Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 91 / Thursday, May 9, 1996 / Notices 21183

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,
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pursuant to §§ 225.25 (b)(17) and (18) of

the Board’s Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 3, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11560 Filed 5–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT

INVESTMENT BOARD SUNSHINE ACT

MEETING

TIME AND DATE: 8:00 a.m., May 20, 1996.

PLACE: 4th Floor, Conference Room,

1250 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. National Finance Center record keeping.

2. Congressional/agency/participant

liaison.

3. Benefits administration.

4. Investments.

5. Participant communications.

6. Approval of the minutes of the last

meeting.

7. Thrift Savings Plan activity report by the

Executive Director.

8. Review of selection criteria for software

vendor.

9. Approval of the update of the FY 1996

budget and FY 1997 estimates.

10. Investment policy review.

11. Status of audit recommendations.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of

External Affairs (202) 942–1640.

Dated: May 6, 1996.

Roger W. Mehle, Executive Director,

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11710 Filed 5–7–96; 12:29 pm]

BILLING CODE 6760–01–M

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

Public Buildings Service

Notice of Intent To Prepare

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Consolidated Law Federal Office

Building, Portland, OR

SUMMARY: The General Services

Administration (GSA) hereby gives

notice it intends to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

in accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA), as amended for the

Consolidated Law Federal Office

Building, in Portland, Multnomah

County, Oregon. The EIS would

evaluate the proposed project, other

reasonable alternatives, and the no

action alternative identified during the

scoping process. Scoping would be

accomplished through written

correspondence, through a public

scoping meeting, and through

individual meetings with interested

persons, groups, organizations, and

federal, state, and local agencies.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

scope of alternatives and potential

impacts should be sent to GSA’s

environmental contractor, Herrera

Environmental Consultants, at the

following address: 2200 Sixth Avenue,

Suite 601, Seattle, Washington, 98121.

DATES: Written comments should be

sent to Herrera Environmental

Consultants by May 25, 1996.

Comments will also be accepted at a

public scoping meeting from 4:30 p.m.

to 7:30 p.m. on May 7, 1996 and May

8, 1996 at the location indicated below.

PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING: Comments and

suggestions will be solicited at a public

scoping meeting to be held at: Edith

Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building,

1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Donna M. Meyer, Regional

Environmental Program Officer, General

Services Administration, (206) 931–

7675 or Ms. Nona Diediker at Herrera

Environmental Consultants, 2200 Sixth

Avenue, Suite 601, Seattle, Washington,

98121, (206) 441–9080.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

General Services Administration,

assisted by the environmental

contractor, is considering preparation of

a federal NEPA Environmental Impact

Statement on a proposal to design and

construct a new Consolidated Law

Federal Office Building in Portland,

Oregon. The scoping process would

determine the level of effort, the scope

of issues to be addressed in the

environmental document, and identify

the significant issues related to the

proposed project. Scoping will be

conducted consistent with the Council

on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)

Regulations for Implementing the

Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR

parts 1500–1508). GSA will serve as the

lead agency for the preparation of the

EIS pursuant to Section 1501.5(a) of the

regulations.

Scoping

GSA invites interested individuals,

organizations, and federal, state, and

local agencies to participate in defining

the reasonable alternatives to be

evaluated in the EIS, and in identifying

any significant physical, biological, or

socioeconomic environmental issues

related to the alternatives. Scoping

comments can be made verbally at the

public scoping meeting, or in writing

(see DATES and ADDRESSES section above

for location and time of meeting).

During scoping, comments should focus

on identifying specific impacts to be

evaluated and suggesting alternatives

that minimize adverse impacts while

achieving similar objectives. Comments

may also identify issues which are not

significant or which have been covered

by prior environmental review. Scoping

should be limited to commenting on the

project alternatives. There will be

opportunity to comment on preferences

during the Draft EIS comment review

phase.

Additional Information

A project information newsletter will

be available at the public scoping

meeting or can be obtained by

contacting Nona Diediker at Herrera

Environmental Consultants. The

newsletter will describe in more detail

the proposed project, alternatives, and

the EIS process.

Mailing List

If you wish to be placed on our

mailing list to receive further and future

information as the EIS process develops,

contact Herrera Environmental

Consultants at the address or phone

listed above.

Project Purpose, Historical Background,

and Project Description

The House and Senate Subcommittees

on Treasury, Postal Service, and General

Government have determined a need

exists for a facility to serve as a

detention center for prisoners appearing

before the Federal courts and for the

consolidation of Federal law

enforcement agencies in Portland,

Oregon. The committees have directed

the General Services Administration to

undertake the necessary studies to

address this requirement. Detention

facilities in Portland for federal

prisoners awaiting a trial and sentencing

are limited. Federal law enforcement

officials are forced to move federal

prisoners back and forth from the

federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon and

other county holding facilities in

Oregon and Washington. This situation

often leads to many security and

logistical problems.

The proposal to design and construct

a 350,000 occupiable square foot office,

court and 300-bed facility to consolidate

federal law enforcement agencies and

provide detention capabilities would

aid in alleviating security and logistic

problems by establishing an adjacency

relationship to the new U.S.

Courthouse. Site alternatives are

presently under investigation and a

delineated area has been identified as