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their signature, on the ballot, a

statement to the effect that such ballot

was questioned, by whom questioned,

the reasons therefore, the results of any

investigations made with respect

thereto, and the disposition thereof.

Ballots invalid under this subpart shall

not be counted.

§ 1208.206 Referendum report.

Except as otherwise directed, the

referendum agent shall prepare and

submit to the Administrator a report on

results of the referendum, the manner in

which it was conducted, the extent and

kind of public notice given, and other

information pertinent to analysis of the

referendum and its results.

§ 1208.207 Confidential information.

The ballots and other information or

reports that reveal, or tend to reveal, the

vote of any person covered under the

Act and the voting list shall be held

confidential and shall not be disclosed.

Dated: April 8, 1997.

Sharon Bomer Lauritsen,

Acting Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.

[FR Doc. 97–9569 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 1710

RIN 0572–AB30

Pre-Loan Procedures for Electric

Loans

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of

effective date.

SUMMMARY: On Thursday, February 20,

1997 the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)

published a direct final rule. (See 62 FR

7663). The direct final rule notified the

public of RUS’ intention to issue a

minor amendment to its pre-loan

procedures that will clarify that use of

a conventional utility indenture as a

security instrument for loans to power

supply borrowers is permissible. The

rule will also enhance loan security and

by conforming more closely to private

lending practice, allow easier access to

private sector financing.

We did not receive any written

adverse comments or any written notice

of intent to submit adverse comments in

response to the direct final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

direct final rule is confirmed as April 7,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: F.

Lamont Heppe, Jr., Director, Program

Support and Regulatory Analysis, Rural

Utilities Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Room 4036–S, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP

1522, Washington, DC 20250–1522.

Telephone: 202 720–0736. FAX: 202

720–4120. E-mail: fheppe@rus.usda.gov.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901–950(b); Pub. L. 99–

591, 100 Stat. 3341; Pub. L. 103–354, 108 Stat

3178 (7 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.).

Dated: April 7, 1997.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 97–9474 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

12 CFR Parts 600, 603, 611, 614, 615,

618, and 619

RIN 3052–AB61

Organization and Functions; Privacy

Act Regulations; Organization; Loan

Policies and Operations; Funding and

Fiscal Affairs, Loan Policies and

Operations, and Funding Operations;

General Provisions; Definitions

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Final rule and notice of effective

date.

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit

Administration (FCA or Agency)

through the Farm Credit Administration

Board adopts as final without change an

interim rule that updates the regulations

in parts 600, 603, 611, 614, 615, 618,

and 619. This rule eliminates

unnecessary, outdated, duplicative, or

burdensome regulatory requirements,

replaces outdated regulatory language

with more current terminology, and

clarifies the intended meaning of certain

regulatory provisions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda C. Sherman, Policy Analyst,

Regulation Development Division,

Office of Policy Development and

Risk Control, Farm Credit

Administration, McLean, VA 22102–

5090, (703) 883–4498, TDD (703) 883–

4444.

or

Wendy R. Laguarda, Senior Attorney,

Legal Counsel Division, Office of

General Counsel, Farm Credit

Administration, McLean, VA 22102–

5090, (703) 883–4020, TDD (703) 883–

4444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 20, 1996, the FCA published

an interim rule with request for public

comments (61 FR 67181). The interim

rule is part of the FCA’s ongoing efforts

to streamline the regulatory process and

reduce regulatory burden. The

regulatory changes made in parts 600,

603, 611, 614, 615, 618, and 619 update

the regulatory language with more

current terminology, remove

contradictions between the regulations

and the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as

amended (Act), clarify certain

regulations, and eliminate regulations or

sections of regulations that are

burdensome or unnecessary. These

changes cover a wide variety of

technical issues, such as bylaw

amendments, Federal records retention,

liquidation of associations and banks,

interest rate programs, loan servicing

requirements, purchasing automobiles

through the General Services

Administration, retirement of eligible

borrower stock, the definition of banks

for cooperatives, disclosure of data

regarding borrowers to credit bureaus,

disposal of obsolete records, Farm

Credit System (System) institution

employees being summoned as

witnesses, and issues on borrower rights

and agricultural credit banks.

The public comment period closed on

January 31, 1997. The FCA received two

comments on the interim rule, both

from System institutions. One

commenter thanked the FCA for

clarifying an issue regarding release of

borrower information to consumer

reporting agencies at § 618.8320. The

comment letter stated that the change

would eliminate uncertainty in a

sensitive area of lending operations and

result in benefits to borrowers and the

System.

The other comment received

responded to the FCA’s request that

institutions inform the Agency of any

Federal records still in their possession.

The commenter stated that they do not

have any of the records referred to in the

previous FCA regulation at § 618.8390.

As noted in the preamble to the interim

rule, the FCA’s goal is to identify all

Federal records still retained by System

institutions so that they can either be

destroyed (at the institution’s

discretion) or archived, as appropriate.

Additional guidance on the

maintenance and disposition of Federal

records will be provided by the Agency

in the near future.

The FCA Board adopts the interim

rule amending 12 CFR parts 600, 603,

611, 614, 615, 618, and 619, which was

published at 61 FR 67181 on December

20, 1996, as final without change.
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List of Subjects

12 CFR Part 600

Organization and functions

(Government agencies).

12 CFR Part 603

Privacy.

12 CFR Part 611

Agriculture, Banks, Banking, Rural

areas.

12 CFR Part 614

Agriculture, Banks, Banking, Flood

insurance, Foreign trade, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Rural

areas.

12 CFR Part 615

Accounting, Agriculture, Banks,

Banking, Government securities,

Investments, Rural areas.

12 CFR Part 618

Agriculture, Archives and records,

Banks, Banking, Insurance, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements, Rural

areas, Technical assistance.

12 CFR Part 619

Agriculture, Banks, Banking, Rural

areas.

Dated: April 8, 1997.

Floyd Fithian,

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.

[FR Doc. 97–9473 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 96–AWP–21]

Establishment of Class E Airspace;

Truckee, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action establishes a Class

E airspace area at Truckee, CA. The

development of a Global Positioning

System (GPS) Standard Instrument

Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway

(RWY) 19 has made this action

necessary. The intended effect of this

action is to provide adequate controlled

airspace for Instrument Flight Rules

(IFR) operations at Truckee-Tahoe

Airport, Truckee, CA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC May 22,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Buck, Airspace Specialist,

Operations Branch, AWP–530, Air

Traffic Division, Western-Pacific

Region, Federal Aviation

Administration, 15000 Aviation

Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,

telephone (310) 725–6556.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On March 11, 1997, the FAA

proposed to amend part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) by establishing a Class E

airspace area at Truckee, CA (62 FR

11128). This action will provide

adequate controlled airspace to

accommodate a GPS SIAP to RWY 19 at

Truckee-Tahoe Airport, Truckee, CA.

Interested parties were invited to

participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written

comments on the proposal to the FAA.

No comments to the proposal were

received. Class E airspace designations

are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9D dated September 4, 1996,

and effective September 16, 1996, which

is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR

71.1. The Class E airspace designations

listed in this document will be

published subsequently in this Order.

The Rule

This amendment to part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) establishes a Class E airspace

area at Truckee, CA. The development

of a GPS SIAP to RWY 19 has made this

action necessary. The effect of this

action will provide adequate airspace

for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 19

SIAP at Truckee-Tahoe Airport,

Truckee, CA.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of technical regulations for which

frequent and routine amendments are

necessary to keep them operationally

current. Therefore, this regulation—(1)

is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44

FR 10034; February 26, 1979); and (3)

does not warrant preparation of a

Regulatory Evaluation as the anticipated

impact is so minimal. Since this is a

routine matter that will only affect air

traffic procedures and air navigation, it

is certified that this rule will not have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR

part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 4, 1996, and effective

September 16, 1996, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace area

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AWP CA 3% Truckee, CA [New]

Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA

(Lat. 39°19′12′′ N, long. 120°08′22′′ W)

Homewood Seaplane Base, CA

(Lat. 39°05′12′′ N, long. 120°09′37′′ W)

Sierraville Dearwater Airport, CA

(Lat 39°34′52′′ N, long. 120°21′16′′ W)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface beginning at 39°10′00′′

N, long. 119°56′00′′ W; to lat. 39°02′00′′ N,

long 120°20′00′′ W; to lat 39°02′00′′ N, long.

120°34′00′′ W; to lat. 39°21′00′′ N, long.

120°34′00′′ W; to lat. 39°21′00′′ N, long.

120°42′00′′ W; to lat. 39°35′00′′ N, 120°42′00′′

W; to lat. 39°35′00′′ N, long 120°23′00′′ W; to

lat. 39°40′00′′ N, long. 120°16′00′′ W; to lat.

39°40′00′′ N, long. 119°56′00′′ W, thence to

the point of beginning, excluding the Reno,

NV, Class C and Class E airspace areas, and

excluding that airspace within a 1-mile

radius of the Homewood Seaplane Base and

a 2-mile radius of the Sierraville Dearwater

Airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Los Angeles, California, on April

2, 1997.

Sabra W. Kaulia,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97–9577 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–AWP–5]

Revision of Class E Airspace; San

Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.