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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 May 26, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. Cambridge Financial Group, Inc.,

Cambridge, Massachusetts; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of

Cambridge Savings Bank, Cambridge,

Massachusetts.

2. Plymouth Bancorp, Inc., Wareham,

Massachusetts; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Plymouth

Savings Bank, Wareham, Massachusetts.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. BankFirst Corporation, Knoxville,

Tennessee (formerly Smoky Mountain

Bancorp, Inc.); to acquire 100 percent of

the voting shares of First Franklin

Bancshares, Inc., Athens, Tennessee,

and thereby indirectly acquire The First

National Bank and Trust Company,

Athens, Tennessee.

2. CNB Holdings, Inc., Alpharetta,

Georgia; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Chattahoochee

National Bank, Alpharetta, Georgia (in

organization).

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. NW Bancorp, Inc., Prospect

Heights, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of Village Bank &

Trust, North Barrington, Illinois.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.,

and its wholly owned subsidiary,

Ameribanc, Inc., both of St. Louis,

Missouri; to acquire Firstbank of Illinois

Co., Springfield, Illinois, and thereby

indirectly acquire Bank Central, Inc.,

Springfield, Illinois; Central National

Bank of Mattoon, Mattoon, Illinois;

Central Bank System, Inc., Fairview

Heights, Illinois; Central Bank, Fairview

Heights, Illinois; Farmers and

Merchants Bank of Carlinville,

Carlinville, Illinois; Colonial

Bancshares, Inc., Des Peres, Missouri;

The Colonial Bank, Des Peres, Missouri;

Duchesne Bank, St. Peters, Missouri;

Elliott State Bank, Jacksonville, Illinois;

First National Bank of Central Illinois,

Springfield, Illinois; and First Trust and

Savings Bank, Taylorville, Illinois.

In connection with this application,

Applicants have also applied to acquire

Zemenick & Walker, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri, and thereby engage in the

business of providing investment

advisory services, including offering

non-discretionary investment advice,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(6) of the Board’s

Regulation Y; Mid-Country Financial,

Inc., Springfield, Illinois, and thereby

engage in making indirect consumer

automobile loans, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(1) of the Board’s Regulation Y;

FFG Trust, Inc., Springfield, Illinois,

and thereby engage in providing

corporate trust and investment

management services, pursuant to §§

225.28(b)(5) and (6) of the Board’s

Regulation Y; and GCT Realty, Fairview

Heights, Illinois, and thereby engage in

community development activities,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(12) of the

Board’s Regulation Y.

E. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue,

P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480-0291:

1. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis,

Minnesota; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of MidAmerica

Bancshares, Inc., Newport, Minnesota,

and thereby indirectly acquire

MidAmerica Bank, Newport, Minnesota;

Minnesota Bancshares, Inc., Newport,

Minnesota; MidAmerica Bank South,

Mankato, Minnesota; Wisconsin

Bancshares, Inc., Newport, Minnesota;

MidAmerica Bank Hudson, Hudson,

Wisconsin; MidAmerica Bank North,

Phillips, Wisconsin; MidAmerica Bank;

Dodgeville, Wisconsin; Charter

Bancorporation, Inc., Scottsdale,

Arizona; Bank of Arizona, Scottsdale,

Arizona; The Bank of New Mexico

Holding Company, Albuquerque, New

Mexico; and The Bank of New Mexico,

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

MidAmerica Financial Corporation,

Newport, Minnesota, and thereby

engage in making, acquiring and

servicing loans and other extensions of

credit, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(1) of the

Board’s Regulation Y; and in leasing

personal and real property, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(3) of the Board’s Regulation

Y.

F. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager

of Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. San Juan Bank Holding Company

Friday Harbor, Washington; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Islanders

Bank, Friday Harbor, Washington.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 24, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–11483 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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, including the

companies listed below, 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 May 14, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Republic Bancshares, Inc., St.

Petersburg, Florida; to acquire Bankers

Savings Bank, FSB, Coral Gables,

Florida, and thereby engage in operating

a savings association, pursuant to §
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225.28(b)(4)(ii) of the Board’s Regulation

Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 24, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–11484 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–14–98]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of

information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance

Officer at (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Long-Term Health Effects of Methyl

Parathion in Children—A Follow-Up

Study—New—The Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the

1980 Comprehensive Environmental

Response Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA), and its 1986

Amendments, The Superfund

Amendments and Reauthorization Act

(SARA), to prevent or mitigate adverse

human health effects and diminished

quality of life resulting from the

exposure to hazardous substances into

the environment. Children were

exposed to Methyl Parathion (MP) via

illegal indoor residential spraying of MP

for pest control in nine states. All of

these sprayed areas have been

designated as CERCLA sites and placed

on the National Priorities List (NPL) for

conducting remedial actions. The MP

sites consist of contaminated residences

and businesses spread over several

counties and states, intermingled with

other building structures that were

never sprayed with MP, making targeted

remedial actions more challenging.

This study of children exposed to MP

and children not exposed, but matched

on age, sex, and race will provide

critical public health information for the

gap in data regarding the effects of lower

dose, sub-acute exposure on

neurobehavioral and respiratory

development. The study population will

consist of children under 6 years of age

at the time of exposure (exposed group),

whose residences in Ohio and

Mississippi were illegally sprayed with

MP since 1994, and matched with

unexposed children (unexposed group).

No data exist regarding low dose, subacute exposure to MP in children. The

goal of this study is to examine the

association between lower dose, subacute MP exposure in children,

specifically from indoor spraying, and

the risk of adversely affecting normal

neurobehavioral and respiratory

development.

The questionnaire will be

administered in person by trained

interviewers to the mothers (fathers or

other guardians, if the mother is not

available) of the exposed and unexposed

children. The Pediatric Environmental

Neurobehavioral Test Battery (PENTB)

will be administered by personnel

trained in the neurobehavioral

assessment of children at annual

intervals for the three study years. The

total annual burden hours are 1,208.

Respondent questionnaire Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average burden/response

(in hours)

Total annual

burden

(in hours)

Parent/Child (general) .................................................................................................... 537 1 1 537

(PENTB) Test Battery Questionnaires ........................................................................... 537 1 1.25 671

2. Survey of Assisted Reproductive

Technology Embryo Laboratory

Procedures and Practices—New—Public

Health Practice Program Office—In

October 1992, Congress passed the

Fertility Clinic Success Rate and

Certification Act of 1992 (FCSRCA). In

accordance with this statute, the CDC

has been tasked with developing a

model certification program for assisted

reproductive technologies (ART)

embryo laboratories that are providing

services to human fertility specialists in

the U.S. This model certification

program is to be voluntarily

implemented by States or by

independent certifying agencies such as

the College of American Pathologists

(CAP), which are approved by the State.

The model certification program is to

include a set of quality standards for the

performance of laboratory procedures,

maintenance of records, qualifications

of laboratory personnel, and criteria for

the inspection and certification of

embryo laboratories. Other than a

General Accounting Office Survey

conducted in 1988, no current survey of

ART laboratory procedures and

practices is available. The proposed

information collection will use a paper

survey to provide an enumeration of

these ART laboratory procedures,

equipment maintenance practices, and

personnel qualifications. This

information is required to finalize the

development of the model certification

program and also provide a baseline

study for evaluating its impact and

effectiveness.

The intended population is ART

laboratory directors at all facilities with

human embryo laboratories in the U.S.

The estimated time for completion of

this survey is expected to be

approximately one hour per response.

This estimate includes the time needed

to review instructions, gather the

relevant information, complete the form,

and review the collected data. The total

annual burden hours are 488.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden/response

(in hours)

Total burden (hours)

ART Laboratory Directors ................................................................................................. 325 1 1.5 488