NR 99-96
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    
Contact:  Frank D. Vance, Jr.  (202) 874-4700
October 21, 1999  
       OCC ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                                   
WASHINGTON, DC --The Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency (OCC) today announced five new enforcement 
actions taken against national banks and individuals 
currently and formerly affiliated with national banks. 
  
A list of enforcement actions previously disclosed 
and copies of the actual documents are available
from the OCC's Communications Division by writing 
to: Comptroller of the Currency, Public Information 
Room (1-5), Washington, DC  20219.  Requests made 
by facsimile transmission should be sent to 
(202) 874-4448.  Please include the identifying 
enforcement action number when placing
an order.  Enforcement actions are also listed 
monthly in OCC Interpretations and Actions. 
Subscriptions to that publication are available 
from the OCC's Communications Division.

The OCC also maintains a searchable database 
of all public enforcement actions taken since 
August 1989 on its Internet Web site 
located at http://www.occ.treas.gov/enforce.htm.

FORMAL AGREEMENT, BY CONSENT
No.       Bank/City                                   Date
District of Columbia
99-71          Treasury Bank, LLC, Washington         10/3/99

CEASE AND DESIST ORDER, BY CONSENT
No.       Bank/City                                   Date
New Jersey
99-72          Farmers & Merchants National Bank of 
Bridgeton, Bridgeton				       5/24/99

REMOVALS, BY CONSENT
No.       Individual/Bank/City                         Date
California
99-73          Alice Rostami, Bank of America, 
N.T. & S.A., San Francisco			      10/7/99

Illinois
99-58          Michael P. Traba, The First National 
Bank of Chicago, Chicago				5/1/99

                            
REMOVALS, BY CONSENT (Cont.)
No.       Individual/Bank/City                          Date
Oregon
99-74          Erin Bennett, U. S. Bank of Oregon, 
N.A., Portland						
10/7/99




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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 
2,400 national banks and 59 federal branches and agencies
of foreign banks in the United States, accounting for 58 
percent of the nation's banking assets.  Its mission is 
to ensure a safe, sound and competitive national 
banking system that supports the citizens, 
communities and economy of the United States.