48984 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 181 / Thursday, September 18, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Changes to

Section IV of the Field Office Technical

Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Oklahoma

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in

Oklahoma, U.S. Department of

Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Oklahoma for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Oklahoma to issue a series of new and

revised conservation practice standards

in Section IV of the FOTG. These new

standards include Access Road (Code

560); Forage Harvest Management (Code

511); Irrigation Erosion Control,

Polyacrylamide (Code I–444); Low

Energy Precision Application (LEPA)

Irrigation System (Code I–442A); Stream

Crossing (Code I/583A); Well

Decommissioning (Code 351); and

Wetland Development or Restoration

(Code 657). The revised standards

include Brush Management (Code 314);

Conservation Cover (Code 327);

Firebreak (Code 394); Forest Site

Preparation (Code 490); Forest Stand

Improvement (Code 666); Grade

Stabilization Structure (Code 410); Pond

(Code 378); Prescribed Grazing (Code

528A); Residue Management, No Till

and Strip Till (Code 329A); Residue

Management, Mulch Till (Code 329B);

Residue Management, Ridge Till (Code

329C); Residue Management, Seasonal

(Code 344); Riparian Forest Buffer (Code

391); Terrace (Code 600); Tree/Shrub

Establishment (Code 612); Tree/Shrub

Pruning (Code 660); Trough or Tank

(Code 614); Windbreak Renovation

(Code 650); and Windbreak/Shelterbelt

Establishment (Code 380). Some of these

practices may be used in conservation

systems that treat highly erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before October 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Kevin D. Norton,

State Resource Conservationist, Natural

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),

100 USDA, Suite 203, Stillwater, OK

74074–2655. Copies of these standards

will be made available upon written

request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

enactment of the law, to NRCS state

technical guides used to carry out

highly erodible land and wetland

provisions of the law, shall be made

available for public review and

comment. For the next 30 days, the

NRCS in Oklahoma will receive

comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period, a

determination will be made by the

NRCS in Oklahoma regarding

disposition of those comments and a

final determination of change will be

made.

Dated: September 3, 1997.

Ronnie L. Clark,

State Conservationist, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

[FR Doc. 97–24830 Filed 9–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Municipal Interest Rates for the Fourth

Quarter of 1997

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of municipal interest

rates on advances from insured electric

loans for the fourth quarter of 1997.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

hereby announces the interest rates for

advances on municipal rate loans with

interest rate terms beginning during the

fourth calendar quarter of 1997.

DATES: These interest rates are effective

for interest rate terms that commence

during the period beginning October 1,

1997, and ending December 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn Dotson, Loan Funds Control

Assistant, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service,

Room 2234-S, Stop 1524, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–1500.

Telephone: 202–720–1928. FAX: 202–

690–2268. E-mail:

CDotson@rus.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural

Utilities Service (RUS) hereby

announces the interest rates on

advances made during the fourth

calendar quarter of 1997 for municipal

rate electric loans. RUS regulations at 7

CFR 1714.4 state that each advance of

funds on a municipal rate loan shall

bear interest at a single rate for each

interest rate term. Pursuant to 7 CFR

1714.5, the interest rates on these

advances are based on indexes

published in the ‘‘Bond Buyer’’ for the

four weeks prior to the first Friday of

the last month before the beginning of

the quarter. The rate for interest rate

terms of 20 years or longer is the average

of the 20 year rates published in the

Bond Buyer in the four weeks specified

in 7 CFR 1714.5(d). The rate for terms

of less than 20 years is the average of the

rates published in the Bond Buyer for

the same four weeks in the table of

‘‘Municipal Market Data—General

Obligation Yields’’ or the successor to

this table. No interest rate may exceed

the interest rate for Water and Waste

Disposal loans.

The table of Municipal Market Date

includes only rates for securities

maturing in 1998 and at 5 year intervals

thereafter. The rates published by RUS

reflect the average rates for the years

shown in the Municipal Market Data

table. Rates for interest rate terms

ending in intervening years are a linear

interpolation based the average of the

rates published in the Bond Buyer. All

rates are adjusted to the nearest one

eighth of one percent (0.125 percent) as

required under 7 CFR 1714.5(a). The

market interest rate on Water and Waste

Disposal loans for this quarter is 5.375

percent.

In accordance with 7 CFR 1714.5, the

interest rates are established as shown

in the following table for all interest rate

terms that begin at any time during the

fourth calendar quarter of 1997.

Interest rate term ends in

(year)

RUS rate

(0.000 percent)

2018 or later ................... 5.375

2017 ................................ 5.375

2016 ................................ 5.250

2015 ................................ 5.250

2014 ................................ 5.250

2013 ................................ 5.250

2012 ................................ 5.125

2011 ................................ 5.125

2010 ................................ 5.000

2009 ................................ 4.875

2008 ................................ 4.875

2007 ................................ 4.750

2006 ................................ 4.625

2005 ................................ 4.625

2004 ................................ 4.500

2003 ................................ 4.500

2002 ................................ 4.375

2001 ................................ 4.250

2000 ................................ 4.125

1999 ................................ 4.000

1998 ................................ 3.750

Dated: September 12, 1997.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 97–24757 Filed 9–17–97; 8:45 am]

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