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.It" AppHeanf stat~ that the proposed ,~t)sEdEary would engaKe i~ the buM- L~ Of the purch~e and ~a[e for its wn account Rn~ the ~un~ nf thers, of US Tl"e~u~lxry Securities, Se. aritles o| U,S. Oovern~nent Agencies, nd gener0.1 ob!ig~Aioll~ of ~t~tes and ~olitieal subdivisions Lhereof kncluding ihe unde~riting thereof. In tt~ order ,f October 19, 1976 (41 t~ 4?083 I9'~6)) deferring consideration of an pplication to form United Bancorp ,,luniclpMs. Inc. (62 F~de~l l~eser~e ~lulletin 917 (1876l), the Board con- ¸ luded ~ i~ general matter that the ~e- ~Jvity of underwriting and dealing in ,ertaLa govetDillent alld municipal¸se- urlties wa~ closely re!aLed to banking. Fl~t conclusion was affirmed in the r~oard's Order of January 26, 1918 (43 FR 5382 (1978ll ~nnounckng its d¢ci. ion to t el~'ninate su~pel~ion of eonsid. ration of the activity; noL to ado~t !he propased l~aendment; ~knd tll >ermi! the ~*ctivity, II ~t all, by order. On two pr~vJOll$ oce~.siorts, by order, ,he Board h~ approved individual ap , !ieations by bank hold[l~g companies tu engage in th~ a~livit y. (~tepp, Inc., 164 Federal ~e*erve ~1~vlletiit 223 1978)). United Baneorp, {64 Federal K<!~e~e Bulletin 222 { IFlTUD.I Applicant also states that the pro- DOSed subsidiary WoUld provide Do.fo- lio II~ye~tl~erlT. 0*dr'JOe to lI~di%'idaa[% as~oelatie~ts, corporatior~, fiuanc~al in- ~r Itutions, and eom,~erela] banks. Such activities h~ve been specified by the Bo~rd In §225.4(a) of Regulation y lu~ permissible for bank holding companies, subject to Bo~rd approval of individual proposal~ I11 accordance with the procedures of § 22S 4<h~. Interested Der~on~ ~3a~ e~pre~$ their views on the queztion Whether con. ~q~lmm~[ion of the DlOpO$~.l to en~age ~n the listed activities c~l "reasonably ~e expected to produce benefits to the D ilblie, ~uc~l ~ grea~er Convenience, I1~. crewed competition, or gains In effi~ ciency, that otltweigh possible adverse effects, such ~,~ Undue concentration of tel~ources, decreased or ulrffalr corn petition, cor,/llcL~ of interests, or un. sound ballk [n g pr~et ice~." A~y request for a hear~g on thl~ question should be accompanied by a $tKtelnent sum m~.ri~ng th~ e%id~e the person re questing the hearing proposes to submit or to elicit at the hearing ~nd a statement of the reaso~ why thi~ m~.tter should not be re~o]ved ~ithuuL a hearing. The appllcatlon may be inspected at the offices Of the l~o~.rd of Gcvernors or ELf the ~'ederal l;~esel%,e BalIk of K£m~.~ City, ~ny views or reQuest~ for hearing should be submitted [r~ ~,tlt~ng ~d re- ceived by the Secret ary, 130Rrd Of Guy. emors el the Federal Reserve ~ystem, %Vashin~ton, De, 20551, not later tl]an February 12, 1979. NOTIC£S Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Syster~, January 11, 1979¸ Secrelar~ ~f the Board. [F~ Dec, 79 1860 i.'ilcd £ 17 "~q; g45 am] [6750~01 M] FEDERAL TRADE COMMJSSION CIGARIET~E$ AND RELAT£D MATTERS Melho~$ to J~e Ernplgyed in Detetmin[ng Carbon Monoxlde, "Tar" Da~ Nicotine Con. tent NDIke of Oppat~uni~y ~o $~bmll Public AGENCY; ~der~] Trade Coraml~inn. ACTION; Proposed al~thod~ for deter. mJ~lation of c~r~oll m0~lo~ide, "t~r" and nicotine con~ Of ~]~*ret[e ~moke, ~UMMARy: ~l~ee 196~, the Cotam~- ~io~i ha~ been determ~ng and a~ual~ ]y repolting the '%aF' and rdcoLin~ oontent of cigareH('~ The Comm] ~lnn has been ~slng the Fed~ra] ~rade Colt~nqissien NIethod for ~etern/i/la. tion of p~r ticuLt~ l~tter (Tam") and Alk~loid~ (reported ms Nicotinel in Cigarette Smok~ ~s referred to in the ~edera~ Tlade Commi~ion Notice of scribed il~ all artJt 1~ entitled, Tar ~ld Nicnlin¢ Ln Cigart tte Smoke," by H. C PillsbUry e~ ~.1. ~hfch appeared m the Jon~al ~f A~soe~ation o{ Of ficial Aria lyrical Chem[~, VDL 52, NO 3, 1969, In addition ~O cm~tL~*uing its ~ro gr~m Of testhlg ~l~d reportil~ the ,.t&r,, End nicotine content o~ ciga- rettes, the corn~ni~siun is now plal~- ning to Lrdt~atc a pzog~am for the de t~rlnin~tlon and publication of ~lm c~rb~n monoxide enntent O~ cig~ret~ ~l~0ke. The Co~ql~s~011 k~ also CO~id- eriu~ whether to initiate technical hal. plovement~ in tile pres¢.ntly used method for determining nicothae con tent Thls new method i~ expected to reduce the time needed for cheekhlg te~dts. ~11~ ~urpose Of this proeeedin~ is [o establish a public record to a~i~t ~he Commla~io~l 1~1 reaolvin~ speckle ques- tions which relate to the manner ~f delel~]iFdilg Kr~d ~eporting the carbon ~f cigarette ~mokc. TO estab]ish this public r~cord, the Comn"ds$ion blereby Jnvlfes all inLerest. ed Dairies to snbmit wTitt(fl eoul- mvnts, in¢]udln~ tllvtr vie~ data, ar Kument~ and $uggl~lions~ o:1 the loi lo~ fllg quest Inn~: 1 Whether to t~e hn performing tile ~bove.deseribed analysis, the new smoking machine a~ ~leseribed by ~. C, l°El~bury and G. l~er~eld at the 3.rid, Tobacco Chemi~tg Research Confer- en~e, O~tober 1~7~, f~r the deter~r~a~ 3777 Monoxide. Thi~ deter~'Anation L~. % elves the use of infra red ~peetrepho- tcmetry A written descriptiun of this machine, entitled "A 20-part Sequen tial 8rooking Machine for the Deter- ruination of Carbon Monoxide in Cig~.. rette ~moke," is avMlable upon re- queat by ~witing Hareld C. pIIlI,I~nI'y, Direetvr, Tobacco Research Labora- . tory, Federa2 Trade Cotmnissiom Sixth and Pennsylvania Avenue, ~V.. W~htngton, D.C 20590, or by e~llmg hJrn ¢oHeet ~t t202) 52;I :1559. 2. Whether the carbon monoxide de- termincd with the new ~moking ma- chine should be reporled as nlilligram per cigar cite. 3. Whether to medify the ~re~el%ly u~ed method of "tar" and nicotine de. terminaUon by using ~he method ~e- zcribed in an article entitled, "Ga~ Chromatographic Determination of Nicotine Contained on Cambridge l~ter pa0s," by John IL Wam~er et al., ~ presented ~& tile almuaI meeting of The Association of Official AnMytica] Chemist. October, 19~11: also avatla'~le irura Mr. Pillsburs' at above a~ress i~nd l~leDhc)~e mutl~bel'. Written ¢oznments l~ertinent to these questions or other aspeet~ of the subject ~h~uld be aubmitted in ~uint~- plieate to N[r Carol M+ Thnmas~ Secre- tary, Federal Trade ConU~lissio~. Sixth Street and petms3;Ivania A~enue, NW., Wa~hing~0IL D,C. ~0580, and postmarked r,n or before February 2tl, 19q9. The data. views ~rgument~ ~nd ~ag. gestions presented ha writing will be available lot ex~dnatinn by interest- ed partie~ at the IPederal Trade Cum- mi~zion, W~hlngton, D,C, FOR FURTI~ER IN FORI~ATION CONTACT: William 1. Rothbard, Attor~ey, Rm, 6%1~, 1202) ~24-14~5, or Jane DO1- kart, Attorney, am, 6109, (202) 724- 1458. Star Building, Federal Trade Commission, W~hi~gton. DO. 20580. I~sued: January 12, 1979. ~ecrem~* [Igl~ D~e, 79 lgZ~ Fll~d l 1%79~ ~;45 I~n~] [1610-01-M] GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIJLAT~ R y ~EPQRTS R£VIEW Re¢~t ol Re;,orl p¢opo~al The following request for clear,nee of • report intended for use in collect. ing information from the public Was received by the RegUlaLory R~ports Review St~f{, GAO, on J~n~/~ry 12, 1979. Sx.e 44 USC 3512(e) and (d). The purpose of publishing thiS [lotlce I[DER~L ~|GISI~R, VOL 44, NO. I~TIIURS~Ay, J&hlO~Ry 18, 1979 en cD o0