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Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. BB&T Corporation, Winston-Salem,

North Carolina; to acquire Maryland

Federal Bancorp, Inc., Hyattsville,

Maryland, and thereby indirectly

acquire its subsidiary, Maryland Federal

Savings and Loan Association,

Hyattsville, Maryland, and thereby

engage in operating a savings and loan

association, securities brokerage, and

marketing credit-related insurance,

pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(4)(ii), (b)(7)(i),

and (b)(11)(i) of Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc., Beloit,

Wisconsin; to acquire First Financial

Bancorp, Inc., Belvidere, Illinois, and

thereby indirectly acquire First Federal

Savings Bank of Belvidere, Belvidere,

Illinois, and thereby engage in the

operation of a savings association,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 9, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–15735 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

June 17, 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.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, 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: June 10, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–15810 Filed 6–10–98; 11:08 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[INFO–98–21]

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) 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 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 Seleda

Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

1. Statement in Support of

Application for Waiver of

Inadmissibility—(0920–0006)—

Extension—National Center for

Infectious Disease Control and

Prevention (NCID)—Section 212(a)(1) of

the Immigration and Nationality Act

states that aliens with specific healthrelated conditions are ineligible to

receive visas and ineligible for

admission into the United States. The

Attorney General may waive application

of this inadmissibility on health-related

grounds if an application for waiver is

filed and approved by the consular

office considering the application for a

visa. The Division of Quarantine, NCID

uses this application primarily to collect

information to establish and maintain

records of waiver applicants in order to

notify the Immigration and

Naturalization Service (INS) when

terms, conditions, and controls imposed

by waiver are not met. We are

requesting the extension of this data

collection for three years. There is no

cost to the respondents.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

Respondents

Avg. burden/

responses

(in hrs.)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

Businesses or Organizations ............................................................................ 200 1 .165 33

Total ........................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 33
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Dated: June 8, 1998.

Charles W. Gollmar,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 98–15684 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 98070]

Evaluation of Violence Prevention

Programs for High-Risk Youth

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 1998

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for the Evaluation of Violence

Prevention Programs. This program

addresses the ‘‘Healthy People 2000’’

priority area of Violent and Abusive

Behavior.

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to support the

implementation and evaluation of

interventions which are designed to

prevent violence-related injuries among

high-risk youth (ages 13–21). For the

purpose of this announcement, high-risk

youth does not include youth that are

detained.

Applicants may propose to implement

and evaluate interventions to prevent

injuries due to interpersonal youth (ages

13–21) violence. The aim for these

interventions is to reduce the risk of

violence related injury among high-risk

youth and refers to impact assessment of

efforts to target youths (ages 13–21) who

are in alternative schools, or have been

injured in a violent incident or have

received treatment for a violence related

assault or trauma.

B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private nonprofit

organizations and by governments and

their agencies; that is, universities,

colleges, research institutions, hospitals,

other public and private nonprofit

organizations, and State and local

governments or their bona fide agents.

Note: Pub. L. 104–65, which became

effective January 1, 1996, states that 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 (cooperative agreement),

contract, loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $1,500,000 is available

in FY 1998 to fund approximately four

awards. It is expected that the average

award will be $375,000 ranging from

$350,000 to $400,000. It is expected that

the awards will begin on or about

September 30, 1998 and will be made

for a 12-month budget period within a

project period of up to three years.

Funding estimates may change.

Non-competing continuation awards

for new budget periods within an

approved project period are made on the

basis of satisfactory performance and

availability of funds.

Funding Preferences

In making awards, priority

consideration will be given to ensuring

geographic balance, a representative

mixture of target groups, diversity of

intervention strategies, and settings.

Priority will be given to proposed

projects evaluating efforts to reduce risk

of violence related injury among highrisk youth.

D. Cooperative Activities

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

will be responsible for the activities

under A. (Recipient Activities), and

CDC will be responsible for the

activities listed under B. (CDC

Activities).

1. Recipient Activities

a. Develop and implement an

intervention protocol.

b. Develop and pilot test data

collection instruments.

c. Analyze data and interpret findings.

d. Establish an advisory committee

(who represents the target population)

that will address issues related to

violence to ensure community

engagement.

e. Develop collaborative relationships

with voluntary, community-based

public and private organizations and

agencies already involved in preventing

violence.

f. Compile and disseminate the results

from the project.

2. CDC Activities

a. Collaborate on the development of

the intervention protocol.

b. Provide technical assistance on the

development and evaluation of the data

collection instruments.

c. Provide up-to-date scientific

information about youth violence

prevention.

d. Assist in the transfer of information

and methods developed in these

projects to other prevention programs.

E. Application Content

Use the information in the

Cooperative Activities, Other

Requirements, Evaluation Criteria

sections and the Errata Sheet

(Addendum III), included in the

application package to develop the

application content. Your application

will be evaluated on the criteria listed,

so it is important to follow them in

laying out your program plan.

The narrative should be no more than

30 double-spaced pages, printed on one

side, with one inch margins, and

unreduced font (no smaller than 10 cpi).

F. Submission and Deadline

Submit the original and five copies of

PHS–398 (OMB Number 0925–0001)

and adhere to the instructions on the

Errata Instruction Sheet for PHS 398.

Forms are in the application kit.

On or before AUGUST 13, 1998,

submit to: Joanne Wojcik, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Announcement 98070,

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry

Road, NE., Room 300, Mailstop E–13,

Atlanta, GA 30305–2209.

If your application does not arrive in

time for submission to the independent

review group, it will not be considered

in the current competition unless you

can provide proof that you mailed it on

or before the deadline (i.e., receipt from

U.S. Postal Service or a commercial

carrier; private metered postmarks are

not acceptable).

G. Evaluation Criteria

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria by an independent reviewer

group appointed by CDC. Applicants

will be evaluated according to the

following criteria (Maximum of 100

total points):

1. Intervention Plan (35 Points)

a. Target Group. The extent to which

the target group is described and access

to the target population is demonstrated.

The extent to which the target group has

a high incidence or prevalence of the

risk factors to be influenced by the

proposed intervention and the extent to

which appropriate demographic and

morbidity data are described. The extent

to which youth, who are the direct or

indirect target group, have a high

incidence of interpersonal violence and

violence-related injuries, disabilities,

and deaths. The extent to which the

applicant demonstrates a capability to

achieve a sufficient level of

participation by the target group in

order to evaluate the intervention in an