Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 12 / Tuesday, January 20, 1998 / Notices 2981

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. FirstMerit Corporation, Akron,

Ohio; to merge with CoBancorp, Inc.,

Elyria, Ohio, and thereby indirectly

acquire PremierBank & Trust, Elyria,

Ohio.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Jefferson Savings Bank, West Jefferson,

Ohio, and thereby engage in permissible

savings association activities, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. MainStreet BankGroup

Incorporated, Martinsville, Virginia; to

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

of Regency Financial Shares, Inc.,

Richmond, Virginia, and thereby

indirectly acquire Regency Bank,

Richmond, Virginia.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Lincoln Interim Corporation,

Lincolnton, Georgia; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Lincoln

Bancshares, Inc., Lincoln, Georgia.

2. The Peoples BancTrust Company,

Inc., Selma, Alabama; to merge with

Merchants & Planters Bancshares, Inc.,

Montevallo, Alabama, and thereby

indirectly acquire Merchants & Planters

Bank, Montevallo, Alabama.

E. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. F&M Bancorporation, Inc.,

Kaukauna, Wisconsin; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Bancsecurity Corporation,

Marshalltown, Iowa, and thereby

indirectly acquire Security Bank,

Marshalltown, Iowa; Security Bank

Jasper-Poweshiek, Kellogg, Iowa; and

Story County Bank & Trust, Story City,

Iowa.

In connection with this application,

Bancsecurity Acquisition Corp.,

Kaukauna, Wisconsin, has also applied

to become a bank holding company.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 13, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1174 Filed 1–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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 13,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior

Vice President) 100 North 6th Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:

1. Community Banks, Inc.,

Millersburg, Pennsylvania; to acquire

100 percent of the voting shares of The

Peoples State Bank, East Berlin,

Pennsylvania.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. National City Corporation,

Cleveland, Ohio; to merge with Fort

Wayne National Corporation, Fort

Wayne, Indiana, and thereby indirectly

acquire The Auburn State Bank,

Auburn, Indiana; Churubusco State

Bank, Churubusco, Indiana; First

National Bank of Huntington,

Huntington, Indiana; First National

Bank of Warsaw, Warsaw, Indiana; Fort

Wayne National Bank, Fort Wayne,

Indiana; Old First National Bank in

Bluffton, Bluffton, Indiana; and Valley

American Bank and Trust Company,

South Bend, Indiana.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. Centura Banks, Inc., Rocky Mount,

North Carolina; to merge with Pee Dee

Bankshares, Inc., Timmonsville, South

Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire

Pee Dee State Bank, Timmonsville,

South Carolina.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 14, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1267 Filed 1–16–98; 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 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 February 13, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. Greater Community Bancorp,

Totowa, New Jersey; to acquire 1st

Bergen Bancorp, Wood-Ridge, New

Jersey, and thereby indirectly acquire

South Bergen Savings Bank, WoodRidge, New Jersey, and engage in

operating a savings bank, 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, January 13, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1173 Filed 1–16–98; 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 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 February 3, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. F.N.B. Corporation, Hermitage,

Pennsylvania, and F.N.B. Corporation to

acquire shares of Pennsylvania Sun Life

Insurance Company, Phoenix, Arizona,

and thereby engage in providing credit

life and disability insurance exclusively

to customers of Sun Bank, Sun Bancorp,

Inc.’s bank subsidiary, pursuant to §

225.25(b)(8)(i) of the Board’s Regulation

Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. First Commercial Corporation

(‘‘FCC’’), Little Rock, Arkansas; to

acquire First Commercial Investments,

Inc. (‘‘Company’’), Little Rock,

Arkansas, and thereby engage in

underwriting and dealing in, to a

limited extent, securities (See Citicorp,

73 Fed. Res. Bull. 473 (1987)); providing

investment and financial advisory

services, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(6) of

the Board’s Regulation Y; providing

advice and acting as arranger in

connection with merger, acquisitions,

divestiture and financial transactions,

including public and private financings,

loan syndications, interest rate and

currency swaps, interest rate caps and

similar transactions and/or furnishing

evaluation and fairness opinions in

connection with merger, acquisition,

and similar transactions, pursuant to §§

225.28(b)(6) and (b)(7) of the Board’s

Regulation Y; providing securities

brokerage services on either a standalone or full-service basis, pursuant to §

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

Y; buying and selling all types of

securities on the order of investors as

riskless principal, pursuant to §

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

Y; acting as agent for issuers and

holders in the private placement of

securities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(7)(iii)

of the Board’s Regulation Y;

underwriting and dealing in bank

eligible securities, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(8) of the Board’s Regulation Y;

and providing management consulting

and counseling services, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(9) of the Board’s Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 14, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1268 Filed 1–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[INFO–98–08]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted

for Public Comment and

Recommendations

In compliance with the requirement

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for

opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, call the CDC/ATSDR

Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639–

7090.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

for other forms of information

technology. Send comments to Wilma

Johnson, CDC/ATSDR Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Model Performance Evaluation

Program for Retroviral and AIDSRelated Testing—(0920–0274)—

Extension—Public Health Practice

Program Office (PHPPO). The CDC

Model Performance Evaluation Program

(MPEP) currently assesses the

performance of laboratories that test for

human immunodeficiency virus type 1

(HIV–1) antibody, human Tlymphotropic virus types I and II

(HTLV–I/II) antibody, perform CD4 Tcell testing or T-lymphocyte

immunophenotyping (TLI) by flow

cytometry or alternate methods, perform

HIV–1 ribonucleic acid (RNA)

determinations (viral load), and test for

HIV–1 p24 antigen through the use of

mailed sample panels. The CDC MPEP

is proposing to use annual data

collection documents to gain updated

information on the characteristics of

testing laboratories and their testing

practices. Two data collection

instruments, or survey questionnaires,

will be used. The first data collection

instrument will be concerned with

laboratories that perform HIV–1

antibody (Ab) testing, HTLV–I/II Ab

testing, HIV–1 viral RNA

determinations, and HIV–1 p24 antigen

(Ag) testing. Laboratories enrolled in the

MPEP will be mailed a survey

questionnaire and be asked to complete

the sections pertinent to their

laboratory’s testing. The survey

instrument will collect demographic

information related to laboratory type,

primary purpose for testing, types of

specimens tested, minimum education

requirements of testing personnel,

laboratory director, and laboratory