32816 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Oregon, (FEMA–1099–DR), dated

February 9, 1996, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pauline C. Campbell, Response and

Recovery Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Oregon, is hereby amended to include

the following area among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of February 9, 1996:

The Lands of the Coquille Indian Tribe for

Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance.)

William C. Tidball,

Associate Director, Response and Recovery

Directorate.

[FR Doc. 96–16135 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

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Texas; Amendment to Notice of an

Emergency Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of an emergency for the State of Texas,

(FEMA–3117–EM), dated February 23,

1996, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pauline C. Campbell, Response and

Recovery Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of an emergency for the State of Texas,

is hereby amended to include the

following areas among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared an

emergency by the President in his

declaration of February 23, 1996:

Camp, Cherokee, Hardeman, Hardin,

Houston, King, Liberty, Marion,

Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Polk, San

Augustine, Shelby, Trinity and Upshur

Counties for emergency assistance as

defined in the amended declaration letter

of February 26, 1996.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance.)

William C. Tidball,

Associate Director, Response and Recovery

Directorate.

[FR Doc. 96–16139 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

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[FEMA–1115–DR]

West Virginia; Amendment to Notice of

a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of West

Virginia (FEMA–1115–DR), dated May

23, 1996, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pauline C. Campbell, Response and

Recovery Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the incident period for

this disaster is closed effective June 10,

1996.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

William C. Tidball,

Associate Director, Response and Recovery

Directorate.

[FR Doc. 96–16132 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

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West Virginia; Amendment to Notice of

a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of West

Virginia (FEMA–1115–DR), dated May

23, 1996, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pauline C. Campbell, Response and

Recovery Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated June

5, 1996, the President amended the

major disaster declaration of May 23,

1996, under the authority of the Robert

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

5121 et seq.), in a letter to James L. Witt,

Director of the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the State of West Virginia,

resulting from flooding and heavy winds on

May 15–21, 1996 is of sufficient severity and

magnitude to warrant the expansion of the

incident period to May 15, 1996, and

continuing, and the incident type to include

damage resulting from wind driven rain and

mudslides in the major disaster declaration

of May 23, 1996, under the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

(‘‘the Stafford Act’’).

All other conditions specified in the

original declaration remain the same.

Please notify the Governor of the State of

West Virginia and the Federal Coordinating

Officer of this amendment to my major

disaster declaration.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 96–16133 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

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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
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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 July 19, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Robert M. Brady, Vice President) 600

Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

02106:

1. Service Bancorp, MHC, Medway,

Massachusetts; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Medway

Savings Bank, Medway, Massachusetts.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690:

1. Farmers State Bancshares, Inc.,

Mason City, Iowa; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 94.3

percent of the voting shares of Farmers

State Bank, Northwood, Iowa.

2. Great Lakes Financial Resources,

Inc., ESOP, Matteson, Illinois; to acquire

52.2 percent of the voting shares of

Great Lakes Financial Resources, Inc.,

Matteson, Illinois, and thereby

indirectly acquire Bank of Homewood,

Homewood, Illinois, Bank of Matteson,

Matteson, Illinois, and First National

Bank of Blue Island, Blue Island,

Illinois.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:

1. Arkansas Banking Company,

Jonesboro, Arkansas; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Mercantile Bank of Batesville, N.A.,

Batesville, Arkansas. Comments

regarding this application must be

received not later than July 16, 1996.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Texas Bancorp, Inc., San Angelo,

Texas, and San Angelo Bancorp, Inc.,

Dover, Delaware; to become a bank

holding companies by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Texas

State Bank, San Angelo, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 19, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96-16087 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]

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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 July 19, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

1. Southern National Corporation,

Winston-Salem, North Carolina; to

engage de novo through its subsidiary,

Money 24, Inc., Winston-Salem, North

Carolina, in placing, in locations owned

or leased by third parties, cash

dispensing machines which would only

be able to: (1) dispense cash, (2) render

account balances, and (3) transfer funds

between existing accounts, pursuant to

§ 225.25(b)(7) of the Board’s Regulation

Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice

President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:

1. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis,

Minnesota; to merge Central Computers,

Inc., Victoria, Texas into Norwest

Technical Services, Inc., Minneapolis,

Minnesota, and thereby engage in data

processing activities, pursuant to §

225.25(b)(7) of the Board’s Regulation Y.

This application represents a corporate

reorganization.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 19, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96-16088 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 12:00 noon, Monday,

July 1, 1996.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 21st Streets,

N.W., 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: June 21, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–16348 Filed 6–21–96; 3:28 pm]

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