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be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5 P.M.

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 00–030. Applicant:

Central Institute for the Deaf, 4560

Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

H–7500. Manufacturer: Hitachi, Japan.

Intended Use: The instrument is

intended to be used for studies of the

biological ultrastructure of the nervous

system during research regarding the

development of the olivocochlear

innervation based on procedures that

represent a refinement in established

techniques and methods developed

specifically to address issues concerning

this application. In addition, the

instrument will be used for educational

purposes for the training of graduate

students, medical students, postdoctoral

fellows and medical residents.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: September 13, 2000.

Docket Number: 00–031. Applicant:

University of Georgia, The Applied

Genetics Technology Resource and

Business Facility (AGTEC), 111

Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602.

Instrument: (Two) Plant Growth

Chambers, Model GC8–2H.

Manufacturer: Enconair Ecological

Chambers, Canada. Intended Use: The

instrument is intended to be used for

studies of plants that have been

recovered from cell culture for the

purpose of determining gene function

by expressing the genes in genetically

engineered plants. Application accepted

by Commissioner of Customs:

September 13, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–25466 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business Development

Agency

[Docket No. 000724217–0217–01]

RIN 0640–ZA08

Solicitation of Applications for the

Minority Business Development Center

(MBDC) Program

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Minority Business

Development Agency (MBDA)

published a document in the Federal

Register of August 28, 2000, concerning

solicitation of competitive applications

from organizations to operate new and

enhanced Minority Business

Development Centers (MBDC) under its

Minority Business Development Center

(MBDC) Program. This document

extends the closing date of the award to

no later than 5 p.m., EDT on October 6,

2000.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of

applications has been extended until

October 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Applicants must submit one

signed original plus two (2) copies of

the application. Completed application

packages must be submitted to: Minority

Business Development Center Program

Office, Room 5600, Minority Business

Development Agency, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th & Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

If the application is hand-delivered by

the applicant or its representative, the

application must be delivered to Room

1874, which is located at Entrance #10,

15th Street, NW, between Pennsylvania

and Constitution Avenues. Applicants

are encouraged to submit their proposal

electronically via the World Wide Web.

However, the following paper forms

must be submitted with original

signatures in conjunction with any

electronic submissions by the closing

date and time stated above: (1) SF–424,

Application for Federal Assistance; (2)

the SF–424B, Assurances-NonConstruction Programs; (3) the SF–LLL

(Rev. 7–97) (if applicable), Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities; (4) Department of

Commerce Form CD–346 (if applicable),

Applicant for Funding Assistance; and

(5) the CD–511, Certifications Regarding

Debarment, Suspension and Other

Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements and Lobbying.

MBDA’s web site address to submit an

application on-line is www.mbda.gov/egrants. All required forms are located at

this web address.

Failure to submit a signed, original

SF–424 with the application, or

separately in conjunction with

submitting a proposal electronically, by

the deadline will result in the

application being rejected and returned

to the applicant. Failure to sign and

submit with the application, or

separately in conjunction with

submitting a proposal electronically, the

forms identified above by the deadline

will automatically cause an application

to lose two (2) points. Failure to submit

other documents or information may

adversely affect an applicant’s overall

score.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, contact the MBDA

Regional Office for the geographic

service area in which the project will be

located.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register issue of August 28,

2000, in FR Doc. 00–21858, on page

52069, in the third column (third

paragraph), change the date from

September 29, 2000 to October 6, 2000.

Applications will be accepted until 5:00

p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Edith Jett McCloud,

Associate Director for Management, Minority

Business Development Agency.

Juanita E. Berry,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–25467 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business Development

Agency

[Docket No. 000724218–0217–01]

RIN 0640–ZA09

Solicitation of Applications for the

Native American Business

Development Center (NABDC) Program

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Minority Business

Development Agency (MBDA)

published a document in the Federal

Register of August 28, 2000, concerning

solicitation of competitive applications

from organizations to operate new and

enhanced Native American Business

Development Centers (NABDC) under

its Native American Business

Development Center (NABDC) Program.

This document extends the closing date

of the award to no later than 5:00 p.m.,

EDT on October 6, 2000.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of

applications has been extended until

October 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Applicants must submit one

signed original plus two (2) copies of

the application. Completed application

packages must be submitted to: Native

American Business Development Center

Program Office, Room 5600, Minority

Business Development Agency, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th &

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.