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2The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has

pending before it a number of applications filed by

single users for large numbers of 800 MHz I/LT and

Business channels. The applicants’ individual

communications requirements do not appear

sufficient to require such large numbers of

channels. The Bureau continues to maintain these

applications in pending status until the Act is fully

implemented.

to the public interest. Southern’s

system, which has a service area of over

120,000 square miles in the

southeastern United States, provides

internal communications for Southern’s

operating companies and provides

service to a large external customer

base, including public utilities, federal,

state, and local governments, and

emergency management agencies, such

as sheriffs’ departments and ambulance

services. The system provides voice

dispatch service, full-duplex telephone

interconnection, short message service

(similar to alphanumeric paging), and

data transmission capabilities. Southern

states that the continued operation of its

system is necessary to maintain

competition in the urban dispatch

service market, and to maintain

dispatch and telephone interconnection

service in rural areas. It also states that

it is at a severe disadvantage with

respect to other Commercial Mobile

Radio Service (CMRS) providers

because the subsequently-adopted

CMRS construction requirement based

on channel usage and population

coverage is more flexible than the

requirement for Business and I/LT

channels.

3. We also note that on April 22, 1998,

the Land Mobile Communications

Council filed a Petition for Rule Making

regarding the allocation of spectrum for

the Private Mobile Radio Services. We

anticipate that the Commission will

resolve the matters raised therein in

another proceeding, but we invite

comments on how the LMCC Petition

and the Southern waiver request relate

to issues the Commission is likely to

consider with regard to implementation

of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (the

Act). The Act, which mandates that

most mutually exclusive license

applications be resolved by competitive

bidding, gives rise to such issues as

whether geographic area licensing for

Business and I/LT channels serves the

public interest, how to define bidder

eligibility for auctions held to award

mutually exclusive licenses for these

channels, how to define the class of

land mobile licensee that is exempt

from licensing by auction, and whether

the existence of the Southern Request

for Waiver and a number of other

applications requesting large numbers of

channels in the I/LT and Business

Categories should be considered when

developing rules for future licensing of

these channels.2

4. Interested parties may file

comments on Southern’s Request for

Waiver on or before May 28, 1998.

Parties interested in submitting reply

comments must do so on or before June

12, 1998. All comments should

reference Southern’s Request for Waiver

with the designated DA number, and

should be filed with the Office of the

Secretary, Federal Communications

Commission, 1919 M St., N.W., Room

222, Washington, D.C. 20554. A copy of

each filing should be sent to

International Transcription Services,

Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th St., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857–

3800, and to Scot Stone, Federal

Communications Commission, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, Public

Safety and Private Wireless Division,

2025 M St., N.W., Room 8010G, (202)

418–0680 or via e-mail to

sstone@fcc.gov.

5. The full text of the Request for

Waiver, comments, and reply comments

are available for public inspection and

duplication during regular business

hours in the Public Safety and Private

Wireless Division of the Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 2025 M

St., N.W., Room 8010, Washington, D.C.

20554. Copies also may be obtained

from ITS, 1231 20th St., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857–

3800.

6. For further information, contact

Scot Stone of the Public Safety and

Private Wireless Division of the

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at

(202) 418–0680 or via e-mail to

sstone@fcc.gov.

Federal Communications Commission.

Rosalind Allen,

Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 98–12606 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

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 this notice appears in the

Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 217–011620.

Title: Hapag-Lloyd/P&O Nedlloyd Slot

Exchange Agreement.

Parties:

Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH

(‘‘Hapag’’)

Treated as a single party, referred to

as (‘‘PONL’’) P&O Nedlloyd

Limited, P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

authorizes PONL and Hapag to

exchange slots on vessels owned,

operated or utilized by them in the trade

between North Europe and the U.S.

Atlantic and gulf Coasts, and to engage

in a limited range of related cooperative

arrangements in the trade. The parties

have requested a shortened review

period.

Agreement No.: 217–011621.

Title: Hapag-Lloyd/P&O Nedlloyd/

Sea-Land Space Charter Agreement.

Parties:

Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH

(‘‘Hapag’’)

Treated as a single party, referred to

as (‘‘PONL’’) P&O Nedlloyd

Limited, P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

Sea-Land Service, Inc. (‘‘Sea-Land’’)

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

authorizes PONL and Sea-Land to

charter space to Hapag and authorizes

the parties to enter into a limited range

of related cooperative arrangements in

the trade between North Europe and the

U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. The

parties have requested a shortened

review period.

Agreement No.: 224–200870–001.

Title: Port of Oakland/Marine

Terminals Corporation Management

Agreement.

Parties:

Port of Oakland

Marine Terminals Corporation

(‘‘MTC’’).

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

reduces the annual crane guarantee by

750 hours in MTC’s Management

Agreement with the Port for the Port’s

Seventh Street Marine Container

Terminal. It also provides that the use

of Crane No. X–423 by MTC shall not

count towards MTC’s annual crane

guarantee, and that MTC may use Crane

No. X–423 until such time as the Port

elects to remove it from the facilities.

Agreement No.: 224–201051.

Title: Atlantic Coast Public Marine

Terminal Discussion Agreement.

Parties:

Georgia Ports Authority

Maryland Port Administration

North Carolina State Ports Authority
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South Carolina State Ports Authority

The Port Authority of New York &

New Jersey

Virginia Port Authority.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

would permit the parties to meet,

discuss, and exchange information

regarding a broad range of port activities

and issues of concern to the marine

terminal industry. The Agreement does

not authorize its members to take any

collective action. Any agreement the

parties might desire to implement

would be filed with the Commission in

accordance with the provisions of the

Shipping Act of 1984, if required. The

Agreement will be effective for an initial

term of five years.

Agreement No.: 224–201052.

Title: Port of Oakland and Marine

Terminals Corporation License and

Concession Agreement.

Parties:

Port of Oakland

Marine Terminals Corporation.

Synopsis: Under the proposed

agreement, the port grants Marine

Terminals Corporation a license,

concession and privilege, subject to the

terms and conditions set forth in the

agreement, to use about 25 acres, plus

adjacent vessel berthing area in the

Oakland Outer Harbor Area, currently

leased by the port from the United

States Army for an initial period

expiring July 31, 1998, with options for

subsequent one-year extensions.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Dated: May 7, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12584 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

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.

FirstAir, Inc. d/b/a SeaMasters, 980 Lone Oak

Road, Suite 160, Eagan, MN 55121,

Officers: Richard D. McCrady, Jr.,

President, Kim L. McCrady, Vice President

Logical Logistics International Ltd., 5188

Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30342, Officer:

Alan M. Sheps, President

Provex, Inc., 6581 N.W. 82nd Avenue,

Miami, FL 33166, Officer: Jose Arteaga,

President

Paramount Transportation System, Inc., 100

N. Rancho Santa Fe Road, Suite #125, San

Marcos, CA 92069, Officers: Mike Keller,

President, Grace Bishar, Secretary/

Treasurer

Ocean Transportation Services, LLC, Two

Union Square, 601 Union Street, Suite

5568, Seattle, WA 98101–2327, Officers:

Neal E. Gordon, President, Ernest

Sarkissian, Vice President

A.C.T.S. American Christian Transportation

Service, 136 Church Street, Rockaway, NJ

07866, Donald G. Andersen, Sole

Proprietor

Dated: May 7, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12583 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–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.

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 June 5, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Union Planters Corporation, and its

second tier subsidiary, Union Planters

Holding Corporation, both of Memphis,

Tennessee; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares and to merge with its

wholly owned bank holding company

subsidiary, Alvin Bancshares, Inc., and

its wholly owned subsidiary, Alvin

Bancshares, Delaware, Inc., and thereby

indirectly acquire Alvin State Bank, all

of Alvin, Texas.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue,

P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480-0291:

1. Merchants Holding Company,

Winona, Minnesota; to acquire 32.1

percent of the voting shares of BRAD,

Inc., Black River Falls, Wisconsin, and

thereby indirectly acquire Black River

Country Bank, Black River Falls,

Wisconsin.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. WTSB Bancorp, Inc., Snyder,

Texas; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of WTSB Delaware

Bancorp, Inc., Dover, Delaware, and

thereby indirectly acquire West Texas

State Bank, Snyder, Texas.

2. WTSB Delaware Bancorp, Inc.,

Dover, Delaware; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of West

Texas State Bank, Snyder, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 6, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–12454 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 12:00 noon, Monday,

May 18, 1998.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

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 matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.