66596 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 244 / Friday, December 19, 1997 / Notices

advances on municipal rate loans with

interest rate terms beginning during the

first calendar quarter of 1998.

DATES: These interest rates are effective

for interest rate terms that commence

during the period beginning January 1,

1998, and ending March 31, 1998.

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 first calendar

quarter of 1998 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 Data

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 on 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

first calendar quarter of 1998.

Interest rate term ends in

(year)

RUS rate

(0.000 percent)

2019 or later ................... 5.250

2018 ................................ 5.250

2017 ................................ 5.250

2016 ................................ 5.125

2015 ................................ 5.125

2014 ................................ 5.125

2013 ................................ 5.125

2012 ................................ 5.000

2011 ................................ 4.875

2010 ................................ 4.750

2009 ................................ 4.750

2008 ................................ 4.625

2007 ................................ 4.500

2006 ................................ 4.500

2005 ................................ 4.375

2004 ................................ 4.375

2003 ................................ 4.250

2002 ................................ 4.125

2001 ................................ 4.000

2000 ................................ 3.875

1999 ................................ 3.750

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 97–33165 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–M

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed addition to

Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received a

proposal to add to the Procurement List

a service to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

If the Committee approves the

proposed addition, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the service listed below from

nonprofit agencies employing persons

who are blind or have other severe

disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

service to the Government.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

service to the Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the J Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the service proposed

for addition to the Procurement List.

Comments on this certification are

invited. Commenters should identify the

statement(s) underlying the certification

on which they are providing additional

information.

The following service has been

proposed for addition to Procurement

List for production by the nonprofit

agency listed:

Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Army

Reserve Center, 1900 Green Springs

Highway, Birmingham, Alabama

NPA: Alabama Goodwill Industries, Inc.,

Birmingham, Alabama

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–33196 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

and Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed Additions to and

Deletions from Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

commodities and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities, and to

delete commodities previously

furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,