Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 179 / Friday, September 16, 2005 / Notices 54747 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Jay Bernstein, Bank Supervision 

Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045-0001: 

1. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 

Sydney, Australia; to acquire approval 

pursuant to Section 4(c)(8) of the BHC 

Act and Section 225.24(a) of Regulation 

Y, for its wholly-owned subsidiary, 

CommSec LLC, New York, New York, to 

engage in securities brokerage, private 

placement services, futures commission 

merchant, and other transactional 

services pursuant to Section 

225.28(b)(7)(i)of Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 13, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc.05–18466 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

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 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

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 October 11, 

2005. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303: 

1. Synovus Financial Corp., 

Columbus, Georgia; to merge with 

Riverside Bancshares, Inc., Marietta, 

Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire 

Riverside Bank, Marietta, Georgia. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. Abdo Investments, Inc., Edina, 

Minnesota; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 24.2 percent of 

the voting shares of Rivers Ridge 

Holding Company, Edina, Minnesota, 

and thereby indirectly acquire 

Bankvista, Sartell, Minnesota. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 12, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–18383 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

Notice of a Deviation; Motor Vehicle 

Management 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, General Services Administration 

(GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a deviation. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the General Services Administration 

(GSA), Office of Governmentwide Policy 

(M), is granting a deviation from section 

102–34.335 of the Federal Management 

Regulation (FMR) (41 CFR 102–34.335) 

to all agencies whose purchase of 

gasoline for motor vehicles has been 

impacted by Hurricane Katrina. This 

deviation will allow Federal agencies to 

purchase premium gasoline for 

government owned and leased vehicles 

when lower grade gasoline is not 

available. This deviation can be found at 

www.gsa.gov/vehiclepolicy and clicking 

on ‘‘Deviation from 41 CFR 102–

34.335’’. 

DATES: The deviation announced in this 

notice is effective September 8, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact General 

Services Administration, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy, Office of 

Travel, Transportation and Asset 

Management, at (202) 501–1777 and cite 

the deviation regarding motor vehicle 

management dated September 8, 2005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

Federal Management Regulation 

(FMR) section 102–34.335 (41 CFR 102–

34.335) prohibits the use of premium 

grade gasoline in any motor vehicle 

owned or leased by the Government 

unless the motor vehicle specifically 

requires premium grade gasoline. This 

section states that drivers are to use the 

grade (octane rating) of gasoline 

recommended by the motor vehicle 

manufacturer when fueling motor 

vehicles owned or leased by the 

Government. 

As a result of the catastrophic 

destruction caused by Hurricane 

Katrina, agencies have reported that 

their vehicles operators are unable to 

purchase lower octane gasoline for their 

vehicles to complete their missions. In 

many areas, agencies have only been 

able to procure premium gasoline for 

use in their motor vehicles. The original 

intent of section 102–34.335 was to 

reduce fuel costs and eliminate the 

unnecessary use of premium gasoline in 

vehicles capable of being operated on 

lower grade gasoline. 

B. Procedures 

This deviation is located on the 

Internet at www.gsa.gov/vehiclepolicy 

and clicking on ‘‘Deviation from 41 CFR 

102–34.335’’. 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

Tom Horan, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. 05–18408 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–14–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–05–0494] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 371–5983 or send an 

email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington,