Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 101 /Wednesday, May 27, 1998 / Notices 29013

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, D.C. 20573.

Florida International Forwarders, Inc.,

12900 SW 111 Ave., Miami, FL 33176,

Officer: Joe A. Caballero, President

Baytop Container Co., 2214 Torrance

Blvd., #102, Torrance, CA 90501,

Kevin Ahn, Sole Proprietor

Auto Shipping International, 3859 Park

Avenue, Edison, NJ 08820, Ronald A.

Pfeiffer, Sole Proprietor

ACD Cargo, Inc., 1521 N.W. 82 Avenue,

Miami, FL 33134, Officer: Maria

Flores, President

J C Shipping Inc., 802 Spring Lake

Court, P.O. Box 128, Morrow, GA

30260, Officer: Joseph Chong, Director

Gene International Inc., 2125 Center

Avenue, Suite 300A, Ft. Lee, NJ

07024, Officers: Ae S. Park, President,

Yoon S. Park, Secretary.

Dated: May 20, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13927 Filed 5–26–98; 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 19, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Paul Kaboth, Banking Supervisor) 1455

East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. Citizens Bancshares, Inc.,

Salineville, Ohio; to acquire 10 percent

of the voting shares of NSD Bancorp,

Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and

thereby indirectly acquire Northside

Deposit Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2. Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.,

Georgetown, Kentucky; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of The Bank

of Philippi, Inc., Philippi, West Virginia

(in organization).

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue,

P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480-0291:

1. Frandsen Financial Corporation,

Forest Lake, Minnesota; to merge with

Taylor Bancshares, Inc., North Mankato,

Minnesota, and thereby indirectly

acquire Fidelity State Bank of Fairfax,

Fairfax, Minnesota; Fidelity State Bank

of Hector, Hector, Minnesota; Valley

Bank Minnesota, Jordan, Minnesota;

Farmers Bank, Minnesota Lake,

Minnesota; State Bank & Trust Company

of New Ulm, New Ulm, Minnesota; and

Valley Bank, North Mankato,

Minnesota.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager

of Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. United Security Bancorporation,

Spokane, Washington; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Grant

National Bank, Ephrata, Washington.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 20, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–13914 Filed 5–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Monday, June

1, 1998.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 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 items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.bog.frb.fed.us for an electronic

announcement that not only lists

applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: May 22, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–14089 Filed 5–22–98; 10:25 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Advisory Council on Government

Auditing Standards; Sunshine Act

Meeting

The Advisory Council on Government

Auditing Standards will meet on

Monday, June 8, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to

4:30 p.m., in room 7C13 of the General

Accounting Office building, 441 G St.,

NW., Washington, DC.

The Advisory Council on Government

Auditing Standards will hold a meeting

to discuss issues that may impact

Government Auditing Standards. Any

interested person may attend the

meeting as an observer. Council

discussions and reviews are open to the

public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marcia Buchanan, Assistant Director,

Government Auditing Standards, AIMD,

(202) 512–9321.