7770 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 27 / Thursday, February 9, 1995 / Notices

Funding Mechanism

The funding mechanism for all

awards issued under this solicitation

will consist of a grant agreement

between EPA and the recipient.

In accordance with Public Law 95–

224, a grant is used to accomplish a

public purpose of support or

stimulation authorized by Federal

statute rather than acquisition for the

direct benefit of the Agency. In using a

grant instrument rather than a

cooperative agreement, EPA anticipates

that there will be no substantial

involvement during the course of the

grant, between the recipient and the

Agency.

Minority Institution Assistance

Pre-application assistance is available

upon request for potential investigators

representing institutions identified by

the Secretary, Department of Education,

as Historically Black Colleges or

Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic

Association of Colleges and Universities

(HACUs), or Native American or Tribal

Colleges. For further information on

minority assistance, contact Charles

Mitchell by telephone at (202) 260–

7473, by faxing a written request to

(202) 260–0211, or by mailing it to the

above-listed address for EPA’s Office of

Exploratory Research.

Contacts

Additional general information on the

grants program may be obtained by

contacting: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Exploratory

Research (8703), 401 M Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (202)

260–7474, Fax: (202) 260–0211.

Applicants with technical questions

may contact the appropriate individual

identified below.

Contacts for Research Topics of Interest

Human Health Risk Assessment

• Kevin Garrahan (202) 260–2588.

Indoor Air Quality in Large Office

Buildings

• Ross V. Highsmith (919) 541–7828.

• Kevin Y. Teichman (202) 260–7669.

Air Pollutants (particulates, ozone, &

toxics)

• Ila L. Cote (919) 541–3644

(particulates).

• James S. Vickery (919) 541–2184

(ozone).

• Larry T. Cupitt (919) 541–2454

(toxics).

Regional Hydrologic Vulnerability to

Global Climate Change

• Barbara M. Levinson, (202) 260–

5983.

• Joel D. Scheraga, (202) 260–4029.

Dated: February 1, 1995.

Approved:

Robert J. Huggett,

Assistant Administrator for Research and

Development.

[FR Doc. 95–3292 Filed 2–8–95; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

F & M National Corporation, et al.;

Formations of; Acquisitions by; and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied for the Board’s approval

under section 3 of the Bank Holding

Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1842) and §

225.14 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.14) to become a bank holding

company or to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the applications

are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act

(12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).

Each application is available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. Once the

application has been accepted for

processing, it will also be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing to the

Reserve Bank or to the offices of the

Board of Governors. Any comment on

an application that requests a hearing

must include a statement of why a

written presentation would not suffice

in lieu of a hearing, identifying

specifically any questions of fact that

are in dispute and summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a

hearing.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received not later than March

6, 1995.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

1. F & M National Corporation,

Winchester, Virginia; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Bank of

the Potomac, Inc., Herndon, Virginia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303:

1. Community Group, Inc.,

Chattanooga, Tennessee; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Etowah

Bancing Company, Etowah, Tennessee,

and thereby acquire Southern United

Bank of McMinn County, Etowah,

Tennessee.

2. Greater Rome Bancshares, Inc.,

Rome, Georgia; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Greater

Rome Bank, Rome Georgia, a de novo

bank.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690:

1. AMCORE Financial, Inc., Rockford,

Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of NBM Bancorp, Inc.,

Mendota, Illinois, and thereby indirectly

acquire First National Bank of Peru,

Peru, Illinois, and National Bank of

Mendota, Mendota, Illinois.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice

President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:

1. Otto Bremer Foundation and

Bremer Financial Corporation, both of

St. Paul, Minnesota; to merge with

Morris State Bancorporation, Morris,

Minnesota, and thereby indirectly

acquire Morris State Bank, Morris,

Minnesota.

E. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198:

1. American State Bank ESOP, Broken

Bow, Oklahoma; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 37.04

percent of the voting shares of American

State Bancshares, Inc., Broken Bow,

Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly

acquire American State Bank, Broken

Bow, Oklahoma.

2. Overland Bancorp, Inc., Belton,

Missouri; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 80 percent of the

voting shares of Bank of Belton, Belton,

Missouri.

F. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Gulf Southwest Nevada Bancorp,

Inc., Reno, Nevada; and Gulf Southwest

Bancorp, Inc., Houston, Texas to acquire

100 percent of the voting shares of

Texas Gulf Coast Bancorp, Inc.,

Houston, Texas, and thereby indirectly

acquire First Bank Mainland, LaMarque,

Texas; First Bank Pearland, Pearland,

Texas; and Texas City Bank, Texas City,

Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 3, 1995.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95–3236 Filed 2–8–95; 8:45 am]

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