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Assistance program in the following

areas among those areas determined to

have been adversely affected by the

catastrophe declared a major disaster by

the President in his declaration of

January 10, 1998:

Lewis County for Individual Assistance and

Public Assistance.

Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, and St.

Lawrence Counties for Categories C

through G under the Public Assistance

program (already designated for Individual

Assistance and Categories A and B under

the Public Assistance program).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Dennis H. Kwiatkowski,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–2071 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1192–DR]

Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands; Amendment to Notice

of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, (FEMA–1192–DR), dated

December 8, 1997, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, is hereby amended to include

Hazard Mitigation in the following areas

among those areas determined to have

been adversely affected by the

catastrophe declared a major disaster by

the President in his declaration of

December 8, 1997:

All islands within the Commonwealth of

the Northern Mariana Islands are eligible to

apply for assistance under the Hazard

Mitigation Grant Program.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–2069 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Commission hereby gives notice

of the filing of the following

agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of

1984.

Interested parties can review or obtain

copies of agreements at the Washington,

DC offices of the Commission, 800

North Capitol Street, N.W., Room 962.

Interested parties may submit comments

on an agreement to the Secretary,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days

of the date this notice appears in the

Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 203–011279–006.

Title: The Latin America Agreement.

Parties: The Members of the

following: Central America Discussion

Agreement; Southeastern Caribbean

Discussion Agreement; Hispaniola

Discussion Agreement; U.S. Jamaica

Discussion Agreement; Venezuela

American Maritime Association;

Caribbean Shipowners’ Association;

Aruba Bonaire Curacao Liner

Association; Inter-American Freight

Conference; Venezuelan Discussion

Agreement; and Puerto Rico/Caribbean

Discussion Agreement.

Synopsis: The proposed modification

changes the name of the Agreement

from the ‘‘Western Hemisphere

Discussion Agreement’’ to the ‘‘Latin

America Agreement’’, as well as making

membership changes to the list of

members of the Central America

Discussion Agreement and the InterAmerican Freight Conference.

Agreement No.: 203–011452–010

Title: Trans-Pacific Policing

Agreement

Parties: American President Lines,

Ltd.; Cho Yang Line; China Ocean

Shipping Company; DSR-Senator Joint

Service; Evergreen Marine Corp.; Hanjin

Shipping Co., Ltd.; Hapag-Lloyd

Container Linie GmbH; Hyundai

Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.; Kawasaki

Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.; A.P. Moller-Maersk

Line; Mtsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; Neptune

Orient Lines, Ltd.; Nippon Yusen

Kaisha Line; Orient Overseas Container

Line, Inc.; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; P&O

Nedlloyd Lijnen, B.V.; Sea-Land

Service, Inc.; and Wilhelmsen Lines AS,

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment

would expand the scope of the

Agreement’s policing program to

include rates, charges, terms, and

condition established pursuant to

Agreement No. 203–011325 (the

Westbound Transpacific Stabilization

Agreement) for wastepaper and metal

scrap. It also deletes Transportation

Maritima Mexicana S.A. de C.V. as a

party to the Agreement.

Agreement No.: 232–011606.

Title: The COSCON/KL Slot Exchange

Agreement.

Parties: COSCO Container Lines,

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

would permit the parties to charter

space to one another and to agree upon

the deployment and utilization of

vessels in the trade between United

States Pacific Coast ports and ports in

Asia, and inland points in the U.S. and

Asia served via such ports.

Dated: January 22, 1998.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1978 Filed 1–27–98; 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 February 23,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Jeffery Hirsch, Banking Supervisor)