Notices. Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an existing OMB clearance

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BILLING CODE 6560-50-P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System SUMMARY: Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public).

Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83-I and supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer Michelle Long--Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829). OMB Desk Officer Mark Menchik--Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or email to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov. Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three years, without revision of the following report: *Report title* :

The Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements in Connection with Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) *Agency form number:* Reg M *OMB control number:* 7100-0202 *Frequency:* on occasion *Reporters:* consumer lessors *Annual reporting hours:* disclosures, 3,509 hours; and advertising, 25 hours *Estimated average hours per response:* disclosures, 6.5 minutes; and advertising, 25 minutes *Number of respondents:* 270 *General description of report:* This information collection is mandatory sections 105(a) and 187 of TILA (15 U.S.C. §§ 1604(a) and 1667(f) is not given confidential treatment. *Abstract:* The Consumer Leasing Act and Regulation M are intended to provide consumers with meaningful disclosures about the costs and terms of leases for personal property.

The disclosures enable consumers to compare the terms for a particular lease with those for other leases and, when appropriate, to compare lease terms with those for credit transactions. The act and regulation also contain rules about advertising consumer leases and limit the size of balloon payments in consumer lease transactions. The information collection pursuant to Regulation M is triggered by specific events. All disclosures must be provided to the lessee prior to the consummation of the lease and when the availability of consumer leases on particular terms is advertised.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 8, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5-6256 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or 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 November 29, 2005. **A.

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City** (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: *1. Robert J. Barmann, Jr.* , Platte City, Missouri; and James L. Baber, Weston, Missouri, as individuals; and Robert J. Barmann, Jr., Platte City, Missouri; James L. Baber, Weston, Missouri, and Robert M. McGinness, Platte City, Missouri, as a group acting in concert to acquire voting shares of Wells Bancshares, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Wells Bank of Platte City, both of Platte City, Missouri.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 7, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5-6242 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S 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 website at *http://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 December 9, 2005. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago** (Patrick M.

Wilder, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: *1. First State Associates, Inc.* , Hawarden, Iowa; to acquire 50 percent of the voting shares of The Hawarden Banking Company, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First State Bank, both of Hawarden, Iowa. *2. Indiana Bank Corp.* , Terre Haute, Indiana; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The First National Bank of Dana, Dana, Indiana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 7, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5-6243 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S 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.

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 *http://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 December 8, 2005. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis** (Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St.

Louis, Missouri 63166-2034: *1. Clay County State Bancshares, Inc.* , Louisville, Illinois; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Clay County State Bank, Louisville, Illinois. **B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City** (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: *1. Western State Bancshares, Inc.* , Waterloo, Nebraska; to become a bank holding company by acquiring up to 100 percent of the voting shares of Western State Bank, Waterloo, Nebraska.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 8, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5-6254 Filed 11-10-05; 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 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 *http://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 December 8, 2005. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia** (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521: *1. National Penn Bancshares, Inc.* , Boyertown, Pennsylvania; to acquire Nittany Financial Corp., State College, Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Nittany Bank, State College, Pennsylvania, 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, November 8, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5-6255 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 3090-0277] Office of Citizen Services and Communications; Information Collection; Market Research Collection AGENCY: Office of Citizen Services and Communications, GSA. ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an existing OMB clearance.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information collection requirement regarding Market Research for the Office of Citizen Services and Communications. The clearance currently expires on April 30, 2006. This information collection will be used to determine the utility and ease of use of GSA's Web site, *http://www.gsa.gov.* The respondents include individuals and representatives from businesses currently holding GSA contracts. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. DATES: Submit comments on or before: January 13, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jocelyn Johnson, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, at telephone

(202)208-0043, or via e-mail to *jocelyn.johnson@gsa.gov.* ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General Services Administration, Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0277, Market Research Collection for the Office of Citizen Services and Communications, in all correspondence. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Purpose The General Services Administration will be requesting the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)to review and approve information collection 3090-0277 concerning Market Research Collection for the Office of Citizen Services and Communications. The purpose of this information collection is to inform GSA on how to best provide service and relevance to the American public via GSA's Web site *http://www.gsa.gov.* The information collected from an online survey, focus groups, and Web site usability testing will be used to refine the *http://www.gsa.gov* Web site. The questions to be asked are non-invasive and do not address or probe sensitive issues. It is important for the GSA to gain information from the many diffuse groups it serves; therefore, the GSA will be questioning individuals and households, and businesses and other for-profit groups. B. Annual Reporting Burden *Respondents:* 190. *Responses Per Respondent:* 1. *Hours Per Response:* 72.6 minutes. *Total Burden Hours:* 230. *OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS:* Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone

(202)208-7312. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0277, Market Research Collection for the Office of Citizen Services and Communications, in all correspondence. Dated: October 25, 2005. Michael W. Carleton, Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 05-22495 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am]

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