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EPA Index No. CERCLA–02–2004–2011, 

and should be addressed to the 

individual identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kedari Reddy, Assistant Regional 

Counsel, New Jersey Superfund Branch, 

Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 17th 

Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New 

York 10007. Telephone: (212) 637–3106. 

Dated: September 26, 2005. 

William McCabe, 

Acting Division Director, Emergency & 

Remedial Response Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20105 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notices 

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE AND TIME: 

Thursday, October 6, 2005, 2 p.m. 

meeting open to the public. This 

meeting has been cancelled. 

* * * * * 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, 

Telephone: (202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–20295 Filed 10–4–05; 3:11 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on an agreement to the Secretary, 

Federal Maritime Commission, 

Washington, DC 20573, within ten days 

of the date this notice appears in the 

Federal Register. Copies of agreements 

are available through the Commission’s 

Office of Agreements (202–523–5793 or 

tradeanalysis@fmc.gov). 

Agreement No.: 011921. 

Title: Hapag Lloyd/CP Ships 

Agreement. 

Parties: CP Ships USA, LLC/CP Ships 

(UK) Limited, and Hapag-Lloyd 

Container Line GmbH. 

Filing Parties: Jeffrey F. Lawrence, 

Esq., and David F. Smith, Esq.; Sher & 

Blackwell LLP; 1850 M Street, NW., 

Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. 

Synopsis: The proposed agreement 

would authorize the parties to discuss 

and agree on rates, terms, and 

conditions in all U.S. trades; share space 

on each other’s vessels; and engage in 

other cooperative activities. The parties 

request expedited review. 

Dated: October 3, 2005. 

By order of the Federal Maritime 

Commission. 

Bryant L. VanBrakle, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20135 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–U 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 05–06] 

Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier 

Service Arrangements; Extension of 

Time 

The Commission has received and 

determined to grant a request from the 

Department of Justice for an extension 

of time to October 20, 2005 to file 

comments in this proceeding. 

Comments will now be due on October 

20, 2005. 

Bryant L. VanBrakle, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20136 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–U 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Announcement of Board 

Approval Under Delegated Authority 

and Submission to OMB 

SUMMARY: 

Background 

Notice is hereby given of the final 

approval of proposed information 

collections 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). Board-approved collections of 

information are incorporated into the 

official OMB inventory of currently 

approved collections of information. 

Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting 

statements and approved collection of 

information instrument(s) are placed 

into OMB’s public docket files. 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: 

Federal Reserve Board Clearance 

Officer—Michelle Long—Division of 

Research and Statistics, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, Washington, DC 20551 (202–

452–3829). 

OMB Desk Officer—Mark Menchik—

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or 

e-mail to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov. 

Final approval under OMB delegated 

authority of the extension for three 

years, with revision of the following 

reports: 

1. Report title: Domestic Finance 

Company Report of Consolidated Assets 

and Liabilities. 

Agency form number: FR 2248. 

OMB control number: 7100–0005. 

Frequency: Monthly, quarterly, and 

semi-annually. 

Reporters: Domestic finance 

companies and mortgage companies. 

Annual reporting hours: 352 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Monthly, 18 minutes; quarterly, 25 

minutes; semi-annually, 10 minutes. 

Number of respondents: 80. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is voluntary (12 

U.S.C. 225(a)). Individual respondent 

data are confidential under section 

(b)(4) of the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552). 

Abstract: The monthly FR 2248 report 

collects balance sheet data on major 

categories of consumer and business 

credit receivables, major short-term 

liabilities, and securitized assets. For 

quarter-end months (March, June, 

September, and December), additional 

asset and liability items are collected to 

provide a full balance sheet. If the need 

arises, a special addendum may be used, 

no more than semi-annually, for timely 

information on questions of immediate 

concern to the Federal Reserve. 

The data are used to construct 

universe estimates of finance company 

holdings, which are published in the 

monthly statistical releases Finance 

Companies (G.20) and Consumer Credit 

(G.19), in the quarterly statistical release 

Flow of Funds Accounts of the United 

States (Z.1), and in the Federal Reserve 

Bulletin (Tables 1.51, 1.52, and 1.55). 

Current Actions: On July 26, 2005, the 

Federal Reserve issued for public 

comment proposed revisions to the FR 

2248 report (70 FR 43146). The 

comment period ended on September 

26, 2005. The Federal Reserve did not 

receive any comments. The changes will 

be implemented as proposed. The 

Federal Reserve will change the 

respondent panel definition to include 

mortgage companies. In addition, the 

Federal Reserve will instruct finance 

companies to include the assets and 

liabilities of their mortgage company 

subsidiaries. In addition, the Federal 

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Reserve is concurrently proposed 

similar revisions on the FR 3033. 

The inclusion of mortgage companies 

will improve estimates of financial 

flows, particularly household mortgage 

debt growth, as measured by the Federal 

Reserve Board’s Flow of Funds 

accounts. Since Housing and Urban 

Development discontinued its Survey of 

Mortgage Lending Activity in the late 

1990s, the Federal Reserve has been 

without a regular data source on the 

activities of mortgage companies. 

During this time, these firms may have 

accumulated inventories of loans that 

the estimates are not measuring. Also, as 

the front end of the mortgage 

‘‘pipeline,’’ mortgage companies may at 

times temporarily hold significant 

balances of mortgages awaiting 

securitization or sale. Thus, expanding 

the scope of the FR 2248 to include 

mortgage companies will improve the 

estimate of the overall stock of mortgage 

debt, and also mitigate likely 

measurement error in the quarterly flow 

measures of household debt growth 

from our failure to observe transitory 

mortgage holdings of these firms. 

2. Report title: Quinquennial Finance 

Company Questionnaire and Survey. 

Agency form number: FR 3033. 

OMB control number: 7100–0277. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Reporters: Domestic finance 

companies and mortgage companies. 

Annual reporting hours: 

Questionnaire, 1,000; survey, 315 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Questionnaire, 0.25 hours; survey, 0.42 

hours. 

Number of respondents: 

Questionnaire, 4,000; survey, 750. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is voluntary (12 

U.S.C. 225a, 263, and 353–359). 

Individual respondent data are 

confidential under section (b)(4) of the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552). 

Abstract: Since June 1955, the Federal 

Reserve System has surveyed the assets 

and liabilities of finance companies at 

five-year intervals. The first stage is a 

questionnaire (FR 3033p), which is sent 

to all domestic finance companies. The 

questionnaire asks for information on 

each company’s total net assets, areas of 

specialization, and other characteristics. 

From the universe of FR 3033p 

questionnaire respondents, the Federal 

Reserve will draw a stratified random 

sample of finance companies for the 

second stage, the survey itself (FR 

3033s). The survey will request detailed 

information, as of December 31, 2005, 

from both sides of the respondents’

balance sheets. 

Current Actions: On July 26, 2005, the 

Federal Reserve issued for public 

comment proposed revisions to the FR 

2248 report (70 FR 43146). The 

comment period ended on September 

26, 2005. The Federal Reserve did not 

receive any comments. The changes will 

be implemented as proposed. The 

Federal Reserve proposed two major 

revisions: (1) To change the respondent 

panel definition to include mortgage 

companies and (2) to instruct finance 

companies to include the assets and 

liabilities of their mortgage company 

subsidiaries. In addition, the Federal 

Reserve proposed similar revisions on 

the FR 2248. 

The inclusion of mortgage companies 

will improve estimates of financial 

flows, particularly household mortgage 

debt growth, as measured by the Federal 

Reserve Board’s Flow of Funds 

accounts. Since Housing and Urban 

Development discontinued its Survey of 

Mortgage Lending Activity in the late 

1990s, the Federal Reserve has been 

without a regular data source on the 

activities of mortgage companies. 

During this time, these firms may have 

accumulated inventories of loans that 

the estimates are not measuring. Also, as 

the front end of the mortgage 

‘‘pipeline,’’ mortgage companies may at 

times temporarily hold significant 

balances of mortgages awaiting 

securitization or sale. Thus, expanding 

the scope of the FR 3033 to include 

mortgage companies will improve the 

estimate of the overall stock of mortgage 

debt, and also mitigate likely 

measurement error in the quarterly flow 

measures of household debt growth 

from our failure to observe transitory 

mortgage holdings of these firms. 

3. Report title: Application for 

Membership in the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Agency form number: FR 2083, 

2083A, 2083B, and 2083C. 

OMB control number: 7100–0046. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Reporters: Newly organized banks 

that seek to become state member banks, 

or existing banks or savings institutions 

that seek to convert to state member 

bank status. 

Annual reporting hours: 320 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

4 hours. 

Number of respondents: 80. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is authorized by 

Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 

U.S.C. 321, 322, and 333) and is 

required to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Most individual respondent data are not 

considered confidential. Applicants 

may, however, request that parts of their 

membership applications be kept 

confidential, but in such cases the 

applicant must justify its request by 

demonstrating that disclosure would 

cause ‘‘substantial competitive harm’’ or 

result in ‘‘an unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy.’’ Because the 

confidentiality status of the information 

submitted will be judged on a case-bycase basis, the forms themselves raise no 

issues under the Freedom of 

Information Act, (5 U.S.C. 552). 

Abstract: The application for 

membership is a required one-time 

submission that collects the information 

necessary for the Federal Reserve to 

evaluate the statutory criteria for 

admission of a new or existing state 

bank into membership in the Federal 

Reserve System. This application 

provides managerial, financial, and 

structural data. 

Current actions: On July 26, 2005, the 

Federal Reserve issued for public 

comment proposed revisions to the FR 

2083, FR 2083a, FR 2083b, and FR 

2083c (70 FR 43146). The comment 

period ended on September 26, 2005. 

The Federal Reserve did not receive any 

comments. Section I of the FR 2083 

form will be modified to reflect the 

Federal Reserve’s fingerprint 

requirement, which differs from that of 

the other banking agencies. Section II 

will be modified to clarify certain 

information that needs to be submitted 

with a membership proposal. 

Information about recent or 

contemplated changes in the 

management, ownership, or the 

business plan of an existing bank must 

be known before action can be taken on 

a related membership application. The 

new questions in Section II about new 

principal ownership, anticipated 

changes in management of applicant (or 

applicant’s parent company), and 

management plans for the bank do not 

represent new information 

requirements, but rather information 

that has always been gathered as part of 

the overall review of a membership 

proposal. 

The FR 2083A and 2083B will be 

modified so that they request the same 

capital and surplus data as of the bank’s 

most recent (Consolidated Reports of 

Condition and Income (Report of 

Condition) (FFIEC 031 and 041; OMB 

No. 7100–0036) or a contemplated 

merger or consolidation date) as 

requested in the Application for Federal 

Reserve Bank Stock (FR 2030; OMB No. 

7100–0042). The FR 2083B also will be 

modified to eliminate a reference to the 

most recent examination of the applying 

bank by the Reserve Bank; it will now 

refer only to the most recent Report of 

Condition for deposit information. The 

FR 2083C will be modified to include 

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more signature lines as the current four 

lines are often not sufficient. 

Three sections of the General 

Information and Instructions of the FR 

2083 will be modified to recognize new 

sources of available information, 

provide other practical advice to an 

applicant, and ensure further 

consistency with other applications. 

The Preparation of Application section 

has been modified to reflect that the 

Federal Reserve’s public Web site now 

contains substantial filing information, 

including relevant regulations, which an 

applicant may find helpful when 

preparing a membership filing. As in 

other application filing instructions, the 

applicant is encouraged to consult with 

the appropriate Reserve Bank about the 

informational needs of a specific 

membership proposal. The section also 

recognizes a new requirement adopted 

by the Federal Reserve in May 2003 that 

an individual associated with a banking 

proposal may need to submit fingerprint 

cards as part of the name check process. 

Also, to ensure proper handling of a 

filing, applicants are encouraged to 

clearly identify when expedited 

processing is being sought. All of the 

proposed revisions to the 

Confidentiality and Compliance 

sections are to ensure consistency with 

the bank holding company application 

and notifications forms. The 

Application for Prior Approval to 

Become a Bank Holding Company or for 

a Bank Holding Company to Acquire an 

Additional Bank or Bank Holding 

Company (FR Y–3), the Notification for 

Prior Approval to Become a Bank 

Holding Company or for a Bank Holding 

Company to Acquire an Additional 

Bank or Bank Holding Company (FR Y–

3N), and the Notification for Prior 

Approval to Engage Directly or 

Indirectly in Certain Nonbanking 

Activities (FR Y–4) (OMB No. 7100–

0121). 

4. Report title: Applications for 

Subscription to, Adjustment in the 

Holding of, and Cancellation of Federal 

Reserve Bank Stock 

Agency form number: FR 2030, FR 

2030a, FR 2056, FR 2086, FR 2086a, FR 

2087 

OMB control number: 7100–0042 

Frequency: On occasion 

Reporters: National, state member, 

and nonmember banks 

Annual reporting hours: FR 2030: 27 

hours; FR 2030a: 13 hours; FR 2056: 775 

hours; FR 2086: 4 hours; FR 2086a: 19 

hours FR 2087: 2 hours 

Estimated average hours per response: 

0.5 hours 

Number of respondents: FR 2030: 54; 

FR 2030a: 25; FR 2056: 1,550; FR 2086: 

7; FR 2086a: 37 FR 2087: 4 

General description of report: These 

information collections are required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

• FR 2030 and FR 2030a: (12 U.S.C. 

222, 282, 248(a) and 321) 

• FR 2056: (12 U.S.C. 287, 248(a) and 

(i)) 

• FR 2086: (12 U.S.C. 287, 248(a) and 

(i)) 

• FR 2086a: (12 U.S.C. 321, 287, 

248(a)) 

• FR 2087: (12 U.S.C. 288, 248(a) and 

(i)) 

Most individual respondent data are 

not considered confidential. Applicants 

may, however, request that parts of their 

membership applications be kept 

confidential, but in such cases the 

applicant must justify its request by 

demonstrating that disclosure would 

cause ‘‘substantial competitive harm’’ or 

result in ‘‘an unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy.’’ Because the 

confidentiality status of the information 

submitted will be judged on a case-bycase basis, the forms themselves raise no 

issues under the Freedom of 

Information Act, (5 U.S.C. 552). 

Abstract: These application forms are 

required by the Federal Reserve Act and 

Regulation I. These forms must be used 

by a new or existing member bank 

(including a national bank) to request 

the issuance, and adjustment in, or 

cancellation of Federal Reserve Bank 

stock. The forms must contain certain 

certifications by the applicants, as well 

as certain other financial and 

shareholder data that is needed by the 

Federal Reserve to process the request. 

Current actions: On July 26, 2005, the 

Federal Reserve issued for public 

comment proposed revisions to the FR 

2056 and FR 2086a (70 FR 43146). The 

comment period ended on September 

26, 2005. The Federal Reserve did not 

receive any comments. There are no 

changes to four of the six application 

forms (the FR 2030, 2030a, 2086, and 

2087). The changes proposed for the 

other two forms (the 2056, and 2086a) 

are generally technical in nature. The 

FR 2056 and its attachment will be 

modified to allow for their usage by a 

mutual savings bank (which currently 

has no adjustment form) and to ensure 

that the correct capital and surplus data 

is provided when the requested 

adjustment relates to a proposed merger 

or consolidation. The modifications will 

allow this form to be used by a member 

bank that survives the merger or 

consolidation of two member banks, an 

adjustment not clearly addressed by the 

current stock forms. The FR 2086a also 

will be slightly modified to reflect that 

it could be used by a member bank that 

is eliminated during the merger or 

consolidation of two member banks for 

the cancellation of its Federal Reserve 

Bank stock. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 30, 2005. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–20031 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–U 

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 

Web ite at http://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 31, 

2005. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166–2034: 

1. First Banks, Inc., Hazelwood, 

Missouri; to acquire an additional 8.52 

percent, for a total of 24.99 percent, of 

the voting shares of Community West 

Bancshares, Goleta, California, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Community West Bank, National 

Association, Goleta, California.