67330 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 1997 / Notices

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
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Act of 1998 removes the 7 percent

interest rate ceiling for loans made

during FY 1998 only (October 1, 1997 to

September 30, 1998).

Further, in accordance with 7 CFR

1610.6(d) and 1735.31(d), RUS has

determined the maximum amount of an

application for an RUS cost-of-money or

Rural Telephone Bank loan that will be

considered for funding during FY 1998

as $30,000,000 and $17,500,000,

respectively.

Dated: December 16, 1997.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 97–33566 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Distance Learning and Telemedicine

Loan and Grant Program

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: FY 1997 DLT applications

receiving financial assistance.

SUMMARY: On June 13, 1997, in the

Federal Register (62 FR 32434) the

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced

availability of fiscal year 1997 funds for

the Distance Learning and Telemedicine

(DLT) Loan and Grant Program to

promote modern telecommunication

interconnectivity to educational and

medical facilities in rural areas. By

providing matching grants and loans for

information infrastructure projects, this

program will help develop a nationally

integrated public network accessible to

rural as well as urban areas. This Notice

announces the applications receiving

financial assistance in response to the

June 13, 1997, solicitation (7 CFR

1703.113).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan Claffey, Acting Director,

Advanced Telecommunications

Services Staff, Rural Utilities Service,

Telephone: (202) 720–0530. Fax: (202)

720–2734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of

50 applications from 26 states will

receive financial assistance for distance

learning and telemedicine projects. The

total financial assistance provided by

the DLT program for these projects in

fiscal year 1997 is $10.2 million in

grants and loans.

DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM—1997 RECIPIENTS

State Type* Project name

100% Grant

AK M Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation.

AZ E Tohono O’odham Nation.

CA E School of Public Health, UCLA.

CA E Visible Light, Inc. d/b/a Rain Network.

HI M Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital.

KS M Horton Health Foundation.

LA M Tri-Ward General Hospital.

LA M Lower Cameron Hospital Service District.

LA E Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

LA E South Central Planning and Development Commission.

MN E Board of Regents of the U. & C.C. of Minnesota.

MO M Boone Hospital Center.

MS M Delta Rural Health Network of Mississippi.

MS E Mid-Mississippi Delta Consortium.

NC E North Carolina Technological Development Authority.

NC E University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

NM E Northern New Mexico Community College.

NY E Cattaragus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES.

OK M Choctaw Nation Indian Hospital.

OK M Holdenville General Hospital.

OK E Kiamichi Valley Distance Learning.

OR E Kalamath Community Development Corporation.

SD M Fund for the Advancement of Med. Education & Research.

TX E Austwell-Tivoli Independent School District.

TX M Chaparral Health Clinic.

TX E Fort Hancock Independent School District.

TX E Morton Independent School District.

TX E Panola College.

TX E Southwest Texas Junior College.

Combination Grant/Loan

CA E State Center Community College District.

IL M Mason Hospital District.

IN M The Midwest Center for Rural Health (MCRH).

KY M Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.

KY M Murray-Calloway County Hospital.

LA E Ascension Parish Library.

MI E Cheboygan Area Schools.

MI M Scheurer Hospital.

MN M First Care Medical Services.

NC E Mountain Area Health Education Foundation, Inc.

NC E Piedmont Community College.

NE M Bergan Mercy Foundation.

NM E Des Moines Municipal School.

NV E Nye County School District.