Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities, 25829-25830 [05-9730]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 93 / Monday, May 16, 2005 / Notices FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than May 31, 2005. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528: 1. James R. Camp, Joseph C. Camp, and Margaret A. Sterbutzel, all of Morgantown, West Virginia; to retain voting shares of Morgantown Bancshares, Inc., Morgantown, West Virginia, and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Citizens Bank of Morgantown, Inc., Morgantown, West Virginia. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521: 1. The Willits Family Partnership, Malvern, Pennsylvania, and its general partner, the Willits Family Trust, Malvern, Pennsylvania, and its trustees Barbara Willits Shipp, Lydia Willits Bartholomew, William L.W. Shipp, and Jamie Bartholomew, all of West Chester, Pennsylvania; to acquire voting shares of Malvern Bank Corporation, Malvern, Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The National Bank of Malvern, Malvern, Pennsylvania. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 10, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 05–9732 Filed 5–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S VerDate jul<14>2003 16:37 May 13, 2005 Jkt 205001 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. The application also will 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 (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. 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 each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than June 9, 2005. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. Nicholas, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: 1. Tradition Bancshares, Inc., Edina, Minnesota; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Tradition Capital Bank, Edina, Minnesota (in organization). B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: 1. Sterling Financial Corporation, Spokane, Washington; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Sterling Savings Bank, Spokane, Washington, upon its conversion from a savings and loan association to a commercial bank. PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 25829 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 10, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 05–9729 Filed 5–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies; Correction This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc. 05-9023) published on pages 24041 and 24042 of the issue for Friday, May 6, 2005. Under the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis heading, the entry for First National Bancorp, Inc., Green Forest, Arizona, is revised to read as follows: A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034: 1. First National Bancorp, Inc., Green Forest, Arkansas; to acquire voting shares of Legacy National Bank, Springdale, Arkansas. Comments on this application must be received by May 28, 2005. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 10, 2005 Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 05–9731 Filed 5–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 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 E:\FR\FM\16MYN1.SGM 16MYN1 25830 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 93 / Monday, May 16, 2005 / Notices 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 June 9, 2005. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303: 1. Omni Financial Services, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Georgia Community Bank, Dalton, Georgia, and thereby engage in operating a savings association, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 10, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc.05–9730 Filed 5–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Toxicology Program (NTP); Liaison and Scientific Review Office (LSRO); Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS. ACTION: Announcement of a meeting and request for comments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92– 463, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors. The NTP Board of Scientific Counselors (NTP Board) is composed of scientists from the public and private sectors and provides primary scientific oversight to the Director for the NTP and evaluates the scientific merit of the NTP’s intramural and collaborative programs. DATES: The NTP Board meeting will be held on June 23, 2005. In order to facilitate planning for this meeting, persons wishing to make an oral presentation are asked to notify the Executive Secretary for the NTP Board by June 13, 2005 (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below). Written comments should also be received by June 13, 2005, to enable review by the VerDate jul<14>2003 16:37 May 13, 2005 Jkt 205001 NTP Board and NIEHS/NTP staff prior to the meeting. ADDRESSES: The NTP Board meeting will be held in the Rodbell Auditorium, Rall Building at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. A copy of the preliminary agenda, committee roster, and any additional information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web site (https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ select ‘‘Advisory Boards and Committees’’) and provided upon request from the NTP (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public comments and any other correspondence should be submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive Secretary for the NTP Board (NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD A3–01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone: 919–541–4253, fax: 919–541–0295; or e-mail: shane@niehs.nih.gov). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Primary agenda topics include: (1) An update of NTP activities including identification of two newly formed working groups of the NTP Board, the Nanotechnology Working Group (NWG) and the High Throughput Screening Working Group (HTSWG), (2) a summary of the June 16–17, 2005 workshop on ‘‘Animal Models for the NTP Rodent Cancer Bioassay: Strains and Stocks—Should We Switch?’’ (see https:// ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ select ‘‘Meetings and Workshops’’), (3) testing recommendations for substances nominated to the NTP for study (see https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ select ‘‘Nominations to the Testing Program’’), (4) a report from the NTP Board’s Technical Reports Review Subcommittee for the meeting held on December 9, 2004 (see https:// ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ select ‘‘Advisory Boards and Committees’’), (5) implications of Office of Management and Budget peer review guidelines (Federal Register, Volume 70, Number 10, pages 2664–2677) for the NTP, and (6) a process to review NTP Briefs on reproductive hazards prepared by the NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction. Time is allotted during the meeting for the public to present comment to the NTP Board and NTP staff on these agenda topics. Please note that this meeting provides a second opportunity for the public to provide comment on testing recommendations for substances nominated to the NTP. Comments submitted to the NTP in response to the May 5, 2005 Federal Register notice on PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 this topic (Federal Register, Volume 70, Number 86, pages 23877–23880) will be considered at the Board meeting and do not need to be resubmitted. Preliminary Agenda NTP Board of Scientific Counselors— June 23, 2005. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Rodbell Auditorium, Rall Building 111 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; (A photo ID is required to access the NIEHS campus). 8:30 a.m. • Call to Order and Introductions • Welcome and Remarks from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP) • Update on NTP Activities —Public Comment • Report on the Workshop ‘‘Animal Models for the NTP Rodent Cancer Bioassay: Strains and Stocks—Should We Switch?’’ • NTP Study Nominations and Recommendations —Public Comment 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break 1:30 p.m. • NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Technical Reports Review Subcommittee —Public Comment • Office of Management and Budget Peer Review Guidelines: Implications for the NTP —Public Comment • Process for Peer Review of NTP Briefs from the Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction —Public Comment 5 p.m. Adjourn Attendance and Registration The meeting is scheduled for June 23, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to adjournment and is open to the public with attendance limited only by the space available. Individuals who plan to attend are encouraged to register online at the NTP Web site by June 13, 2005, to facilitate access to the NIEHS campus. Please note that a photo ID is required to access the NIEHS campus. The NTP is making plans to videocast the meeting through the Internet at https://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/ video.htm. Persons needing special assistance, such as sign language interpretation, or other reasonable accommodation in order to attend, are asked to notify the Executive Secretary for the NTP Board at least 7 business E:\FR\FM\16MYN1.SGM 16MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 93 (Monday, May 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25829-25830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9730]


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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 
Sec. [thinsp]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

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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 June 9, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Omni Financial Services, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Georgia Community Bank, Dalton, 
Georgia, and thereby engage in operating a savings association, 
pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 10, 2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc.05-9730 Filed 5-13-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S
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