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Vol. 65, No. 41

Wednesday, March 1, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

7 CFR Part 1464

RIN 0560–AG13

1999 Crop and Market Loss Assistance

AGENCIES: Commodity Credit

Corporation; USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit

Corporation published in the Federal

Register of February 16, 2000, a final

rule promulgating regulations for Crop

and Market Loss programs.

Inadvertently, a reference to eligibility

for tobacco loss assistance for tobacco

growers on a farm used to produce

tobacco during the 1998 crop year was

omitted. This document corrects that

omission.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Witzig, Chief, Regulatory Review and

Foreign Investment Disclosure Branch,

FSA, USDA, STOP 0540, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0540,

Telephone: (202) 205–5851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commodity Credit Corporation

published in the Federal Register of

February 16, 2000, (65 FR 7960) a final

rule promulgating regulations for Crop

and Market Loss programs. The

provisions of that rule related to

Tobacco Loss Assistance at 7 CFR 1464

stated, in addition to other eligibility

requirements, that for a person to be

considered an eligible tobacco grower

such person must own, operate, or

produce tobacco on a farm that was

used for the production of tobacco

during the 1999 crop year. Eligibility for

farms that produced tobacco in the 1998

crop year was inadvertently omitted.

This correction provides that farms used

for the production of tobacco during the

1998 crop year will be included in the

eligibility requirements.

In rule FR Doc. 00–3406, published

on February 16, 2000, (65 FR 7942)

make the following correction. On page

7960, in the second column, in

§ 1464.203(b)(2), add the phrase ‘‘1998

or’’ before the phrase ‘‘1999 crop year’’.

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 25,

2000.

Keith Kelly,

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–5033 Filed 2–28–00; 12:46 pm]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 1721

Post-Loan Policies and Procedures for

Insured Electric Loans

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of confirmation of

effective date.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

(RUS) hereby gives notice that no

adverse comments were received

regarding the direct final rule on the

Post-Loan Policies and Procedures for

Insured Electric Loans, published in the

Federal Register, December 28, 1999, at

64 FR 72488, and confirms the effective

date of the direct final rule.

DATES: The direct final rule, which

published at 64 FR 72488, is effective

February 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles M. Philpott, Chief, Engineering

Branch, Northern Regional Division, U.

S. Department of Agriculture , Rural

Utilities Service, Room 4034 South

Bldg., 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–1522.

Telephone: (202) 720–1432. E-mail:

cphilpot@rus.usda.gov.

Confirmation of Effective Date

This is to confirm the effective date of

the direct final rule, 7 CFR part 1721,

Post-Loan Policies and Procedures for

Insured Electric Loans—Advances,

published December 28, 1999, at 64 FR

72488, and is to advise that RUS did not

receive any written adverse comments

and no written notice of intent to submit

adverse comments on this rule.

Dated: February 22, 2000.

Christopher A. McLean,

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 00–4764 Filed 2–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION

ADMINISTRATION

12 CFR Parts 724 and 745

Trustees and Custodians of Pension

Plans; Share Insurance and Appendix

AGENCY: National Credit Union

Administration.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The National Credit Union

Administration (NCUA) is revising its

rules regarding a federal credit union’s

authority to act as trustee or custodian

of pension plans. The revised rule

permits federal credit unions in a

territory, including the trust territories,

or a possession of the United States, or

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to

offer trustee or custodian services for

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs),

where otherwise permitted.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective

March 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dianne M. Salva, Staff Attorney,

Division of Operations, Office of

General Counsel, at the above address or

telephone: (703) 518–6540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NCUA

published a proposal to revise its rules

to permit federal credit unions in a

territory, including the trust territories,

or a possession of the United States, or

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to

offer trustee or custodian services for

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs),

where otherwise permitted. 64 FR

55871, Oct. 15, 1999. NCUA received

just one comment letter, which was

strongly supportive of the proposal. The

final regulation is unchanged from the

proposal.

NCUA’s legal analysis and a

discussion of the rule’s basis and

purpose were set out in the proposed

regulation. Id. Briefly summarized, the

current regulation relies, in part, on the

Internal Revenue Code (IRC), which

applies only in the United States and

the District of Columbia, effectively

excluding FCUs in U.S. territories and

possessions. In several territories and