81_FR_41424 81 FR 41302 - Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company

81 FR 41302 - Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 122 (June 24, 2016)

Page Range41302-41303
FR Document2016-15030

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41302-41303]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15030]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank 
or Bank Holding Company

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of 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 offices 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 July 12, 2016.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Gerald C. Tsai, Director,

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Applications and Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and its subsidiary National Indemnity 
Company, together with National Fire & Marine Insurance Company, 
Columbia Insurance Company, National Liability & Fire Insurance 
Company, Cypress Insurance Company, National Indemnity Company of the 
South, Redwood Fire and Casualty Company, Government Employees 
Insurance Company, General Reinsurance Corporation, General Re Life 
Corporation, General Star Indemnity Company, Mount Vernon Fire 
Insurance Company, U.S. Underwriters Insurance Company, United States 
Liability Insurance Company, The Medical Protective Company, Berkshire 
Hathaway Assurance Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance 
Company of Nebraska, Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company, 
First Berkshire Life Insurance Company, Princeton Insurance Company, 
National Indemnity Company of Mid America, Seaworthy Insurance Company, 
Unione Italiana Insurance Company, GEICO Advantage Insurance Company, 
GEICO Casualty Insurance Company, GEICO Choice Insurance Company, GEICO 
Indemnity Company, GEICO Secure Insurance Company, GEICO Corporation, 
General Re Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, 
Central States Indemnity Co. of Omaha, Central States of Omaha 
Companies, Inc., AmGUARD Insurance Company, Atlanta International 
Insurance Company, California Insurance Company, Commercial Casualty 
Insurance Company, Continental Indemnity Company, Finial Reinsurance 
Company, EastGUARD Insurance Company, General Star National Insurance 
Company, Genesis Insurance Company, Oak River Insurance Company, 
NorGUARD Insurance Company, Old United Casualty Company, Radnor 
Specialty Insurance Company, Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance 
Company, WestGUARD Insurance Company, Brilliant National Services, 
Inc., U.S. Investment Corporation, BH Finance LLC, Precision Steel 
Warehouse Inc., The Fechheimer Brothers Company, Medical Protective 
Corporation, Boat America Corporation, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Inc., 
Benjamin Moore Pension Trust, The Buffalo News Office Pension Plan, The 
Buffalo News Editorial Pension Plan, The Buffalo News Mechanical 
Pension Plan, The Buffalo News Drivers/Distributors Pension Plan, 
Dexter Pension Plan, FlightSafety International Inc. Retirement Income 
Plan, Fruit of the Loom Pension Trust, GEICO Corporation Pension Plan 
Trust, Johns Manville Corporation Master Pension Trust, Justin Brands 
Inc. Union Pension Plan & Justin Brands Inc. Pension Plan & Trust, Acme 
Brick Company Pension Trust and Scott Fetzer Company Collective 
Investment Trust, all in Omaha, Nebraska; Warren Buffett, Omaha, 
Nebraska; Charles Munger, Los Angeles, California; and certain 
immediate family members of Warren Buffett and Charles Munger, to 
retain and acquire additional voting shares of Wells Fargo & Company, 
San Francisco, California, and thereby indirectly acquire shares of 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; 
Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, National Association, Ogden, Utah; Wells 
Fargo Bank South Central, National Association, Houston, Texas; Wells 
Fargo Financial National Bank, Las Vegas, Nevada; and Wells Fargo Bank, 
Ltd., Los Angeles, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 21, 2016.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-15030 Filed 6-23-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact                  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                  On February 29, 2016, the Michigan
                                                  Statements (EISs).                                    AGENCY                                                 Department of Environmental Quality
                                                Filed 06/13/2016 Through 06/17/2016.                                                                           (MDEQ) submitted an application titled
                                                                                                        [FRL–9931–90–OEI]
                                                                                                                                                               ‘‘Michigan Air Emission Reporting
                                                Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.                                                                                     System (MAERS)’’ for revisions/
                                                                                                        Cross-Media Electronic Reporting:
                                                Notice                                                  Authorized Program Revision                            modifications to several of its EPA-
                                                                                                        Approval, State of Michigan                            approved air programs under title 40
                                                  Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act                                                                          CFR to allow electronic reporting. EPA
                                                requires that EPA make public its                       AGENCY: Environmental Protection                       reviewed MDEQ’s request to revise/
                                                comments on EISs issued by other                        Agency (EPA).                                          modify its EPA-authorized programs
                                                Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters                 ACTION: Notice.                                        and, based on this review, EPA
                                                on EISs are available at: https://                                                                             determined that the application met the
                                                                                                        SUMMARY:    This notice announces EPA’s                standards for approval of authorized
                                                cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/
                                                                                                        approval of the State of Michigan’s                    program revisions/modifications set out
                                                action/eis/search.
                                                                                                        request to revise/modify certain of its                in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In
                                                EIS No. 20160138, Draft, HUD, NY,                       EPA-authorized programs to allow                       accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this
                                                  Lambert Houses Redevelopment,                         electronic reporting.                                  notice of EPA’s decision to approve
                                                  Comment Period Ends: 08/08/2016,                      DATES: EPA’s approval is effective June                Michigan’s request to revise/modify its
                                                  Contact: Aaron Werner, 212–863–                       24, 2016.                                              following EPA-authorized programs to
                                                  5953, The City of New York—                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR
                                                  Department of Housing &                               Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental                         parts 50–52, 60–61, 63, 65 and 70, is
                                                  Development is the lead agency for                    Protection Agency, Office of                           being published in the Federal Register:
                                                  the above project.                                    Environmental Information, Mail Stop                      Part 52—Approval and Promulgation
                                                                                                        2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,                   of Implementation Plans;
                                                EIS No. 20160139, Final, BLM, UT,                                                                                 Part 60—Standards of Performance for
                                                  Monument Butte Area Oil and Gas                       Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175,
                                                                                                        seeh.karen@epa.gov.                                    New Stationary Sources;
                                                  Development Project, Review Period                                                                              Part 63—National Emission Standards
                                                  Ends: 08/08/2016, Contact: Stephanie                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On                          for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source
                                                  Howard 435–781–4469.                                  October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media                Categories; and
                                                                                                        Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR)                       Part 70—State Operating Permit
                                                EIS No. 20160140, Final, AFS, MT, Flint                 was published in the Federal Register                  Programs.
                                                  Foothills Vegetation Management                       (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of                   MDEQ was notified of EPA’s
                                                  Project, Review Period Ends: 07/25/                   title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR                           determination to approve its application
                                                  2016, Contact: Charlene Bucha Gentry                  establishes electronic reporting as an                 with respect to the authorized programs
                                                  406–859–3211.                                         acceptable regulatory alternative to                   listed above.
                                                EIS No. 20160141, Final Supplement,                     paper reporting and establishes
                                                                                                                                                               Matthew Leopard,
                                                  USACE, FHWA, VA, US Route 460,                        requirements to assure that electronic
                                                                                                        documents are as legally dependable as                 Director, Office of Information Collection.
                                                  Review Period Ends: 07/25/2016,
                                                                                                        their paper counterparts. Subpart D of                 [FR Doc. 2016–14954 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  Contact: Edward Sundra (804) 775–
                                                  3357, The U.S. Department of                          CROMERR requires that state, tribal or                 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

                                                  Transportation’s Federal Highway                      local government agencies that receive,
                                                  Administration and the U.S. Army                      or wish to begin receiving, electronic
                                                                                                        reports under their EPA-authorized                     FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
                                                  Corps of Engineers are joint lead
                                                  agencies for the above project.                       programs must apply to EPA for a
                                                                                                        revision or modification of those                      Change in Bank Control Notices;
                                                EIS No. 20160142, Final, BLM, NV, Bald                  programs and obtain EPA approval.                      Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
                                                  Mountain Mine North and South                         Subpart D provides standards for such                  Bank Holding Company
                                                  Operations Area Project, Review                       approvals based on consideration of the                  The notificants listed below have
                                                  Period Ends: 07/25/2016, Contact:                     electronic document receiving systems                  applied under the Change in Bank
                                                  Stephanie Trujillo 775–289–1831.                      that the state, tribe, or local government             Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
                                                                                                        will use to implement the electronic                   § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
                                                Amended Notices
                                                                                                        reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b)                   CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
                                                EIS No. 20160097, Draft, USFS, CO,                      through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D                or bank holding company. The factors
                                                  Rico-West Dolores Roads and Trails                    provides special procedures for program                that are considered in acting on the
                                                  Travel Management Project, Comment                    revisions and modifications to allow                   notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of
                                                  Period Ends: 07/15/2016, Contact:                     electronic reporting, to be used at the                the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
                                                  Deborah Kill, 970–882–6822.                           option of the state, tribe or local                      The notices are available for
                                                                                                        government in place of procedures                      immediate inspection at the Federal
                                                  Revision to FR Notice Published 05/                   available under existing program-                      Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
                                                06/2016; Extending Comment Period                       specific authorization regulations. An                 also will be available for inspection at
                                                from 06/20/2016 to 07/15/2016.                          application submitted under the subpart                the offices of the Board of Governors.
                                                                                                        D procedures must show that the state,                 Interested persons may express their
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                                                  Dated: June 21, 2016.
                                                                                                        tribe or local government has sufficient               views in writing to the Reserve Bank
                                                Dawn Roberts,
                                                                                                        legal authority to implement the                       indicated for that notice or to the offices
                                                Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance                     electronic reporting components of the                 of the Board of Governors. Comments
                                                Division, Office of Federal Activities.                 programs covered by the application                    must be received not later than July 12,
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–15008 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am]             and will use electronic document                       2016.
                                                BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                  receiving systems that meet the                          A. Federal Reserve Bank of San
                                                                                                        applicable subpart D requirements.                     Francisco (Gerald C. Tsai, Director,


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                                                                                Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 122 / Friday, June 24, 2016 / Notices                                                  41303

                                                Applications and Enforcement) 101                       FlightSafety International Inc.                        (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
                                                Market Street, San Francisco, California                Retirement Income Plan, Fruit of the                   noted, nonbanking activities will be
                                                94105–1579:                                             Loom Pension Trust, GEICO Corporation                  conducted throughout the United States.
                                                  1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and its                   Pension Plan Trust, Johns Manville                       Unless otherwise noted, comments
                                                subsidiary National Indemnity                           Corporation Master Pension Trust,                      regarding each of these applications
                                                Company, together with National Fire &                  Justin Brands Inc. Union Pension Plan                  must be received at the Reserve Bank
                                                Marine Insurance Company, Columbia                      & Justin Brands Inc. Pension Plan &                    indicated or the offices of the Board of
                                                Insurance Company, National Liability                   Trust, Acme Brick Company Pension                      Governors not later than July 22, 2016.
                                                & Fire Insurance Company, Cypress                       Trust and Scott Fetzer Company                           A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
                                                Insurance Company, National                             Collective Investment Trust, all in                    (Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice
                                                Indemnity Company of the South,                         Omaha, Nebraska; Warren Buffett,                       President), 1000 Peachtree Street NE.,
                                                Redwood Fire and Casualty Company,                      Omaha, Nebraska; Charles Munger, Los                   Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can
                                                Government Employees Insurance                          Angeles, California; and certain                       also be sent electronically to
                                                Company, General Reinsurance                            immediate family members of Warren                     Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org:
                                                Corporation, General Re Life                            Buffett and Charles Munger, to retain                    1. Peach State Bancshares, Inc., to
                                                Corporation, General Star Indemnity                     and acquire additional voting shares of                become a bank holding company by
                                                Company, Mount Vernon Fire Insurance                    Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco,                  acquiring 100 percent of the voting
                                                Company, U.S. Underwriters Insurance                    California, and thereby indirectly                     stock of Peach State Bank & Trust, both
                                                Company, United States Liability                        acquire shares of Wells Fargo Bank,                    in Gainesville, Georgia.
                                                Insurance Company, The Medical                          National Association, Sioux Falls, South
                                                                                                                                                                 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
                                                Protective Company, Berkshire                           Dakota; Wells Fargo Bank Northwest,                    System, June 21, 2016.
                                                Hathaway Assurance Corporation,                         National Association, Ogden, Utah;
                                                                                                                                                               Michele Taylor Fennell,
                                                Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance                       Wells Fargo Bank South Central,
                                                                                                        National Association, Houston, Texas;                  Assistant Secretary of the Board.
                                                Company of Nebraska, Berkshire                                                                                 [FR Doc. 2016–15031 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am]
                                                Hathaway Homestate Insurance                            Wells Fargo Financial National Bank,
                                                                                                        Las Vegas, Nevada; and Wells Fargo                     BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
                                                Company, First Berkshire Life Insurance
                                                                                                        Bank, Ltd., Los Angeles, California.
                                                Company, Princeton Insurance
                                                Company, National Indemnity Company                       Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
                                                of Mid America, Seaworthy Insurance                     System, June 21, 2016.                                 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                Company, Unione Italiana Insurance                      Michele Taylor Fennell,                                HUMAN SERVICES
                                                Company, GEICO Advantage Insurance                      Assistant Secretary of the Board.
                                                Company, GEICO Casualty Insurance                       [FR Doc. 2016–15030 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                               Centers for Disease Control and
                                                Company, GEICO Choice Insurance                         BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
                                                                                                                                                               Prevention
                                                Company, GEICO Indemnity Company,                                                                              [60Day–16–1005; Docket No. CDC–2016–
                                                GEICO Secure Insurance Company,                                                                                0055]
                                                GEICO Corporation, General Re                           FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
                                                Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway                                                                                Proposed Data Collection Submitted
                                                Specialty Insurance Company, Central                    Formations of, Acquisitions by, and                    for Public Comment and
                                                States Indemnity Co. of Omaha, Central                  Mergers of Bank Holding Companies                      Recommendations
                                                States of Omaha Companies, Inc.,                          The companies listed in this notice
                                                AmGUARD Insurance Company,                                                                                     AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and
                                                                                                        have applied to the Board for approval,
                                                Atlanta International Insurance                                                                                Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
                                                                                                        pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
                                                Company, California Insurance                           Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)                   and Human Services (HHS).
                                                Company, Commercial Casualty                            (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part                   ACTION: Notice with comment period.
                                                Insurance Company, Continental                          225), and all other applicable statutes
                                                Indemnity Company, Finial Reinsurance                                                                          SUMMARY:   The Centers for Disease
                                                                                                        and regulations to become a bank
                                                Company, EastGUARD Insurance                                                                                   Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
                                                                                                        holding company and/or to acquire the
                                                Company, General Star National                                                                                 its continuing efforts to reduce public
                                                                                                        assets or the ownership of, control of, or
                                                Insurance Company, Genesis Insurance                                                                           burden and maximize the utility of
                                                                                                        the power to vote shares of a bank or
                                                Company, Oak River Insurance                                                                                   government information, invites the
                                                                                                        bank holding company and all of the
                                                Company, NorGUARD Insurance                                                                                    general public and other Federal
                                                                                                        banks and nonbanking companies
                                                Company, Old United Casualty                                                                                   agencies to take this opportunity to
                                                                                                        owned by the bank holding company,
                                                Company, Radnor Specialty Insurance                                                                            comment on proposed and/or
                                                                                                        including the companies listed below.
                                                Company, Berkshire Hathaway Direct                        The applications listed below, as well               continuing information collections, as
                                                Insurance Company, WestGUARD                            as other related filings required by the               required by the Paperwork Reduction
                                                Insurance Company, Brilliant National                   Board, are available for immediate                     Act of 1995. This notice invites
                                                Services, Inc., U.S. Investment                         inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank                 comment on the ‘‘Older Adult Safe
                                                Corporation, BH Finance LLC, Precision                  indicated. The applications will also be               Mobility Assessment Tool Impact
                                                Steel Warehouse Inc., The Fechheimer                    available for inspection at the offices of             Evaluation and Developing a
                                                Brothers Company, Medical Protective                    the Board of Governors. Interested                     Dissemination Plan’’ extension for the
                                                Corporation, Boat America Corporation,                  persons may express their views in                     previously approved information
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                                                Nebraska Furniture Mart, Inc., Benjamin                 writing on the standards enumerated in                 collection designed to evaluate whether
                                                Moore Pension Trust, The Buffalo News                   the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the                the Mobility Planning Tool is effective
                                                Office Pension Plan, The Buffalo News                   proposal also involves the acquisition of              for promoting readiness to adopt
                                                Editorial Pension Plan, The Buffalo                     a nonbanking company, the review also                  mobility-protective behaviors in older
                                                News Mechanical Pension Plan, The                       includes whether the acquisition of the                adults.
                                                Buffalo News Drivers/Distributors                       nonbanking company complies with the                   DATES: Written comments must be
                                                Pension Plan, Dexter Pension Plan,                      standards in section 4 of the BHC Act                  received on or before August 23, 2016.


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Document Created: 2016-06-24 00:53:00
Document Modified: 2016-06-24 00:53:00
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation81 FR 41302 

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