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The Challis Messenger, Challis, Idaho

Lost River District Ranger decisions:

The Challis Messenger, Challis, Idaho

Sawtooth National Forest

Sawtooth Forest Supervisor decisions:

The Times News, Twin Falls, Idaho

Burley District Ranger decisions:

Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden,

Utah, for those decisions on the

Burley District involving the Raft

River Unit

South Idaho Press, Burley, Idaho, for

decisions issued on the Idaho

portions of the Burley District

Twin Falls District Ranger decisions:

The Times News, Twin Falls, Idaho

Ketchum District Ranger decisions:

Wood River Journal, Hailey, Idaho

Sawtooth National Recreation Area:

Challis Messenger, Challis, Idaho

Fairfield District Ranger decisions:

The Times News, Twin Falls, Idaho

Targhee National Forest

Targhee Forest Supervisor decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Dubois District Ranger decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Island Park District Ranger decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Ashton District Ranger decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Palisades District Ranger decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Teton Basin District Ranger decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Uinta National Forest

Uinta Forest Supervisor decisions:

The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah

Pleasant Grove District Ranger

decisions:

The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah

Heber District Ranger decisions:

The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah, and

Wasatch Wave, Heber City, Utah

Spanish Fork Ranger decisions:

The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah

Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Wasatch-Cache Forest Supervisor

decisions:

Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake District Ranger decisions:

Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah

Kamas District Ranger decisions:

Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah

Evanston District Ranger decisions:

Uintah County Herald, Evanston,

Wyoming

Mountain View District Ranger

decisions:

Uintah County Herald, Evanston,

Wyoming

Ogden District Ranger decisions:

Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden, Utah

Logan District Ranger decisions:

Logan Herald Journal, Logan, Utah

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Jack G. Troyer,

Deputy Regional Forester.

[FR Doc. 97–33594 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

Housing Preservation Grants

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS),

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service

(RHS) announces that it is soliciting

competitive applications under its

Housing Preservation Grant (HPG)

program. The HPG program is a grant

program which provides qualified

public agencies, private nonprofit

organizations and other eligible entities

grant funds to assist very low- and lowincome homeowners repair and

rehabilitate their homes in rural areas,

and to assist rental property owners and

cooperative housing complexes to repair

and rehabilitate their units if they agree

to make such units available to low- and

very low-income persons. This action is

taken to comply with Agency

regulations found in 7 CFR part 1944,

subpart N, which requires the Agency to

announce the opening and closing dates

for receipt of preapplications for HPG

funds from eligible applicants. The

intended effect of this Notice is to

provide eligible organizations notice of

these dates.

DATES: RHS hereby announces that it

will begin receiving preapplications on

December 24, 1997. The closing date for

acceptance by RHS of preapplications is

March 24, 1998. This period will be the

only time during the current fiscal year

that RHS accepts preapplications.

Preapplications must be received by or

postmarked on or before the closing

date.

ADDRESSES: Submit preapplications to

Rural Development servicing offices for

the HPG program; applicants must

contact their Rural Development State

Office for this information. A listing of

Rural Development State Offices, their

addresses, and telephone numbers

follows:

Rural Development State Offices

Note: Telephone numbers listed are

not toll-free.

Alabama State Office, Sterling Center

Office Building, 4121 Carmichael

Road, Suite 601, Montgomery, AL

36106–3683, (334) 279–3455

Alaska State Office, 800 West Evergreen,

Suite 201, Palmer, AK 99645, (907)

745–2176

Arizona State Office, Phoenix Corporate

Center, 3003 N. Central Ave., Suite

900, Phoenix, AZ 85012–2906, (602)

280–8755

Arkansas State Office, 700 W. Capitol

Ave., Rm. 5411, Little Rock, AR

72201–3225, (501) 324–6701

California State Office, 194 West Main

Street, Suite F, Woodland, CA 95695–

2915, (916) 668–2090

Colorado State Office, 655 Parfet Street,

Room E100, Lakewood, CO 80215,

(303) 236–2801 (ext. 122)

Connecticut (Served by Massachusetts

State Office)

Delaware/Maryland State Office, 5201

South Dupont Highway, PO Box 400,

Camden, DE 19934–9998, (302) 697–

4314

Florida State Office, 4440 N.W. 25th

Place, PO Box 147010, Gainesville, FL

32614–7010, (352) 338–3465

Georgia State Office, Stephens Federal

Building, 355 E. Hancock Avenue,

Athens, GA 30601–2768, (706) 546–

2164

Guam (Served by Hawaii State Office)

Hawaii State Office, Room 311, Federal

Building 154, Waianuenue Avenue,

Hilo, HI 96720, (808) 933–3005

Idaho State Office, 3232 Elder Street,

Boise, ID 83705, (208) 378–5627

Illinois State Office, Illini Plaza, Suite

103, 1817 South Neil Street,

Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 398–5412

(ext. 256)

Indiana State Office, 5975 Lakeside

Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46278,

(317) 290–3115

Iowa State Office, 873 Federal Building,

210 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA

50309, (515) 284–4493

Kansas State Office, 1200 SW Executive

Drive, PO Box 4653, Topeka, KS

66604, (913) 271–2720

Kentucky State Office, 771 Corporate

Drive, Suite 200, Lexington, KY

40503, (606) 224–7325

Louisiana State Office, 3727

Government Street, Alexandria, LA

71302, (318) 473–7950

Maine State Office, 444 Stillwater Ave.,

Suite 2, PO Box 405, Bangor, ME

04402–0405, (207) 990–9110

Maryland (Served by Delaware State

Office)

Massachusetts State Office, 451 West

Street, Amherst, MA 01002, (413)

253–4327
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Michigan State Office, 3001 Coolidge

Road, Suite 200, East Lansing, MI

48823, (515) 337–6635 (ext. 1608)

Minnesota State Office, 410 AgriBank

Building, 375 Jackson Street, St. Paul,

MN 55101–1853, (612) 290–3912

Mississippi State Office, Federal

Building, Suite 831, 100 W. Capitol

Street, Jackson, MS 39269, (601) 965–

4325

Missouri State Office, 601 Business

Loop, 70 West, Parkade Center, Suite

235, Columbia, MO 65203, (573) 876–

0990

Montana State Office, Unit 1, Suite B,

900 Technology Blvd., Bozeman, MT,

59715, (406) 585–2515

Nebraska State Office, Federal Building,

room 308, 100 Centennial Mall N,

Lincoln, NE 68508, (402) 437–5557.

Nevada State Office, 1390 South Curry

Street, Carson City, NV 89703–5405,

(702) 887–1222.

New Hampshire (Served by Vermont

State Office)

New Jersey State Office, Tarnsfield

Plaza, Suite 22, 790 Woodland Road,

Mt. Holly, NJ 08060, (609) 265–3630.

New Mexico State Office, 6200 Jefferson

St., NE, Room 255, Albuquerque, NM

87109, (505) 761–4944.

New York State Office, The Galleries of

Syracuse, 441 S. Salina Street, Suite

357, Syracuse, NY 13202, (315) 477–

6419.

North Carolina State Office, 4405 Bland

Road, Suite 260, Raleigh, NC 27609,

(919) 873–2062.

North Dakota State Office, Federal

Building, Room 208, 220 East Rosser,

PO Box 1737, Bismarck, ND 58502,

(701) 250–4771.

Ohio State Office, Federal Building,

Room 507, 200 North High Street,

Columbus, OH 43215–2477, (614)

469–5165.

Oklahoma State Office, 100 USDA, Suite

108, Stillwater, OK 74074–2654, (405)

742–1070.

Oregon State Office 101 SW Main, Suite

1410, Portland, OR 97204–2333, (503)

414–3350.

Pennsylvania State Office, One Credit

Union Place, Suite 330, Harrisburg,

PA 17110–2996, (717) 782–4574.

Puerto Rico State Office, New San Juan

Office Bldg., Room 501, 159 Carlos E.

Chardon Street, Hato Rey, PR 00918–

5481, (809) 766–5095 Ext. 256.

Rhode Island (Served by Massachusetts

State Office)

South Carolina State Office, Strom

Thurmond Federal Building, 1835

Assembly Street, Room 1007,

Columbia, SC 29201, (803) 765–5690.

South Dakota State Office, Federal

Building, Room 308, 200 Fourth

Street, SW, Huron, SD 57350, (605)

352–1132.

Tennessee State Office, Suite 300, 3322

West End Avenue, Nashville, TN

37203–1071, (615) 783–1375.

Texas State Office, Federal Building,

Suite 102, 101 South Main, Temple,

TX 76501, (817) 774–1305.

Utah State Office, Wallace F. Bennett

Federal Building, 125 S. State Street,

Room 5438, Salt Lake City, UT 84138,

(801) 524–3242.

Vermont State Office, City Center, 3rd

Floor, 89 Main Street, Montpelier, VT

05602, (802) 828–6020.

Virgin Islands (Served by Vermont State

Office)

Virginia State Office, Culpeper Building,

Suite 238, 1606 Santa Rosa Road,

Richmond, VA 23229, (804) 287–

1582.

Washington State Office, 1835 Black

Lake Blvd. SW., Suite B, Olympia,

WA 98512–5717, (360) 704–7707.

Western Pacific Territories (Served by

Hawaii State Office)

West Virginia State Office, Federal

Building, 75 High Street, Room 320,

Morgantown, WV 26505–7500, (304)

291–4793.

Wisconsin State Office, 4949 Kirschiling

Court, Stevens Point, WI 54481, (715)

345–7620.

Wyoming State Office, 100 East B,

Federal Building, Room 1005, PO Box

820, Casper, WY 82602, (307) 261–

6315.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue

M. Harris-Green, Senior Loan Officer,

Multi-Family Housing Processing

Division, RHS, USDA, Stop 0781, Room

5337, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202)

720–1606. (This is not a toll free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 7 CFR part

1944, subpart N provides details on

what information must be contained in

the preapplication packages. Entities

wishing to apply for assistance should

contact the Rural Development State

Office to receive further information and

copies of the preapplication package.

Eligible entities for these competitively

awarded grants include State and local

governments, nonprofit corporations,

Federally recognized Indian Tribes, and

consortia of eligible entities.

This program is listed in the Catalog

of Federal Domestic Assistance under

No. 10.433, Rural Housing Preservation

Grants. This program is subject to the

provisions of Executive Order 12372

which requires intergovernmental

consultation with State and local

officials (7 CFR part 3015, subpart V).

Applicants are referred to 7 CFR

§§ 1944.674 and 1944.676 (d) and (e) for

specific guidance on these requirements

relative to the HPG program.

The funding instrument for the HPG

program will be a grant agreement. The

term of the grant can vary from 1 to 2

years, depending on available funds and

demand. No maximum or minimum

grant levels have been established;

although, based on fiscal year (FY) 1998

funding availability, the Agency

anticipates that the average grant will be

$75,000 for a 1-year proposal. For FY

98, $10,820,000 is available and has

been distributed under a formula

allocation to States pursuant to 7 CFR

part 1940, subpart L, ‘‘Methodology and

Formulas for Allocation of Loan and

Grant Program Funds.’’ Decisions on

funding will be based on the

preapplications, and notices of action

on the preapplications should be made

no earlier than 66 days prior to the

closing date.

December 15, 1997.

Jan E. Shadburn,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 97–33501 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Interest Rate for FY 1998 RUS Cost-ofMoney Loans and Maximum Amount of

an RUS Cost-of-Money or Rural

Telephone Bank Loan for FY 1998

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

(RUS) announces that interest rates on

cost-of-money loans approved during

fiscal year (FY) 1998 may exceed the 7

percent per year statutory limit, and also

announces the maximum loan amount

that may be made available to a single

borrower in FY 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

B. Chandler, Acting Assistant

Administrator-Telecommunications

Program, Rural Utilities Service, STOP

1590, Room 4056, South Building, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–1590.

Telephone (202) 720–9554, Facsimile

(202) 720–0810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that under Title III of the

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration, and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998

(Appropriations Act of 1998) (Pub. L.

105–86, November 18, 1997), the

interest rate for RUS cost-of-money

loans approved during FY 1998 may

exceed the 7 percent per year ceiling

established by Pub. L. 103–129 (see 7

CFR 1735.31(c)(1)). The Appropriations