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delegated authority, has received initial

Board approval and is hereby published

for comment. At the end of the comment

period, the proposed information

collection, along with an analysis of

comments and recommendations

received, will be submitted to the Board

for final approval under OMB delegated

authority.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before April 24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, which should

refer to the OMB Docket number (or

Agency form number in the case of a

new information collection that has not

yet been assigned an OMB number),

should be addressed to Mr. William W.

Wiles, Secretary, Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551,

or delivered to the Board’s mail room

between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., and to

the security control room outside of

those hours. Both the mail room and the

security control room are accessible

from the courtyard entrance on 20th

Street between Constitution Avenue and

C Street, N.W. Comments received may

be inspected in room B-1122 between

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except as

provided in section 261.8 of the Board’s

Rules Regarding Availability of

Information, 12 CFR 261.8(a).

A copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the Board: Milo Sunderhauf, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A

copy of the proposed form and

instructions, the Paperwork Reduction

Act Submission (OMB 83I), supporting

statement, and other documents that

will be placed into OMB’s public docket

files once approved may be requested

from the agency clearance officer, whose

name appears below.

Mary M. McLaughlin, Federal Reserve

Board Clearance Officer (202-452-3829),

Division of Research and Statistics,

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

20551. For the hearing impaired only,

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

(TDD) Dorothea Thompson (202–452–

3544), Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

20551.

Proposal to approve under OMB

delegated authority the implementation

of the following report:

1. Report title: Finance Company

Questionnaire

Agency form number: FR 3033p

OMB Docket number: 7100–0277

Frequency: One-time

Reporters: Domestic finance companies

Annual reporting hours: 775

Estimated average hours per response:

0.25

Number of respondents: 3,100

Small businesses are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary [12

U.S.C. §§225(a), 263, and 353-359] and

is given confidential treatment [5 U.S.C.

Y552(b)(4)].

Abstract: Since 1995 the Federal

Reserve has conducted surveys of

domestic finance companies every five

years on consumer and business credit

and on major assets and liabilities of

finance companies. The FR 3033p is a

one-page questionnaire that determines

which finance companies are in

existence and for those that are,

information is requested about the

company’s total receivables, areas of

specialization, and other characteristics.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 17, 1995

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board

[FR Doc. 95–7119 Filed 3–22–95; 8:45 am]

Billing Code 6210–01–F

Community Bancshares, Inc.

Employee Stock Ownership Plan;

Notice of Application to Engage de

novo in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The company listed in this notice has

filed an application under § 225.23(a)(1)

of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR

225.23(a)(1)) for the Board’s approval

under section 4(c)(8) of the Bank

Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843(c)(8)) and § 225.21(a) of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.21(a)) to commence or to

engage de novo, either directly or

through a subsidiary, in a nonbanking

activity that is listed in § 225.25 of

Regulation Y as closely related to

banking and permissible for bank

holding companies. Unless otherwise

noted, such activities will be conducted

throughout the United States.

The 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 on the

question whether consummation of the

proposal can ‘‘reasonably be expected to

produce benefits to the public, such as

greater convenience, increased

competition, or gains in efficiency, that

outweigh possible adverse effects, such

as undue concentration of resources,

decreased or unfair competition,

conflicts of interests, or unsound

banking practices.’’ Any request for a

hearing on this question must be

accompanied by a statement of the

reasons a written presentation would

not suffice in lieu of a hearing,

identifying specifically any questions of

fact that are in dispute, summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a

hearing, and indicating how the party

commenting would be aggrieved by

approval of the proposal.

Comments regarding the application

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than April 6, 1995.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198:

1. Community Bancshares, Inc.

Employee Stock Ownership Plan,

Neosho, Missouri; to engage de novo

through Community Bancshares, Inc.,

Neosho, Missouri, in operating

Community Bank, Fayetteville,

Arkansas, a de novo savings association,

pursuant to § 225.25(b)(9) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 17, 1995.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95–7116 Filed 3–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

First Southern Bancshares, Inc., 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.