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Vol. 63, No. 16

Monday, January 26, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Distance Learning and Telemedicine

Loan and Grant Program

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of application filing

deadline.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

(RUS) announces the deadline for

submitting applications for the Distance

Learning and Telemedicine Loan and

Grant program for fiscal year (FY) 1998

funding.

DATES: Applications for loans to be

considered for FY 1998 funding must be

postmarked no later than August 14,

1998, and applications for grants and

combination loans and grants to be

considered for FY 1998 funding must be

postmarked no later than June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Applications are to be

submitted to the Rural Utilities Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP

1590, Washington, DC 20250–1590.

Applications should be marked

‘‘Attention: Assistant Administrator,

Telecommunications Program’’.

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: For FY

1998, $12.5 million in grants and $150

million in loans will be made available

for distance learning and telemedicine

projects. Notice is hereby given that

under 7 CFR 1703.108, RUS has

determined the maximum amount of an

application for a grant that will be

considered for funding in FY 1998 as

$350,000, and the maximum amount for

a loan that will be considered for

funding in FY 1998 as $6,000,000.

Further, in accordance with 7 CFR

1703.113, RUS has determined that for

FY 1998 the minimum number of points

required for a loan application to be

immediately processed is 94 points.

Only completed loan applications

meeting the minimum points

requirement and determined by RUS to

be feasible will be immediately

processed.

Applications for financial assistance

must be submitted in accordance with 7

CFR 1703, Subpart D, which establishes

the policies and procedures for

submitting an application for financial

assistance. This document is available

on the Internet at the following address:

http://www.usda.gov/rus/dlt/dlml.htm.

In addition, a new Application Guide

to assist applicants in the preparation of

applications for financing will be

available shortly, at the same Internet

address as above. Application guides

may also be requested from RUS by

contacting one of the following Area

Offices:

Northeast Area, USDA–RUS, Phone:

(202) 720–0715

Southeast Area, USDA–RUS, Phone:

(202) 690–4673

Northwest Area, USDA–RUS, Phone:

(202) 720–1025

Southwest Area, USDA–RUS, Phone:

(202) 720–0800

Applications for loans to be

considered for FY 1998 funding must be

postmarked no later than August 14,

1998, and applications for grants and

combination loans and grants to be

considered for FY 1998 funding must be

postmarked no later than June 1, 1998.

RUS will review each application for

completeness in accordance with 7 CFR

1703.109, and notify the applicant,

within 15 working days of the results of

this review, citing any information

which is incomplete. It is suggested that

applications be submitted prior to the

above deadline to ensure they can be

reviewed and considered complete by

the deadline.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. et seq. and 950aaa et

seq.; Pub. L. 103–354, 108 Stat. 3178 (7

U.S.C. 6941 et seq.).

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 98–1659 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–M

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Oklahoma Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Oklahoma Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 6:00 p.m.

and adjourn at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday,

February 19, 1998, at the Clarion Hotel/

Comfort Inn Conference Center, 4345

North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma 73105. The purpose of

the meeting is to plan future activities.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the

Central Regional Office, 913–551–1400

(TDD 913–551–1414). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, January 16, 1998.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 98–1667 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

National Employers Survey (NES)—

Follow-up

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before March 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental