NR 2000-30
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    
Contact: Frank D. Vance, Jr.  (202) 874-4700
May 2, 2000 
              OCC ANNOUNCES NINE NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                                   
WASHINGTON, DC --The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
(OCC) today announced  nine 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/enforce.htm.

FORMAL AGREEMENTS, BY CONSENT
No.       	Bank/City                                      	   Date
California
2000-31   	Goleta National Bank, Goleta                   	   3/23/00
2000-32   	First Professional Bank, N.A., Santa Monica    	   3/22/00

Louisiana
99-113    	First National Bank of Gonzales, Gonzales      	   9/9/99

Missouri
2000-33   	Gateway National Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis  	   3/24/00

Texas
2000-34   	Farmers National Bank of Forney, Forney        	   3/6/00
99-114    	First National Bank of Rotan, Rotan            	  11/16/99
                        

REMOVALS AND PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT
No.       	Individual/Bank/City                           	   Date
Delaware
2000-35   	James Wesley Beeks, MBNA America Bank, Wilmington  4/7/00

Illinois
2000-36   	Jack L. D'Urso, Bank One, N.A., Chicago            3/1/00

Massachusetts
2000-37   	Walter M. Szymanski, Fleet Bank of Massachusetts,
Boston                                            	  	   3/15/00


The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,400 national banks
and 58 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States,
accounting for 57 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.