[Federal Register: August 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 149)] [Notices] [Page 42379-42380] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr04au99-81] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 [[Page 42380]] 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. 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 August 18, 1999. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272: 1. Eagle Bancshares, Inc., and Fairfield Holdings, Inc., both of Fairfield, Texas; to engage de novo through their subsidiary, Texas Bank, S.S.B., Buffalo, Texas (in formation), in operating a savings association, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y. Comments regarding this application must be received not later than August 27, 1999. B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager of Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: 1. Umpqua Holdings Corporation, Roseburg, Oregon; to acquire Strand, Atkinson, Williams and York, Inc., Portland, Oregon, and thereby engage, to a limited extent, in underwriting and dealing in commercial paper, municipal revenue bonds, mortgage-related securities, and consumer-receivable related securities, see Citicorp, 73 Fed. Res. Bull. 473 (1987); acting as investment or financial advisor, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(6) of Regulation Y; providing securities brokerage, ``riskless principal,'' private placement, and other agency transactional services, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(7)(i)-(iii), (v); and underwriting and dealing in obligations of the United States, general obligations of states and their political subdivisions, and other obligations that state member banks of the Federal Reserve System may underwrite and deal in under 12 U.S.C. 24 and 335, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(8)(i) of Regulation Y. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 29, 1999. Robert deV. Frierson, Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 99-19948 Filed 8-3-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F