[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21798]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program--FY 1998 Program 
Announcement Extension

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the application deadline for participation 
in the Foreign Market Development Cooperator (Cooperator) Program for 
Fiscal Year 1998 and permits facsimile applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Foreign Agricultural Service, Marketing Operations Staff, STOP 1042, 
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-1042.
     A Federal Register notice published July 14, 1997 (62 FR 37539) 
announced the Cooperator Program for Fiscal Year 1998 and set forth an 
application deadline of August 13, 1997. The deadline for submission of 
applications for the 1998 Cooperator Program is hereby extended to 
August 25, 1997 due to the disruption of parcel delivery services. 
Applications may be submitted by facsimile, hand delivered, or sent by 
postal delivery and must now be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight 
Savings Time, August 25, 1997 at the following:
    Facsimile: Director, Marketing Operations Staff on (202) 720-9361;
    Hand Delivery (including Federal Express, DHL, etc.): U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Marketing 
Operations Staff, Room 4932-S, 14th and Independence Avenue, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20250-1042;
    U.S. Postal Delivery: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Marketing 
Operations Staff, STOP 1042, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20250-1042.
    For more detailed information regarding the application process or 
other terms and requirements of the Cooperator Program, contact the 
Marketing Operations Staff, FAS, USDA at the address above or telephone 
(202) 720-4327. Comments regarding the conduct of the Cooperator 
Program may be directed to either address as applicable.
    All applications submitted by hand delivery or U.S. Postal Delivery 
should be submitted in triplicate (an original and two copies). 
Applicants submitting facsimile applications are requested to promptly 
submit an original and two copies by hand delivery or U.S. Postal 
Delivery.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on August 12, 1997.
Timothy J. Galvin,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 97-21798 Filed 8-15-97; 8:45 am]
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