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commenting would be aggrieved by

approval of the proposal.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than May 8, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Christopher J. McCurdy, Senior

Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New

York, New York 10045:

1. The Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto,

Ontario, Canada; to engage de novo

through its subsidiary, Scotia Capital

Markets (USA), Inc., New York, New

York, in acting as a broker or agent with

respect to swap and swap-derivative

transactions and instruments; and acting

as an advisor to institutional customers

regarding financial strategies involving

such swap and swap-related

transactions and instruments, pursuant

to The Sumitomo Bank, Limited, 75

Fed. Res. Bull. 582(1989). These

activities will be conducted worldwide.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:

1. Union Planters Corporation,

Memphis, Tennessee; to acquire

Franklin Financial Group, Inc.,

Morristown, Tennessee, and thereby

indirectly acquire Franklin Federal

Savings Bank, Morristown, Tennessee,

and thereby engage in owning,

controlling, and operating a savings

bank, pursuant to § 225.25(b)(9) of the

Board’s Regulation Y; Colonial Loan

Association, Morristown, Tennessee,

and thereby engage in consumer finance

lending activities, pursuant to §

225.25(b)(1) of the Board’s Regulation Y;

Franklin Insurance Group, Inc.,

Morristown, Tennessee, and thereby

engage in the sale, as agent, of insurance

directly related to extensions of credit

by Franklin Federal Savings Bank which

assures the repayment of debt upon the

death, disability or involuntary

unemployment of the debtor, pursuant

to § 225.25(b)(8)(i) of the Board’s

Regulation Y, and in extensions of

consumer finance credit by Colonial

Loan Association which assures the

repayment of debt upon the loss or

damage to collateral, pursuant to §

225.25(b)(8)(ii) of the Board’s Regulation

Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 18, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–10039 Filed 4–23–96; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL

RESERVE SYSTEM

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Monday,

April 29, 1996.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 21st Streets,

NW., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: CLOSED.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments, reassignments, and

salary actions) involving individual Federal

Reserve System employees.

2. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204. You may call

(202) 452–3207, beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before this meeting, for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting.

Dated: April 19, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–10166 Filed 4–22–96; 10:05 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue

Debts

Section 30.13 of the Department of

Health and Human Services’ claims

collection regulations (45 CFR Part 30)

provides that the Secretary shall charge

an annual rate of interest as fixed by the

Secretary of the Treasury after taking

into consideration private consumer

rates of interest prevailing on the date

that HHS becomes entitled to recovery.

The rate generally cannot be lower than

the Department of Treasury’s current

value of funds rate or the applicable rate

determined from the ‘‘Schedule of

Certified Interest Rates with Range of

Maturities.’’ This rate may be revised

quarterly by the Secretary of the

Treasury and shall be published

quarterly by the Department of Health

and Human Services in the Federal

Register.

The Secretary of the Treasury has

certified a rate of 135⁄8% for the quarter

ended March 31, 1996. This interest rate

will remain in effect until such time as

the Secretary of the Treasury notifies

HHS of any change.

Dated: April 18, 1996.

George Strader,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Finance.

[FR Doc. 96–10085 Filed 4–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Board of Scientific Counselors,

National Center for Infectious

Diseases: Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following committee

meeting.

Name: Board of Scientific Counselors,

National Center for Infectious Diseases

(NCID).

Times and Dates: 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.,

May 9, 1996. 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m., May 10, 1996.

Place: CDC, Auditorium B, 1600 Clifton

Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: The Board of Scientific

Counselors, NCID, provides advice and

guidance to the Director, CDC, and Director,

NCID, in the following areas: program goals

and objectives; strategies; program

organization and resources for infectious

disease prevention and control; and program

priorities.

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will

focus on:

1. NCID Update.

2. Minority and Women’s Health.

3. National Foundation for the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention.

4. NCID Fellowship Programs.

5. Emerging Infectious Disease Progress/

Plans.

6. Work Group Sessions: Emerging Infectious

Disease FY 1997.

a. Surveillance and Response.

b. Research.

c. Prevention and Control.

d. Infrastructure.

7. Work Group Reports.

8. Strengthening NCID Pathology Capacity.

9. Review of Laboratory Programs in Division

of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases and

Hospital Infections Program.

10. Special Pathogens Branch, Division of

Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Peer

Review.

Other agenda items include

announcements/introductions; follow-up on

actions recommended by the Board

(December 1995); and consideration of future

directions, goals, and recommendations.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Written comments are welcome and should

be received by the contact person listed

below prior to the opening of the meeting.
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Contact Person for More Information:

Diane S. Holley, Office of the Director, NCID,

CDC, M/S C–20, 1600 Clifton Road, NE,

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639–

0078.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96–10045 Filed 4–23–96; 8:45 am]

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Vessel Sanitation Program; Meeting

The National Center for Environmental

Health (NCEH) of the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Announces the Following Meeting

Name: Current Status of the Vessel

Sanitation Program (VSP) and Experience to

Date with Program Operations—Public

Meeting between CDC and the cruise ship

industry, private sanitation consultants, and

other interested parties.

Time and Date: 9 a.m.–1 p.m., June 3,

1996.

Place: Doubletree Grand Hotel, Biscayne

Bay Miami, 1717 North Bayshore Drive,

Miami, Florida 33132, telephone 305/372–

0313, fax 305/372–9455.

Status: Open to the public for

participation, comment, and observation,

limited only by the space available. The

meeting room accommodates approximately

100 people.

Purpose: During the past 9 years, as part of

the revised VSP, CDC has conducted a series

of public meetings with members of the

cruise ship industry, private sanitation

consultants, and other interested parties.

This meeting is a continuation of that

series of public meetings to discuss current

status of the VSP and experience to date with

program operations.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include the finalization of CDC’s ‘‘Interim

Shipbuilding Construction Specifications for

Passenger Vessels Destined to Call on U.S.

Ports,’’ the finalization of ‘‘Interim

Recommendations to Minimize Transmission

of Legionnaires’ Disease from Whirlpool Spas

on Cruise Ships,’’ revising the current VSP

Operations Manual, status of development of

a VSP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

training seminar and future plans for

program direction.

For a period of 15 days following the

meeting, through June 18, 1996, the official

record of the meeting will remain open so

that additional material or comments may be

submitted to be made part of the record of

the meeting.

Contact Person for More Information:

Thomas E. O’Toole, Deputy Chief, Special

Programs Group, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford

Highway, NE, M/S F29, Atlanta, Georgia

30341–3724, telephone 770/488–7070.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96–10044 Filed 4–23–96; 8:45 am]

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Administration for Children and

Families

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This Notice amends Part K of the

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) as follows:

Chapter KD, The Regional Offices of the

Administration for Children and

Families (61 FR 3937), as last amended,

February 2, 1996. This restructure

proposes to change its ten-region

organizational structure into a fiveregion ‘‘hub’’ structure as follows: the

Northeast Regional Hub (includes

Regions 1, 2 and 3), the Southeast

Regional Hub (Region 4), the Midwest

Regional Hub (includes Regions 5 and

7), the West-Central Regional Hub

(includes Regions 6 and 8), and the

Pacific-West Regional Hub (includes

Regions 9 and 10). Regions 2, 4, 5, 6 and

9 are Hub sites (largest regional offices)

and are headed by a Regional Hub

Director. The Director assumes the

traditional duties of the Regional

Administrator but, in addition, takes on

important responsibilities encompassing

the entire Hub and impacting on the

national level as well. Regions 1, 3, 7,

8 and 10 are headed by a Regional

Administrator. This Notice is to reflect

the changes for the five regional office

hub sites.

Chapter KD is amended as follows:

I. Delete KD.00 Mission in its entirety

and replace with the following:

KD.00 Mission. The Regional Offices

of the Administration for Children and

Families (ACF) operate in a five regional

Hub structure - the Northeast,

Southeast, Midwest, West-Central and

Pacific-West. The five Hub sites are

located in the five ACF Regional Offices

with the largest caseloads and that serve

the nation’s largest population centers

(New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas,

and San Francisco). Each of the

remaining five regions is part of a Hub

(Boston, Philadelphia, Kansas City,

Denver and Seattle). All Regional

Offices represent ACF to state, county,

city or town and tribal governments,

grantees, and public and private local

organizations in the administration of

programs in the region which assist

vulnerable and dependent children and

families achieve independence,

stability, and self-reliance. These

programs include: Aid to Families with

Dependent Children (AFDC), Head

Start, Child Support Enforcement (CSE),

Job Opportunities and Basic Skills

Training (JOBS), Foster Care, Child

Welfare, and Adoption Assistance,

Child Care, Runaway and Homeless

Youth, Developmental Disabilities and

Repatriation.

The ACF regional offices oversee the

programmatic and financial

management and coordination of the

ACF programs in the region and provide

guidance and assistance to the various

entities responsible for administering

these programs. They monitor the

programs to ensure compliance with

applicable laws and regulations, and

adherence to program and fiscal policies

and procedures. They contribute to the

development of ACF national policy

based on program knowledge and

services in the region. The ACF regional

offices review and approve state and

tribal plans and, if warranted, take

action to disapprove or recommend

disapproval as appropriate. They issue

grant awards directly for certain

programs, and make recommendations

to approve and/or disapprove grant

awards for other programs. They advise

the Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families of problems and issues that

may have significant regional or

national impact. The ACF regional

offices act as liaison with the entities

responsible for administering the

programs, other federal agencies, and

public and private local organizations

serving children and families. They

develop plans to meet ACF goals and

objectives and DHHS and agency

initiatives. They participate in regional

activities to inform the public about

ACF programs in coordination with the

ACF Office of Public Affairs and the

Office of the Secretary at the regional

level. The ACF regional offices work

with states and counties to assist with

the achievement of automated systems.

They participate in special reviews

relating to children and families.

II. Sections, ‘‘KD2.10; KD5.10; and

KD6.10 Organizations’’ are amended as

follows:

Replace ‘‘Office of the Regional

Administrator’’ with ‘‘Office of the

Regional Hub Director.’’ For Regions 4

and 9, KD.10 Organizations, replace

‘‘Office of the Regional Administrator’’

with ‘‘Office of the Regional Hub

Director.’’

III. Under Sections KD2.20 Functions;

KD5.20 Functions; and KD6.20