[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67331-67332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33567]


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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.

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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      
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         State                    Type*                Project name     
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                               100% Grant                               
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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.             
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                         Combination Grant/Loan                         
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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.            

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OK                       E                        Burlington Public     
                                                   School.              
PA                       E                        Line Mountain School  
                                                   District.            
TN                       M                        The University of     
                                                   Tennessee, Memphis.**
WA                       E                        Grays Harbor College. 
WA                       M                        Lincoln County Public 
                                                   Hospital District #3.
WV                       M                        Prestera Center for   
                                                   Mental Health        
                                                   Services, Inc.       
WV                       M                        Princeton Community   
                                                   Hospital Association.
                                                                        
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* E-Educational, M--Medical.                                            
** Non-Federal funding for loan portion--loan amount not included in    
  totals.                                                               

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq. and 950aaa et seq.; Pub. L. 103-
354, 108 Stat 3178 (7 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.).

    Dated: December 16, 1997.
Wally Beyer,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 97-33567 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am]
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