40912 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 147 / Friday, July 31, 1998 / Notices

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 August 27,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Paul Kaboth, Banking Supervisor) 1455

East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. PHS Bancorp, M.H.C., Beaver Falls,

Pennsylvania; to acquire 55 percent of

the voting shares of PHS Bancorp, Inc.,

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and thereby

indirectly acquire Peoples Home

Savings Bank, Beaver Falls,

Pennsylvania.

In connection with this application,

PHS Bancorp, Inc., Beaver Falls,

Pennsylvania; has applied to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Peoples

Home Savings Bank, Beaver Falls,

Pennsylvania.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. First Belmond Bancorporation,

Belmond, Iowa; to acquire at least 58.57

percent of the voting shares of

Community Bank of Oelwein (in

organization), Oelwein, Iowa.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, July 28, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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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: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

August 5, 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: July 29, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT

INVESTMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. (EDT) August

10, 1998.

PLACE: 4th Floor, Conference Room

4506, 1250 H Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Approval of the minutes of the July

13, 1998, Board member meeting.

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report

by the Executive Director.

3. Review of investment policy.

4. Review of Arthur Andersen

semiannual financial review.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640.

Dated: July 29, 1998.

Roger W. Mehle,

Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift

Investment Board.

[FR Doc. 98–20640 Filed 7–29–98; 2:09 pm]

BILLING CODE 6760–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 98F–0584]

DuPont Chemicals and White Pigments

and The Dow Chemical Co.; Filing of

Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that DuPont Chemicals and White

Pigments, and The Dow Chemical Co.,

has jointly filed a petition proposing

that the food additive regulations be

amended to provide for the safe use of

monoisopropanolamine as a dispersant

for pigments intended to be used either

as fillers or colorants in food-contact

paper and paperboard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety

and Applied Nutrition (HFS–215), Food

and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20204, 202–418–3098.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))),

notice is given that a food additive

petition (FAP 8B4607) has been filed by

DuPont Chemicals and White Pigments,

Edge Moor Plant, 104 Hay Rd.,

Wilmington, DE 19809, and The Dow

Chemical Co., 2030 Dow Center,

Midland, MI 48674. The petition

proposes to amend the food additive

regulations in § 176.170 Components of

paper and paperboard in contact with

aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR

176.170) to provide for the safe use of

monoisopropanolamine as a dispersant

for pigments intended to be used as

fillers or colorants in food-contact paper

and paperboard.

The agency has determined under 21

CFR 25.32(i) that this action is of a type

that does not individually or

cumulatively have a significant effect on

the human environment. Therefore,

neither an environmental assessment

nor an environmental impact statement

is required.

Dated: June 24, 1998.

Laura M. Tarantino,

Acting Director, Office of Premarket

Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied

Nutrition.

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BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

Radiological Devices Panel of the

Medical Devices Advisory Committee;

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

This notice announces a forthcoming

meeting of a public advisory committee

of the Food and Drug Administration

(FDA). The meeting will be open to the

public.