[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59789-59790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16737]


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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

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holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center 
website at 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 November 3, 2006.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Anne McEwen, Financial 
Specialist) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Fort Orange Financial Corporation, Albany New York; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Capital Bank & Trust Company, Albany, New York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 
Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital 
III LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, Ruh Capital LLC, Western States 
Opportunity LLC, Eggemeyer Family Trust, William J. Ruh Trust, Legions 
IV Advisory Corp., all located in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and LDF, 
Inc., Chicago, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of 
BB&T Bancshares, Corp., and thereby indirectly acquire Bloomingdale 
Bank and Trust, both of Bloomingdale, Illinois.
    2. West Valley Bancorp, Inc., Avondale, Arizona; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of West 
Valley National Bank (in organization), both of Avondale, Arizona.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 5, 
2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-16737 Filed 10-10-06; 8:45 am]
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