Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 14 /Thursday, January 22, 1998 / Notices 3325

Request for Comment

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the FDIC’s functions, including whether

the information has practical utility; (b)

the accuracy of the estimates of the

burden of the information collection,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

At the end of the comment period, the

comments and recommendations

received will be analyzed to determine

the extent to which the collection

should be modified prior to submission

to OMB for review and approval.

Comments submitted in response to this

notice also will be summarized or

included in the FDIC’s requests to OMB

for renewal of this collection. All

comments will become a matter of

public record.

Dated at Washington, D.C., this 14th day of

January, 1998.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1454 Filed 1–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission to OMB Under

Delegated Authority

Background

Notice is hereby given of the final

approval of a proposed revised

information collection by the Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System (Board) under OMB delegated

authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB

Regulations on Controlling Paperwork

Burdens on the Public). The Federal

Reserve may not conduct or sponsor,

and the respondent is not required to

respond to, an information collection

that has been extended, revised, or

implemented on or after October 1,

1995, unless it displays a currently valid

OMB control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief, Financial Reports Section—Mary

M. McLaughlin—Division of Research

and Statistics, Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System,

Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)

OMB Desk Officer—Alexander T.

Hunt—Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room

3208, Washington, DC 20503 (202-

395-7860)

Final approval under OMB delegated

authority of the extension for three

years, with revision, of the following

report:

1. Report title: Money Market Mutual

Fund Assets Reports

Agency form number: FR 2051a, b, c,

and d

OMB Control number: 7100-0012

Effective Date: February 23, 1998.

Frequency: weekly and monthly

Reporters: money market mutual funds

Annual reporting hours: 5,580

Estimated average hours per response: 3

minutes (FR 2051a), 12 minutes (FR

2051b)

Number of respondents: 1,500 (FR

2051a), 700 (FR 2051b)

Small businesses are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (12

U.S.C. 353 et seq.) and is given

confidential treatment (5 U.S.C.

552(b)(4)).

Abstract: These reports provide

information on the assets of money

market mutual funds which the Federal

Reserve System uses in the construction

of the monetary aggregates and for

current analysis of money market

conditions and banking developments.

The Federal Reserve has reduced and

simplified this information collection.

While the weekly FR 2051a is

unchanged, the monthly FR 2051b

report has been reduced by condensing

six items into three. The weekly FR

2051c and d reports have been

discontinued.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 15, 1998.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98-1436 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45AM]

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 17,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Hibernia Corporation, New

Orleans, Louisiana; to merge with

Firstshares of Texas, Inc., Marshall,

Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire

First National Bank, Marshall, Texas.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. CountryBanc Holding Company,

Edmond, Oklahoma; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of First

State Holding Company of Elkhart,

Elkhart, Kansas, and thereby indirectly

acquire First State Bank of Elkhart,

Elkhart, Kansas.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. MainBancorp, Inc., Austin, Texas,

and Maincorp Intermediate Holding Co.,

Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to acquire

100 percent of the voting shares of, and

thereby merge with First National

Bancorporation, Inc., Ennis, Texas, and

thereby indirectly acquire First National

Bank of Ennis, Ennis, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 16, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–1514 Filed 1–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F