26190 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 91 /Tuesday, May 12, 1998 / Notices

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.