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and must provide access to such

document if requested by the Secretary

of Agriculture or his authorized

representative for the five-year period

specified in paragraph (e)(1) of this

section.

(f) Responsibility of program

participants. It is the responsibility of

all program participants to review, and

fully acquaint themselves with, this

subpart, program announcement(s), and

notice(s) to participants relating to the

FGP, as applicable. Applicants for

facility payment guarantees under this

program are hereby on notice that they

will be bound by any terms contained

in applicable program announcement(s)

or notice(s) to participants issued prior

to the date of approval of a facility

payment guarantee.

(g) Submission of documents by

principal officers. All required

submissions, including certifications,

applications, reports, or requests (i.e.,

requests for amendments), by exporters

or exporters’ assignees under this

subpart must be signed by a principal or

officer of the exporter or exporter’s

assignee or their authorized designee(s).

In cases where the designee is acting on

behalf of the principal or the officer, the

signature must be accompanied by:

(1) Wording indicating the delegation

of authority or, in the alternative, by a

certified copy of the delegation of

authority; and

(2) The name and title of the

authorized person or officer. Further,

the exporter or exporter’s assignee must

ensure that all information/reports

required under this subpart are

submitted within the required time

limits. If requested in writing, CCC will

acknowledge receipt of a submission by

the exporter or the exporter’s assignee.

If acknowledgment of receipt is

requested, the exporter or exporter’s

assignee must submit an extra copy of

each document and a stamped selfaddressed envelope for return by U.S.

mail. If courier services are desired for

the return receipt, the exporter or

exporter’s assignee must also submit a

self-addressed courier service order

which includes the recipient’s billing

code for such service.

(h) Officials not to benefit. No

member of or delegate to Congress, or

resident Commissioner, shall be

admitted to any share or part of the

facility payment guarantee or to any

benefit that may arise therefrom, but

this provision shall not be construed to

extend to the facility payment guarantee

if made with a corporation for its

general benefit.

(i) Deadlines. (1) Where a deadline is

fixed in terms of days, it means business

days and excludes Saturdays, Sundays

and federal holidays.

(2) Where a deadline is fixed in terms

of months, the deadline falls on the

same day of the month as the day

triggering the deadline period, or if

there is no same day, the last day of the

month; and

(3) Where a deadline would otherwise

fall on a Saturday, Sunday or federal

holiday, the deadline shall be the next

business day.

Signed this 1st day of August, 1997 at

Washington, DC.

Christopher E. Goldthwait,

General Sales Manager, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–20761 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

9 CFR Part 94

[Docket No. 97–007–2]

Change in Disease Status of The

Netherlands Because of Hog Cholera

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as

final rule.

SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final

rule, without change, an interim rule

that amended the regulations by

removing The Netherlands from the list

of countries free from hog cholera. We

took this action based on reports we

have received from The Netherlands

that an outbreak of hog cholera has

occurred in The Netherlands. As a result

of this action, there are additional

restrictions on the importation of pork

and pork products into the United

States from The Netherlands, and the

importation of swine from The

Netherlands is prohibited.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was

effective on February 21, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

John Cougill, Staff Veterinarian, Animal

Products Program, National Center for

Import and Export, VS, APHIS, suite

3B05, 4700 River Road Unit 39,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231, (301) 734–

3399; or e-mail:

jcougill@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In an interim rule effective February

21, 1997, and published in the Federal

Register on February 27, 1997 (62 FR

8867–8868, Docket No. 97–007–1), we

amended §§ 94.9(a) and 94.10(a) of the

regulations by removing The

Netherlands from the list of countries

declared to be free from hog cholera.

Comments on the interim rule were

required to be received on or before

April 28, 1997. We did not receive any

comments. The facts presented in the

interim rule still provide a basis for the

rule.

This action also affirms the

information contained in the interim

rule concerning Executive Order 12866

and the Regulatory Flexibility Act,

Executive Order 12988, and the

Paperwork Reduction Act.

Further, for this action, the Office of

Management and Budget has waived the

review process required by Executive

Order 12866.

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 94

Animal diseases, Imports, Livestock,

Meat and meat products, Milk, Poultry

and poultry products, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

PART 94—RINDERPEST, FOOT-ANDMOUTH DISEASE, FOWL PEST (FOWL

PLAGUE), EXOTIC NEWCASTLE

DISEASE, AFRICAN SWINE FEVER,

HOG CHOLERA, AND BOVINE

SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY:

PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED

IMPORTATIONS

Accordingly, we are adopting as a

final rule, without change, the interim

rule that amended 9 CFR 94 and that

was published at 62 FR 8867–8868 on

February 27, 1997.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 147a, 150ee, 161, 162,

and 450; 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 111, 114a,

134a, 134b, 134c, 134f, 136, and 136a; 31

U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 4331 and 4332; 7 CFR

2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).

Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of

August 1997.

Terry L. Medley,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–20996 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 240

General Rules and Regulations,

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

CFR Correction

In title 17 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, part 240 to end, revised as

of April 1, 1997, on page 369, in

§ 240.17a–5, paragraph (g)(1) is

corrected to read as follows: