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Bank of D.C., National Association,

Washington, D.C. (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. Community First Bankshares, Inc.,

Fargo, North Dakota; to merge with

Guardian Bancorp, Salt Lake City, Utah,

and thereby indirectly acquire Guardian

State Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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. Security Bank Holding Company

Employee Stock Ownership Plan, and

Security Bank Holding Company, both

of Coos Bay, Oregon; to acquire 100

percent of the Class B common stock,

which will represent not less than 50

percent of the total equity of of

McKenzie State Bank, Springfield,

Oregon (in organization).

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 28, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

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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 June 17, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue,

P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480-0291:

1. United Community Bancshares,

Eagan, Minnesota; to engage de novo

through its subsidiary, United Trust

Company, N.A., Eagan, Minnesota, in

non-depository trust company activities,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(5) of Regulation

Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. CBOT Financial Corporation, New

Waverly, Texas, and CBOT Financial

Corporation of Delaware, Wilmington,

Delaware; to engage de novo through

their subsidiary, CBOT Mortgage,

Conroe, Texas (dba Citizens Mortgage),

in brokering loans, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 28, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics; Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the Department of

Health and Human Services announces

the following advisory committee

meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and

Health Statistics (NCVHS).

Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m., June

16, 1998; 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., June 17, 1998.

Place: Conference Room 505A, Hubert H.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.

Status: Open.

Purpose: The meeting will focus on a

variety of health data policy and privacy

issues. Department officials will brief the

Committee on recent activities of the HHS

Data Council and the status of HHS activities

in implementing the administrative

simplification provisions of P.L. 104–191, the

Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The

Committee will review its current

organization and work plans. In addition, the

Committee will discuss the quality of HEDIS

data, possible comments on the report of the

President’s Commission on Quality and

Consumer Protection, recommendations for

HIPAA claims attachment standards, and

possible comments on the HIPAA Notices of

Proposed Rulemaking for the adoption of

data standards. The Committee also will be

briefed on plans for Healthy People 2010,

National Health Objectives for the Nation,

and the results of a CPRI Terminology

Conference. Subcommittee breakout sessions

are planned. All topics are tentative and

subject to change. Please check the NCVHS

website, where a detailed agenda will be

posted prior to the meeting.

Contact Person For More Information:

Substantive information as well as

summaries of NCVHS meetings and a roster

of committee members may be obtained by

visiting the NCVHS website (http://

aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs) or by calling James

Scanlon, NCVHS Executive Staff Director,

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning

and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440–D.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201,

telephone (202) 690–7100, or Marjorie S.

Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS,

NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential

Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville,

Maryland 20782, telephone 301/436–7050.

Note: In the interest of security, the

Department has instituted stringent

procedures for entrance to the Hubert H.

Humphrey Building by non-government

employees. Thus, individuals without a

government identification card may need to

have the guard call for an escort to the

meeting room.

Dated: May 26, 1998.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

Public Information Collection

Requirement Submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Clearance

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

The Administration on Aging (AoA),

Department of Health and Human

Services, has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) the

following proposal for the collection of

information in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (Public Act

96–511):

Title of Information Collection: State

Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Report.

Type of Request: Extension of use of

the report, with no revisions.

Use: Extension of reporting format for

use by states in reporting on activities

of their Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Programs as required under Section 712

of the Older American Act, as amended.
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Frequency: Annually.

Respondents: State Agencies on

Aging.

Estimated Number of Responses: 52.

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 9,000.

Additional Information or Comments:

The Administration on Aging is

submitting to the Office of Management

and Budget, for approval, an extension,

with no revisions, of a reporting form

and instructions for the State Annual

Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report,

pursuant to requirements in Section

712(b) and (h) of the Older Americans

Act.

The form for which extension is

requested was approved by the Office of

Management and Budget, on an

emergency basis, for use by the states in

reporting on activities in FY 1997. It is

the same form used by the states for

their FY 1996 reports, except for minor

changes made for the FY 1997

emergency request. These changes:

(1) modified the wording of some of

the complaint categories to assist

respondent in categorizing some

complaints which had previously been

placed under the ‘‘other’’ categories and

(2) Stipulated that several narrative

responses which had not changed since

the previous report do not need to be

repeated.

The reporting form is for federal fiscal

years 1998–2000. Written comments

and recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of the publication of this

notice directly to the following address:

Ms. Allison Herron Eydt, AoA Desk

Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, 1725 17th Street, N.W., Room

10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: May 27, 1998.

Harry Posman,

Director, Executive Secretariat and Policy

Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement Number 98049]

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health; Evaluation Of

Toxicologic Risk Assessment Models

Using Epidemiology Data Notice of

Availability of Funds for Fiscal Year

1998

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), the nation’s

prevention agency, announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 1998

funds for a cooperative agreement

program to evaluate the toxicologic risk

assessment models using epidemiology

data.

CDC is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of Healthy People

2000, a national activity to reduce

morbidity and mortality and improve

the quality of life. This announcement

is related to the priority area of

Occupational Safety and Health. (For

ordering a copy of Healthy People 2000,

see the section WHERE TO OBTAIN

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.)

CDC, NIOSH is committed to the

program priorities developed by the

National Occupational Research Agenda

(NORA). For ordering a copy of the

NORA, see the section WHERE TO OBTAIN

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.)

Authority

This program is authorized under

Sections 20(a) and 22(e)(7) of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970 [29 U.S.C. 669(a) and 671(e)(7)].

Smoke-Free Workplace

CDC strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and promote the non-use of

all tobacco products, and Pub. L. 103–

227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private, nonprofit and forprofit organizations and governments

and their agencies. Thus, universities,

colleges, research institutions, hospitals,

other public and private organizations,

State and local governments or their

bona fide agents, federally recognized

Indian tribal governments, Indian tribes

or Indian tribal organizations, and

small, minority- and/or woman-owned

businesses are eligible to apply.

Note: An organization described in section

501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of

1986 which engages in lobbying activities

shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds

constituting an award, grant, contract, loan,

or any other form of funding.

Availability of Funds

Approximately $106,000 is available

in FY 1998 to fund one award. The

award will be made for a 12-month

budget period within a project period of

up to three years. The amount of

funding available may vary and is

subject to change. The award is

expected to begin on or about

September 30, 1998. Continuation

awards within the project period will be

made on the basis of satisfactory

progress and availability of funds.

Use of Funds

Restrictions on Lobbying

Applicants should be aware of

restrictions on the use of HHS funds for

lobbying of Federal or State legislative

bodies. Under the provisions of 31

U.S.C. Section 1352 (which has been in

effect since December 23, 1989),

recipients (and their subtier contractors)

are prohibited from using appropriated

Federal funds (other than profits from a

Federal contract) for lobbying Congress

or any Federal agency in connection

with the award of a particular contract,

grant, cooperative agreement, or loan.

This includes grants/cooperative

agreements that, in whole or in part,

involve conferences for which Federal

funds cannot be used directly or

indirectly to encourage participants to

lobby or to instruct participants on how

to lobby.

In addition, the FY 1998 Department

of Labor, Health and Human Services,

and Education, and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 105–78)

states in Section 503(a) and (b) that no

part of any appropriation contained in

this Act shall be used, other than for

normal and recognized executivelegislative relationships, for publicity or

propaganda purposes, for the

preparation, distribution, or use of any

kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication,

radio, television, or video presentation

designed to support or defeat legislation

pending before the Congress or any

State legislature, except in presentation

to the Congress or any State legislature

itself. No part of any appropriation

contained in this Act shall be used to

pay the salary or expenses of any grant

or contract recipient, or agent acting for

such recipient, related to any activity

designed to influence legislation or

appropriations pending before the

Congress or any State legislature.

Background

Research on risk assessment

methodology is one of the NORA

priority areas. Quantitative risk

assessment has become a requirement

for the development of NIOSH

recommended exposure limits and

ultimately Occupational Safety and

Health Administration and Mining

Safety and Health Administration

regulations. Animal bioassays have

provided the scientific basis for most

risk assessment models. The validity of