seeley Lake,

Montana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 9, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1001 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

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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 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.

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 January 29, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager

of Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris,

France; to engage de novo through its

subsidiary BNP Securities (U.S.A.), Inc.,

Radnor, Pennsylvania, in buying and

selling in the secondary market all types

of securities on the order of customers

as a ‘‘riskless principal’’ to the extent of

engaging in a transaction in which the

company, after receiving an order to buy

(or sell) a security from a customer,

purchases (or sells) the security for its

own account to offset a

contemporaneous sale to (or purchase

from) the customer, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(7)(ii) of the Board’s Regulation

Y. The proposed activities will be

conducted worldwide.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 9, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1002 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Advisory Commission on Consumer

Protection and Quality in the Health

Care Industry; Notice of Public Meeting

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby

given of the meeting of the Advisory

Commission on Consumer Protection

and Quality in the Health Care Industry.

This two-day meeting will be open to

the public, limited only by the space

available.

Place of meeting: William Natcher

Conference Center, National Institutes of

Health (Building 45), 45 Center Drive;

Bethesda, MD, 20892. Exact locations of the

sessions will be available at the conference

center (lower level) and on the Commission’s

web site, ‘‘www.hcqualitycommission.gov’’.

Times and Dates: The public meeting will

span two days. On Tuesday, January 27,

1998, the subcommittee break-out sessions

will take place from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, January 28, 1998, the general

plenary session will begin at 8:00 a.m. and

it will continue until 4:00 p.m.

Purpose/Agenda: To hear testimony and

continue formal proceedings of the

Commission’s three (3) remaining

subcommittees (Subcommittee on Consumer

Rights has completed its work). Agenda items

are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person: For more information,

including substantive program information

and summaries of the meeting, please

contact: Edward (Chip) Malin, Hubert

Humphrey Building, Room 118F, 200

Independence Avenues, S.W., Washington,

DC 20201; [202/205–3333].

Dated: January 8, 1998.

Janet Corrigan,

Executive Director, Advisory Commission on

Consumer Protection and Quality in the

Health Care Industry.

[FR Doc. 98–962 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–07–98]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of