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subject renewal of license application

would service the public interest,

convenience and necessity.

A copy of the complete HDO in this

proceeding is available for inspection

and copying during normal business

hours in the dockets section of the FCC

Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The

complete text may also be purchased

from the Commission’s duplicating

contractor, International Transcription

Service, 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140,

Washington, D.C. 20037 (telephone

202–857–3800).

Federal Communications Commission.

Stuart B. Bedell,

Assistant Chief, Audio Services Division,

Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 96–11440 Filed 5–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

CJC International Services, Inc., 8745

N.W. 100th Street, Medley, FL 33178,

Officers: Juan Carlos Lebrija,

President, Celia Munoz, Vice

President

World Exchange, Inc., 6011 Avion

Drive, Suite 201, Los Angeles, CA

90045, Officers: Frank Gomez,

President, Teresa Reesing, Vice

President

Dated: May 2, 1996.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11455 Filed 5–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

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. 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 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,

including whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company 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’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for

a hearing 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.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

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 May 31, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

1. United Community Bankshares,

Inc., Franklin, Virginia; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of The Bank

of Franklin, Franklin, Virginia, and The

Bank of Sussex and Surry, Wakefield,

Virginia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. First La Grange Bancshares, Inc., La

Grange, Texas; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of LGF

Bancshares, Inc., Dover, Delaware, and

thereby indirectly acquire The First

National Bank of La Grange, La Grange,

Texas.

In connection with this application,

LGF Bancshares, Inc., Dover, Delaware,

has applied to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting share of The First National

Bank of La Grange, La Grange, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 2, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11415 Filed 5–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Notice of Proposals to Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

to Acquire Companies that are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation

Y, (12 CFR part 225) to engage de novo,

or to acquire or control voting securities

or assets of a company that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.25 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.25) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

Once the notice 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 the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act, including 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’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). 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
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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.

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 22, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

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

Ireland, and First Maryland Bancorp,

Baltimore, Maryland; to acquire ZirkinCutler Investments, Inc., Washington,

D.C., and thereby engage in serving as

investment adviser to investment

companies registered under the

Investment Company Act of 1940,

including sponsoring, organizing, and

managing closed-end investment

companies; providing portfolio

investment advice to any other person;

and, furnishing general economic

information and advice, general

economic statistical forecasting services

and industry studies, pursuant to §§

225.25(b)(4)(ii), (iii), and (iv) of the

Board’s Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303:

1. Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville,

Florida; to engage de novo through its

subsidiary, Barnett Community

Development Corporation, Jacksonville,

Florida, in community development

activities, pursuant to § 225.25(b)(6) of

the Board’s Regulation Y.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Outsource Capital Group, Inc.,

Lubbock, Texas, and Outsource

Delaware Capital Group, Inc., Dover,

Delaware (both in formation); to acquire

Rall Mortgage Corporation, Lubbock,

Texas, and thereby engage in mortgage

lending, pursuant to § 225.25(b)(1) of

the Board’s Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 2, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11414 Filed 5–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

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

13, 1996.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 21st Streets,

NW., Washington, DC 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: May 3, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11559 Filed 5–3–96; 4:56 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[Announcement 608]

Human Health Studies; Applied

Research and Development

Introduction

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces

the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1996

funds for a grant program designed to

answer public health questions arising

from situations commonly encountered

at hazardous waste sites. The objective

of this program is to fill gaps in

knowledge, including data needs and

health conditions, by conducting

applied research and development

studies related to human exposure to

hazardous substances and to the

ATSDR’s health assessments,

consultations, and health studies on

hazardous substances prioritized by

ATSDR. These Priority Health

Conditions are identified under the

Purpose section of this notice. Priority

data needs are identified by ATSDR in

its toxicological profiles.

ATSDR is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of ‘‘Healthy

People 2000,’’ a national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to the priority

area of Environmental Health. (For

ordering a copy of ‘‘Healthy People

2000,’’ see the Section Where to Obtain

Additional Information.)

Authority

This program is authorized in sections

104(i)(1)(E), (6), (7), (9), and (15) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA), as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act (SARA) [42 U.S.C.

9604(i)(1)(E), (6), (7), (9), and (15)].

Smoke-Free Workplace

ATSDR strongly encourages all grant

and cooperative agreement recipients to

provide a smoke-free workplace and

promote the non-use of all tobacco

products, and Public Law 103–227, the

Pro-Children Act of 1994, prohibits

smoking in certain facilities that receive

Federal funds in which education,

library, day care, health care, and early

childhood development services are

provided to children.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are the official

public health agencies of States or their

bona fide agents or instrumentalities.

This includes the District of Columbia,

American Samoa, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the

Federated States of Micronesia, Guam,

the Northern Mariana Islands, the

Republic of the Marshall Islands, the

Republic of Palau, and federally

recognized Indian tribal governments.

State organizations, including State

universities, State colleges, and State

research institutions, must establish that

they meet their respective State’s

legislature definition of a State entity or

political subdivision to be considered

an eligible applicant.

Availability of Funds

The Government’s obligation under

this grant project is contingent upon the

availability of appropriated funds from

which payment for grant purposes can

be made. No legal liability on the part

of the government for any obligation

may arise until funds are made available

to the grantee through the formal award

of a grant/cooperative agreement.

It is expected that $500,000 will be

available in FY 1996 to fund

approximately 2 awards. Awards are

funded for a 12-month budget period

within a project period of up to 3 years.

Continuation awards within the project

period will be made on the basis of