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(b) the accuracy of the Commissions

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before June 10, 1996. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to dconway@fcc.gov and

Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236

NEOB 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503 or

fain_t@a1.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0571.

Title: Determination of Maximum

Initial Permitted Rates for Regulated

Cable Programming Services and

Equipment.

Form Number: FCC Form 393.

Type of Review: Revision of existing

collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities; state, local and tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 120 (80 cable

operators + 40 LFAs).

Estimated Time Per Response: 1–40

hours. FCC Form 393 has an estimated

average burden of 40 hours for cable

operators to complete. Cable operators

who contract out the burden of filing

will take 1 hour to coordinate

information with those contractors. In

addition, there is an estimated average

burden of 15 hours for each FCC Form

393 filing that LFAs must review.

Total Annual Burden: 3,020 hours

(2,420 for operators + 600 for LFAs). For

cable operators: we estimate

approximately 80 FCC Form 393 filings

will be made this year, 50% with the

Commission and 50% with LFAs. We

estimate that 25% of cable operators

will contract out the burden of filing

and that it will take 1 hour to coordinate

information with those contractors. The

remaining 75% of operators will employ

in house staff to complete the

application. 20 filings (25% contracted

out) x 1 hour = 20 hours. 60 filings (75%

in house) x 40 hours = 2,400 hours.

Total burden for operators = 2,420

hours.

For LFAs: we estimate 40 (50%) of

remaining FCC Form 393 filings will be

reviewed by LFAs. This third party

disclosure was not previously reported

by the Commission. 40 FCC Form 393s

reviewed by LFAs at 15 hours each =

600 hours.

In the prior Federal Register notice

soliciting public comment for this

collection, the Commission initially

estimated a total burden of 12,000 hours

(300 annual filings @ 40 hours each).

Based on current information, we

further reduce the estimated number of

annual FCC Form 393 filings to now be

80 per year, with 50% of filings being

reviewed by LFAs. The burden for LFA

review of FCC Form 393s @ 15 hours per

review was not reported in the prior

Federal Register summary soliciting

initial public comment.

Costs for respondents: $80,160.

Printing and postage costs are estimated

at $2 per Form 393 filing. 80 annual

filings x $2 = $160. We estimate

assistance will be performed by outside

accounting/legal assistance at an

average of $100/hour for 25% of the

Form 393 filings. $100/hour x 20 filings

(25% of Form 393 filings) x 40 hours =

$80,000. Total annual cost for

respondents = $160 + $80,000 =

$80,160.

In the prior Federal Register notice

soliciting public comment for this

collection, the Commission did not

report costs to respondents for

complying with this information

collection. We now report the various

costs for printing, postage and

contracting out for legal/accounting

assistance in completing FCC Form 393

filings.

Needs and Uses: The data are used by

FCC staff and LFAs to determine

whether cable rates in effect prior to

May 15, 1994 for basic service, cable

programming service and associated

equipment are reasonable under FCC

regulations. Cable operators use FCC

Form 393 to submit their basic rate

schedule to LFAs certified prior to May

15, 1994 or the FCC (in situations where

the FCC has assumed jurisdiction).

Cable operators also file FCC Form 393

with the FCC when responding to a

complaint filed with the Commission

about cable programming service rates

and associated equipment in effect prior

to May 15, 1994. FCC Form 393 is a onetime only filing requirement for

operators. Local franchise authority

(‘‘LFA’’) certifications to regulate rates

are not granted retroactively. Rate

complaints are also not permitted to

retroactively challenge rates in effect

prior to May 15, 1994; therefore, no

future entities will be impacted by this

filing requirement. In fact, the Form 393

filing process is nearly exhausted. The

only remaining entities impacted by this

requirement are those initially required

to file but have not yet done so, and

those who filed incorrect or incomplete

FCC Form 393s.

Federal Communications Commission

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11526 Filed 5–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, May 14, 1996

at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington,

DC

STATUS: This Meeting Will Be Closed to

the Public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Compliance matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C.

§ 437g.

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 U.S.C.

§ 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C.

Matters concerning participation in civil

actions or proceedings or arbitration

Internal personnel rules and procedures or

matters affecting a particular employee

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 16, 1996

at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington,

DC (Ninth Floor.)

STATUS: This Meeting Will Be Open to

the Public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Correction and Approval of Minutes

Advisory Opinion 1996–12: Arthur Block on

behalf of the Lenora B. Fulani for president

’96 Committee

Advisory Opinion 1996–15: Marilyn Hughes,

State of Oklahoma Ethics Commission

Administrative Matters

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 219–4155.

Marjorie W. Emmons,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 96–11807 Filed 5–7–96; 2:55 pm]

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies;

Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

96-8893) published on page15946 of the

issue for April 10, 1996.

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of

Cleveland heading, the entry for

Croghan Bancshares, Inc., Fremont,

Ohio, is revised to read as follows:

1. Croghan Bancshares, Inc., Fremont,

Ohio; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Union Bancshares

Corp., Bellevue, Ohio, and thereby

indirectly acquire Union Bank and

Savings Company, Bellevue, Ohio.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 3, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11561 Filed 5–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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 June 3, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

1. Horizon Bancorp, Inc., Beckley,

West Virginia; to merge with Twentieth

Bancorp, Inc., Huntington, West

Virginia, and thereby indirectly acquire

The Twentieth Street Bank, Huntington,

West Virginia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Perryton Bancshares, Inc., Perryton,

Texas; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Perryton National

Bank, Perryton, Texas.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning,

Director, Bank Holding Company) 101

Market Street, San Francisco, California

94105:

1. First Savings Bank of Washington

Bancorp, Inc., Walla Walla, Washington;

to acquire 100 percent of the voting

shares of Inland Empire Bank,

Hermiston, Oregon.

2. InterWest Bancorp. Inc., Oak

Harbor, Washington; to merge with

Central Bancorporation, Wenatchee,

Washington, and thereby indirectly

acquire Central Washington Bank,

Wenatchee, Washington, and North

Central Washington Bank, Omak,

Washington.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 3, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11562 Filed 5–8–96; 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

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 23, 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 certain foreign exchange

advisory and transaction services and in

futures commission merchant activities,