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sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant

a major disaster declaration under the Robert

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act, 42 USC 5121, et seq., as

amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of

2000, Pub. L. No. 106–390, 114 Stat. 1552

(2000) (Stafford Act), I, therefore, declare that

such a major disaster exists in the State of

Texas.

In order to provide Federal assistance, you

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds

available for these purposes, such amounts as

you find necessary for Federal disaster

assistance and administrative expenses.

You are authorized to provide Individual

Assistance, Hazard Mitigation and assistance

for debris removal (Category A) and

emergency protective measures (Category B)

under the Public Assistance program in the

designated areas and any other forms of

assistance under the Stafford Act you may

deem appropriate subject to completion of

Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs).

Consistent with the requirement that Federal

assistance be supplemental, any Federal

funds provided under the Stafford Act for

Public Assistance will be limited to 75

percent of the total eligible costs.

Further, you are authorized to make

changes to this declaration to the extent

allowable under the Stafford Act.

The time period prescribed for the

implementation of section 310(a),

Priority to Certain Applications for

Public Facility and Public Housing

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for

a period not to exceed six months after

the date of this declaration.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the authority vested in the Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency under Executive Order 12148, I

hereby appoint A. D. Rodham of the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

to act as the Federal Coordinating

Officer for this declared disaster.

I do hereby determine the following

areas of the State of Texas to have been

affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

Bowie, Cass, and Red River Counties for

Individual Assistance and debris removal

and emergency protective measures

(Categories A and B), including direct

Federal assistance under Public Assistance.

All counties within the State of Texas

are eligible to apply for assistance under

the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 01–3933 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1356–DR]

Texas; Amendment No. 4 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 Texas,

(FEMA–1356–DR), dated January 8,

2001, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 22, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster 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 a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of January 8, 2001:

Briscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Nacogdoches, San

Augustine, and Shelby Counties for Public

Assistance.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 01–3936 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Open Meeting of the Federal

Interagency Committee on Emergency

Medical Services (FICEMS)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: FEMA announces the

following open meeting.

Name: Federal Interagency Committee

on Emergency Medical Services

(FICEMS).

Date of Meeting: March 1, 2001.

Place: Suite 900, Emergency Medical

Service for Children (EMS–C), 8737

Colesville Road in Silver Spring,

Maryland 20910.

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Proposed Agenda: Review and

submission for approval of previous

FICEMS Committee Meeting Minutes;

Ambulance Design Subcommittee and

Technology Subcommittee Reports;

presentation of member agency reports;

reports of other Interested parties;

discussion on Federal programs and

policies regarding Public Access

Defibrillation; presentation on military

logistics program.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting will be open to the public with

limited seating available on a first-come,

first-served basis. Members of the

general public who plan to attend the

meeting should contact William Troup,

United States Fire Administration,

16825 South Seton Avenue,

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727, (301)

447–1231, on or before Monday,

February 26, 2001.

Minutes of the meeting will be

prepared and will be available upon

request 30 days after they have been

approved at the next FICEMS

Committee Meeting on June 7, 2001.

Kenneth O. Burris, Jr.,

Acting U.S. Fire Administrator, United States

Fire Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–3924 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Partially Open Meeting, Board of

Visitors for the National Fire Academy

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice of partially open

meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, FEMA

announces the following committee

meeting:

Name: Board of Visitors for the

National Fire Academy.

Dates of Meeting: March 22–24, 2001.

Place: Building H, Room 300,

National Emergency Training Center,

Emmitsburg, Maryland.

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Time: March 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.–

10:30 a.m. (Closed Meeting); March 22,

2001, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. (Open Meeting);

March 23, 2001, 8:30 a.m.–9 p.m. (Open

Meeting); March 24, 2001, 8:30 a.m.–12

noon (Open Meeting).

Proposed Agenda: March 22, (Closed

Meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., to

review budget and procurement

information.) March 23–24, Review

National Fire Academy Program

Activities.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public

(except as noted above) with seating

available on a first-come, first-served

basis. Members of the general public

who plan to attend the meeting should

contact the Office of the

Superintendent, National Fire Academy,

U.S. Fire Administration, 16825 South

Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727,

(301) 447–1117, on or before March 16,

2001.

Minutes of the meeting will be

prepared and will be available for

public viewing in the Office of the Chief

Operating Officer, U.S. Fire

Administration, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Emmitsburg,

Maryland 21727. Copies of the minutes

will be available upon request within 60

days after the meeting.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

Kenneth O. Burris, Jr.,

Acting U.S. Fire Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–3923 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–01–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals to Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

to Acquire Companies that are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities; Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

01-3005) published on pages 9085 and

9086 of the issue for Tuesday, February

6, 2001.

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of

Chicago heading, the entry for America

United Bancorp, Inc., Schaumburg,

Illinois, is revised to read as follows:

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 606901–1413:

1. AmericaUnited Bancorp, Inc.,

Schaumburg, Illinois; proposes to retain

and continue to engage de novo in the

nonbanking activity of extending credit

and servicing loans, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

Comments on this application must

be received by February 20, 2001.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 12, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–3895 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.28) 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.

The notice also will 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. Additional information on all

bank holding companies may be

obtained from the National Information

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

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 March 2, 2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City(D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Winter Trust of 12/3/1974; Ottawa,

Kansas, and Peoples, Inc., Colorado

Springs, Colorado; to acquire Peoples

Mortgage Corporation, Colorado

Springs, Colorado, and thereby engage

in mortgage lending activities, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 12, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–3896 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Notice of a meeting of the National

Bioethics Advisory Commission

(NBAC)

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is given of a meeting of the National

Bioethics Advisory Commission. The

Commission will discuss its ongoing

project ethical and policy issues in

research involving human participants.

Some Commission members may

participate by telephone conference.

The meeting is open to the public and

opportunities for statements by the

public will be provided on March 15

from 1:30–2 pm.

Dates/Times and Location

March 15, 2001, 8:30 am–5 pm, The

Georgian Terrace, 659 Peachtree

Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30308

March 16,2001, 8:30 am–12 pm, Same

Location as Above

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

President established the National

Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC)

on October 3, 1999 by Executive Order

12975 as amended. The mission of the

NBAC is to advise and make

recommendations to the National

Science and Technology Council, its

Chair, the President, and other entities

on bioethical issues arising from the

research on human biology and

behavior, and from the applications of

that research.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public

with attendance limited by the

availability of space on a first come, first

serve basis. Members of the public who

wish to present oral statements should

contact Ms. Jody Crank by telephone,

fax machine, or mail as shown below as

soon as possible, at least 4 days before

the meeting. The Chair will reserve time

for presentations by persons requesting

to speak and asks that oral statements be

limited to five minutes. The order of

persons wanting to make a statement

will be assigned in the order in which

requests are received. Individuals

unable to make oral presentations can

mail or fax their written comments to

the NBAC staff office at least five

business days prior to the meeting for

distribution to the Commission and

inclusion in the public record. The

Commission also accepts general

comments at its website at

bioethics.gov. Persons needing special

assistance, such as sign language

interpretation or other special