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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.
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DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM—1997 RECIPIENTS—Continued

State Type* Project name

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.

*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]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

ARCHITECTURAL AND

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

COMPLIANCE BOARD

Access Board Meeting

AGENCY: Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board (Access Board) has scheduled its

regular business meetings to take place

in Washington, D.C. on Monday,

Tuesday, and Wednesday, January 12–

14, 1998 at the times and location noted

below.

DATES: The schedule of events is as

follows:

Monday, January 12, 1998

9:00 a.m.–Noon and 1:30–3:30 p.m.

Committee of the Whole—ABA

Guidelines (Closed Meeting).

3:45 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Committee of the

Whole—ADAAG Revision NPRM

(Closed Meeting).

Tuesday, January 13, 1998

9:00 a.m.–Noon. Committee of the

Whole—Recreation Guidelines NPRM

(Closed Meeting).

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Planning and

Budget Committee.

3:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Technical Programs

Committee.

Wednesday, January 14, 1998

9:00 a.m.–Noon. Committee of the

Whole—Detectable Warnings NPRM

and Over-the-Road Buses NPRM

(Closed Meeting).

1:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Executive

Committee.

2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Board Meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

at: Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information regarding the

meetings, please contact Lawrence W.

Roffee, Executive Director, (202) 272–

5434 ext. 14 (voice) and (202) 272–5449

(TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the

Board meeting, the Access Board will

consider the following agenda items.

Specific voting items are noted next to

each committee report.

Open Meeting

• Executive Director’s Report.

• Approval of the Minutes of the

September 10, 1997 Board Meeting.

• Planning and Budget Committee

Report—Fiscal Year 1998 Spending

Plan, Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Status,

and Agency Goals—Progress Report.

• Technical Programs Committee

Report—Status Reports on Fiscal Years

1996 and 1997 Research Projects, Report

on the Review of Anthropometrics

Research Project, and Status of

Technical Assistance Materials.

• Executive Committee Report—

Committee and Board Calendars,

Nominating Committee Charter, Public

Hearing on Play Areas NPRM, and

Annual Public Event.

Closed Meeting

• Committee of the Whole Report—

ABA Guidelines.

• Committee of the Whole Report—

ADAAG Revision NPRM.

• Committee of the Whole Report—

Recreation Guidelines NPRM.

• Committee of the Whole Report—

Detectable Warnings NPRM (voting).

• Committee of the Whole Report—

Over-the-Road Buses NPRM.

All meetings are accessible to persons

with disabilities. Sign language

interpreters and an assistive listening

system are available at all meetings.

Lawrence W. Roffee,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–33624 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8150–01–P

ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

BOARD

Formal Determinations, and Additional

Releases

AGENCY: Assassination Records Review

Board.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Assassination Records

Review Board (Review Board) met in a

closed meeting on December 15, 1997,

and made formal determinations on the

release of records under the President

John F. Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act). By

issuing this notice, the Review Board

complies with the section of the JFK Act

that requires the Review Board to

publish the results of its decisions on a

document-by-document basis in the

Federal Register within 14 days of the

date of the decision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin G. Tiernan, Assassination

Records Review Board, Second Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20530, (202) 724–

0088, fax (202) 724–0457.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice complies with the requirements

of the President John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992, 44 U.S.C. § 2107.9(c)(4)(A) (1992).

On December 15, 1997, the Review

Board made formal determinations on

records it reviewed under the JFK Act.

These determinations are listed below.

The assassination records are identified

by the record identification number

assigned in the President John F.

Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection database maintained by the

National Archives.