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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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. 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 January 5,
2007.
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
Web site 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 January 5,
2007.
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Performance.
• Audit Plan for the Year Ended
December 31, 2006.
Dated: December 6, 2006.
Roland E. Smith,
Secretary, Farm Credit System Insurance
Corporation Board.
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Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank
Holding Companies
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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
December 27, 2006.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
1. Geffrey A. Sawtelle, Neshkoro,
Wisconsin; to acquire at least 25 percent
of the voting shares of FEB Bancshares,
Inc., Neshkoro, Wisconsin, and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of
Farmers Exchange Bank, Neshkoro,
Wisconsin.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000
Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30309:
1. Atlantic Southern Financial Group,
Inc., Macon, Georgia; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of First
Community Bank of Georgia, Roberta,
Georgia.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 6, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6–21036 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 6, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6–21035 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
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A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
(Richard Walker, Community Affairs
Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston,
Massachusetts 02106-2204:
1. 1895 MHC and 1895 Corp., both of
Worcester, Massachusetts; to become
bank holding companies by acquiring
100 percent of the voting shares of Bay
State Savings Bank, Worcester,
Massachusetts.
2. Danvers Bancorp, Inc., Danvers,
Massachusetts; to acquire 100 percent of
the voting shares of BankMalden
Cooperative Bank, Malden,
Massachusetts.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198-0001:
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1. First State Bancorporation,
Albuquerque, New Mexico; to acquire
100 percent of the voting shares of Front
Range Capital Corporation, and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of
Heritage Bank, both in Louisville,
Colorado.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 7, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6–21042 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Toxicology Program (NTP),
NTP Interagency Center for the
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological
Methods (NICEATM); Announcement
of an Independent Scientific Peer
Review Meeting on the Use of In Vitro
Pyrogenicity Testing Methods;
Request for Comments
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
ACTION: Meeting announcement and
request for comments.
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AGENCY:
Background
SUMMARY: NICEATM in collaboration
with the Interagency Coordinating
Committee on the Validation of
Alternative Methods (ICCVAM)
announces an independent scientific
peer review meeting to evaluate the
validation status of five in vitro
pyrogenicity test methods: (1) Human
PBMC/IL–6 in vitro pyrogen test
(PBMC/IL–6), (2) human whole blood/
IL–1 in vitro pyrogen test (WB/IL–1), (3)
human whole blood/IL–1 in vitro
pyrogen test: application of
cryopreserved human whole blood (cryo
WB/IL–1), (4) the human whole blood/
IL–6 in vitro pyrogen test (WB/IL–6),
and (5) an alternative in vitro pyrogen
test using the human monocytoid cell
line MONO MAC–6 (MM6/IL6). These
five in vitro test methods are proposed
as replacements for the in vivo rabbit
pyrogen test (RPT). At this meeting, a
scientific panel will peer review the
draft background review document
(BRD) on each test method, evaluate the
extent that the BRD addresses
established validation and acceptance
criteria for each test method, and
provide comment on draft ICCVAM
recommendations on the proposed use
of these test methods, draft test method
protocols, and draft performance
standards. NICEATM invites public
comments on the draft BRDs, draft
ICCVAM test method recommendations,
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draft test method protocols, and draft
performance standards.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
February 6, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. The meeting is open to the public
with attendance limited only by the
space available. In order to facilitate
planning for this meeting, persons
wishing to attend are asked to register
by January 23, 2007, via the
ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site
(https://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov).
Comments should be sent by mail, fax,
or email to the address given below by
January 26, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Natcher Conference Center, 45 Center
Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
William S. Stokes, Director of
NICEATM, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD
EC–17, Research Triangle Park, NC,
27709, (phone) 919–541–2384, (fax)
919–541–0947, (e-mail)
niceatm@niehs.nih.gov. Courier address:
NICEATM, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Building 4401, Room 3128, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The European Centre for the
Validation of Alternative Methods
(ECVAM) conducted a validation study
to independently evaluate the
usefulness and limitations of five in
vitro pyrogenicity test methods (PBMC/
IL–6, WB/IL–1, cryo WB/IL–1, WB/IL–6,
and MM6/IL6). In June 2005, ECVAM
submitted BRDs for these five methods
to NICEATM for consideration as
replacements for the currently required
test, the RPT. ICCVAM and NICEATM
reviewed the BRDs for completeness
and concluded that these five in vitro
test methods appear to have
considerable potential for pyrogenicity
testing, but that the sponsor needed to
provide additional information prior to
a formal scientific review by an expert
panel. In anticipation of proceeding
with an evaluation of these test
methods, ICCVAM and NICEATM
requested public comments as to the
appropriateness and relative priority of
a panel review activity and the
nomination of scientists with relevant
knowledge and experience to
potentially serve on the panel (Federal
Register Vol. 70, No. 241, pp. 74833–4,
December 16, 2005). NICEATM also
requested submission of data using the
standard in vivo rabbit pyrogen test, the
bacterial endotoxin test (BET), and in
vitro pyrogenicity tests. These requests
were sent directly to over 100 interested
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stakeholders; no additional data were
received.
In March 2006, ECVAM responded to
the ICCVAM/NICEATM request for
information by providing a revised BRD
for each test method. ICCVAM and
NICEATM drafted a BRD that combines
all of the available information on the
five in vitro pyrogenicity test methods
into a single document and includes
each of the ECVAM BRDs as an
appendix. Based on this information,
ICCVAM developed draft test method
recommendations regarding the
proposed usefulness, limitations, and
validation status of these test methods.
ICCVAM subsequently recommended
that an independent scientific panel be
convened to (1) peer review the draft
BRD for the test methods and (2)
determine whether the data and
analyses in the draft BRDs support the
draft ICCVAM test method
recommendations. The panel will also
be asked to comment on the adequacy
of the draft recommended performance
standards, proposed future validation
studies, draft standardized test method
protocols, and recommended reference
substances. In making their conclusions
and recommendations, NICEATM will
ask the panel to consider all available
information including the scientific
studies cited in the draft BRD, public
comments, and any new information
identified during the peer review.
Peer Review Panel Meeting
The purpose of this meeting is the
scientific peer review evaluation of the
validation status of five in vitro
pyrogenicity test methods as
replacements for the RPT. First, the
panel will review the draft BRD on the
current status of five in vitro test
methods for the detection of
pyrogenicity and evaluate the extent
that established validation and
acceptance criteria are addressed for
each test method (Validation and
Regulatory Acceptance of Toxicological
Test Methods: A Report of the ad hoc
Interagency Coordinating Committee on
the Validation of Alternative Methods,
NIH Publication No. 97–981, https://
iccvam.niehs.nih.gov). Next, the panel
will comment on the extent to which
the ICCVAM recommendations are
supported by the information provided
in the BRD and on the proposed use of
these test methods, draft test method
protocols, draft performance standards,
and any proposed validation studies.
Information about the panel meeting,
including a roster of the panel members
and the draft agenda, will be made
available two weeks prior to the meeting
on the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site
(https://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov) or can be
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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. 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 Web site 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 January 5, 2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community
Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
1. 1895 MHC and 1895 Corp., both of Worcester, Massachusetts; to
become bank holding companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of Bay State Savings Bank, Worcester, Massachusetts.
2. Danvers Bancorp, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of BankMalden Cooperative Bank, Malden,
Massachusetts.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
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1. First State Bancorporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico; to acquire
100 percent of the voting shares of Front Range Capital Corporation,
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Heritage Bank, both in
Louisville, Colorado.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 7,
2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-21042 Filed 12-11-06; 8:45 am]
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