Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 1996 / Notices 2513

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:

1. Farmers Bancshares, Inc.,

Hardinsburg, Kentucky; thru its

subsidiary, Farmers Bancshares Finance

Corp, Inc., Hardinsburg, Kentucky, to

acquire the assets and assume the

liabilities of Breckinridge Loan, Inc.,

Hardinsburg, Kentucky, an existing

consumer finance company, and thereby

engage in consumer finance activities,

pursuant to § 225.25(b)(1) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning,

Director, Bank Holding Company) 101

Market Street, San Francisco, California

94105:

1. Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris,

France, and BancWest Corporation, San

Francisco, California; to acquire

Northbay Savings Bank, F.S.B.,

Petaluma, California; and thereby

engage in owning, controlling or

operating a savings association,

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

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 22, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–1328 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Patapsco Bancorp, 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.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received not later than February

20, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

1. Patapsco Bancorp, Inc., Dundalk,

Maryland; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of The Patapsco Bank,

Dundalk, Maryland. The Patapsco Bank

is the proposed sucessor by charter

conversion of Patapsco Federal Savings

and Loan Association.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690:

1. NBE Bancshares, Inc., Earlville,

Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Pinnacle Bancshares,

Incorporated, Paw Paw, Illinois, and

thereby indirectly acquire State Bank of

Paw Paw, Illinois, Paw Paw, Illinois.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. West Texas Bancshares, Inc.,

Kermit, Texas; to merge with Monahans

Bancshares, Inc., Monahans, Texas, and

thereby indirectly acquire First State

Bank, Monahans, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 22, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–1329 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project(s)

Title: Report on Claims of Good Cause

for Refusing to Cooperate in

Establishing Paternity and Security

Child support.

OMB No.: 0970–0073.

Description: This report enables the

Secretary, of HHS to comply with

section 452(a)(10) of the Social Security

Act which requires the Secretary to

provide an annual report to Congress on

the Child Support Enforcement

program.

Respondents: State governments

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of respondents

Number of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response

Total burden

hours

ACF–4680 ........................................................................................................ 54 2 8 432

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 432.

In compliance with the requirements

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Administration for Children and

Families is soliciting public comment

on the specific aspects of the

information collection described below.

Copies of the proposed collection of

information can be obtained and

comments may be forwarded by writing

to The Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Information Services,

Division of Information Resource

Management Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20447, Atten: ACF Reports Clearance

Officer. All requests should be

identified by title. Electronic comments

must be submitted as an ASCII file

without special characters or

encryption.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology. Consideration will be given