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obtained by written request to the FCC’s 

EAS office. Automatic interrupt of 

programming is required when facilities 

are unattended. Automatic operation 

must provide a permanent record of the 

EAS message. 

47 CFR 11.54 requires EAS 

Participants to enter into their logs/ 

records the time of receipt of an 

emergency alert notice and an 

emergency action termination messages 

during a national level emergency. 

47 CFR 11.55 requires EAS 

participants to monitor their emergency 

alert system upon receipt of a state or 

local area EAS message. Stations/ 

systems must also enter into their logs/ 

records the time of receipt of an 

emergency alert message. 

47 CFR 11.61 requires EAS 

Participants to conduct periodic EAS 

tests. Tests of the EAS header codes, 

attention signal, test script and EOM 

code are required to be performed 

monthly. Tests of the EAS header codes 

and end of message codes are made at 

least once a week. National primary 

sources shall participate in tests as 

appropriate. DBS providers, Class D 

non-commercial educational FM 

stations and low power TV stations are 

not required to transmit this test but 

must log receipt of the test. The FCC 

may request a report of the tests of the 

national primary sources. In addition, 

entries must be made in stations/ 

systems logs/records as previously 

stated. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–19532 Filed 10–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

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 29, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Anne MacEwen, Bank 

Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, 

New York, New York 10045–0001: 

1. Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., Dublin, 

Ireland and M&T Bank Corporation, 

Buffalo, New York (M&T); to acquire 

100 percent of the voting shares of 

Partners Trust Financial Group, 

(Partners Trust), and merge Partners 

Trust with and into M&T, and thereby 

acquire voting shares of Partners Trust 

Municipal Bank, Utica, New York. 

In connection with this application, 

Allied Irish Banks. p.l.c., and M&T also 

have applied to acquire Partners Trust 

Bank; Partners NEWPRO, Inc.; Partners 

Preferred Capital Corporation; Partners 

Trust Investment Services, Inc.; BSB 

Mortgage Corporation; BSB Financial 

Services, Inc.; Groupinsure Brokerage 

Holding, Inc.; and SBU Mortgage 

Corporation, all of Utica, New York, and 

thereby engage in operating a federal 

savings bank, pursuant to section 

225.28(b)(4)(ii); in extending credit and 

servicing loans, pursuant to section 

225.28(b)(1); in asset management, 

servicing, and collection activities, 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(2)(vi); and 

in securities brokerage activities, 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(7)(i), all of 

Regulation Y. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 

President) 701 East Byrd Street, 

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528: 

1. SCBT Financial Corporation, 

Columbia, South Carolina; to acquire 

100 percent of the voting shares of TSB 

Financial Corporation, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of The 

Scottish Bank, both of Charlotte, North 

Carolina. 

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., 

Nashville, Tennessee; to merge with 

Mid–America Bancshares, Inc., and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Bank of the South, Mt. Juliet, 

Tennessee, and PrimeTrust Bank, 

Nashville, Tennessee. 

D. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291: 

1. Hazen Bancorporation, Hazen, 

North Dakota; to acquire additional 

voting shares, for a total of 16.67 

percent, of North Star Holding 

Company, and thereby indirectly 

acquire additional voting shares of 

Unison Bank, both of Jamestown, North 

Dakota. 

2. McIntosh County Bank Holding 

Company, Ashley, North Dakota; to 

acquire additional voting shares, for a 

total of 33.33 percent, of North Star 

Holding Company, and thereby 

indirectly acquire additional voting 

shares of Unison Bank, both of 

Jamestown, North Dakota. 

3. Wishek Bancorporation, Wishek, 

North Dakota; to acquire additional 

voting shares, for a total of 33.3 percent, 

of North Star Holding Company, and 

thereby indirectly acquire additional 

voting shares of Unison Bank, both of 

Jamestown, North Dakota. 

E. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Bruning Bancshares, Inc., Bruning, 

Nebraska; to acquire up to 15 percent of 

the voting shares of 3MV Bancorp, Inc., 

and thereby indirectly acquire voting 

shares of Access Bank (in organization), 

both in Omaha, Nebraska. 

2. 3MV Bancorp, Inc.; to become a 

bank holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Access 

Bank (in organization), both of Omaha, 

Nebraska. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 1, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–19623 Filed 10–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (Eastern Time), 

October 15, 2007. 


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PLACE: 4th Floor Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts closed to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

September 17, 2007 Board member 

meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report 

by the Executive Director. 

a. Monthly Participant Activity 

Report. 

b. Legislative Report. 

3. Quarterly Reports. 

a. Investment Policy Review. 

b. Vendor Financial Reports. 

4. Board Policy Manual. 

5. Mid-Year Financial Audit. 

Parts Closed to the Public 

6. Security. 

7. Proprietary Information. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

Dated: October 2, 2007. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

Secretary to the Board, Federal Retirement 

Thrift Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. 07–4941 Filed 10–2–07; 10:23 am] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–M 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Assessment for 

Improvements to the Nogales Mariposa 

U.S. Port of Entry, Nogales, Arizona 

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service, GSA 

ACTION: Notice of Availability and 

Public Hearing. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) announces the 

availability of the Draft Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for Improvements to 

the Nogales Mariposa U.S. Port of Entry, 

Nogales, Arizona, for public review and 

comment. The EA provides GSA and its 

stakeholders an analysis of the 

environmental impacts resulting from 

ongoing operations as well as reasonable 

alternatives for new operations and 

facilities at the Nogales Mariposa U.S. 

Port of Entry, located in southern 

Arizona. 

DATES: Written comments on the Draft 

EA are invited from the public and may 

be submitted during the comment 

period, which begins today and ends 

November 30, 2007 (see ADDRESSES 

section for more details). Comments 

must be postmarked by November 30, 

2007, to ensure consideration. The GSA 

will use the comments received to help 

prepare the final version of the Nogales 

Mariposa U.S. Port of Entry EA. A 

public meeting on the Draft EA will be 

held on Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 

from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Santa Cruz 

County Office Building, 2150 North 

Congress Drive, Nogales, Arizona. 

The hearing will provide 

opportunities for information exchange 

and discussion between GSA and the 

public, as well as for submitting 

prepared statements. For more 

information call (619)557–6169. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in writing to: Greg Smith, 

NEPA Project Manager, GSA, 880 Front 

St., Room 4236, San Diego, CA 92101, 

or via e-mail to greg.smith@gsa.gov. Oral 

and written comments may also be 

submitted at the public hearing 

described in the DATES section. Copies 

of the Draft Nogales Mariposa U.S. Port 

of Entry EA may be downloaded from 

http:\\www.gsa.gov/nepalibrary. Other 

matters regarding this environmental 

review should be referred to Greg Smith 

at the address above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

of availability will be mailed to all 

agencies, organizations, and individuals 

who participated in the scoping process 

or were identified during the EA 

process. GSA has distributed copies of 

the Draft Nogales Mariposa U.S. Port of 

Entry EA to appropriate agencies of, the 

state of Arizona, local county 

governments, other federal agencies, 

and other interested parties who have 

already requested copies. 

After the public comment period, 

which ends November 30, 2007, GSA 

will consider the comments received, 

revise the Draft EA if necessary, and 

issue a Final EA. GSA will consider the 

Final EA, along with other economic 

and technical considerations, to make a 

decision on the appropriate course for 

improvements to the Nogales Mariposa 

U.S. Port of Entry. 

Dated: September 28, 2007. 

Peter G. Stamison, 

Regional Administrator,Pacific Rim Region. 

[FR Doc. E7–19662 Filed 10–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–YF–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–07–06BP] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

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) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Outcomes Data Collection of the 

National Prevention Information 

Network—New—National Center for 

HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 

(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The National Center for HIV, 

Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 

(NCHHSTP) within the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

proposes a survey data collection to 

assess the CDC National Prevention 

Information Network’s (NPIN) Web site, 

products and services. The CDC NPIN 

serves as the U.S. reference, referral, and 

distribution service for information on 

HIV/AIDS, STDs, TB and viral Hepatitis. 

Products and services offered by the 

CDC NPIN Web site is the primary 

channel used by the CDC to provide 

information concerning prevention, 

treatment, and care of HIV, STD, TB, 

and viral Hepatitis to its prevention 

partners, stakeholders, and other 

constituents. 

The CDC NPIN Web site includes 

several searchable databases that can be 

used to locate information about testing 

centers, funding opportunities, 

upcoming conferences, educational 

materials, and news. The Web site is a 

widely used service by the public, with 

more than 54 million hits and 3 million 

visits recorded since August 2004. 

Following enhancements to the website 

completed in February 2006, 22,886,855 

hits and 1,349,318 visits have already 

been recorded from February to 

November 2006. In addition to the Web 

site, consumers can access information 


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