62294 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 209 / Monday, October 31, 2005 / Notices 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 24, 

2005. 

Michael W. Yost, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency 

and Acting Executive Vice President, 

Commodity Credit Corporation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Tehama County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Tehama County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in 

Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to 

be covered include: (1) Introductions, 

(2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public 

Comment, (4) Modoc County Speaker, 

and Tehama County Speaker, (5) SubCommittee Reports, (6) Chairman’s 

Perspective, (7) General Discussion, (8) 

County Update, (9) Next Agenda. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

November 10, 2005 from 9 a.m. and end 

at approximately 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Lincoln Street School, Conference 

Room A, 1135 Lincoln Street, Red Bluff, 

CA. Individuals wishing to speak or 

propose agenda items must send their 

names and proposals to Jim Giachino, 

DFO, 825 N. Humboldt Ave., Willows, 

CA 95988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bobbin Gaddini, Committee 

Coordinator, USDA, Mendocino 

National Forest, Grindstone Ranger 

District, PO Box 164, Elk Creek, CA 

95939. (530) 968–5329; E-Mail 

ggaddini@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by November 7, 2005 

will have the opportunity to address the 

committee at those sessions. 

Dated: October 25, 2005. 

James F. Giachino, 

Designated Federal Official. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Guarantee Fee Rates for Guaranteed 

Loans for Fiscal Year 2006; Maximum 

Portion of Guarantee Authority 

Available for Fiscal Year 2006 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As set forth in 7 CFR 

4279.107(b) and 4280.126(c), Rural 

Development (the Agency) has the 

authority to charge an annual renewal 

fee for loans made under the Business 

and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan 

Program and the Renewable Energy and 

Energy Efficiency Improvements 

(REEEI) Guaranteed Loan Program. 

Pursuant to that authority, the Agency is 

establishing the renewal fee rate at onefourth of 1 percent for the B&I 

Guaranteed Loan Program and oneeighth of 1 percent for the REEEI 

Guaranteed Loan Program. These rates 

will apply to all loans obligated in fiscal 

year (FY) 2006 that are made under the 

cited programs. As established in 7 CFR 

4279.107 and 4280.126, the amount of 

the fee on each guaranteed loan will be 

determined by multiplying the fee rate 

by the outstanding principal loan 

balance as of December 31, multiplied 

by the percent of guarantee. 

As set forth in 7 CFR 4280.126(a), 

each fiscal year the Agency shall 

establish the initial guarantee fee rate 

for loans made under the REEEI 

Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to 

that authority, the Agency is 

establishing the initial guarantee fee rate 

at 1 percent for loans made in FY 2006. 

As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107(a) and 

4279.119(b)(4), each fiscal year the 

Agency shall establish a limit on the 

maximum portion of B&I guarantee 

authority available for that fiscal year 

that may be used to guarantee loans 

with a B&I guarantee fee of 1 percent or 

guaranteed loans with a guarantee 

percentage exceeding 80 percent. 

Allowing the guarantee fee to be 

reduced to 1 percent or exceeding the 80 

percent guarantee on certain B&I 

guaranteed loans that meet the 

conditions set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107 

and 4279.119 will increase the Agency’s 

ability to focus guarantee assistance on 

projects which the Agency has found 

particularly meritorious, such as 

projects in rural communities that 

remain persistently poor, which 

experience long-term population 

decline and job deterioration, are 

experiencing trauma as a result of 

natural disaster, or are high impact as 

defined in 7 CFR 4279.155(b)(5). 

Not more than 12 percent of the 

Agency’s quarterly apportioned B&I 

guarantee authority will be reserved for 

loan requests with a guarantee fee of 1 

percent, and not more than 15 percent 

of the Agency’s quarterly apportioned 

guarantee authority will be reserved for 

guaranteed loan requests with a 

guaranteed percentage exceeding 80 

percent. Once the above quarterly limits 

have been reached, all additional loans 

guaranteed during the remainder of that 

quarter will require a 2 percent 

guarantee fee and not exceed an 80 

percent guarantee limit. 

Written requests by the Rural 

Development State Office for approval 

of a guaranteed loan with a 1 percent 

guarantee fee or a guaranteed loan 

exceeding 80 percent must be forwarded 

to the National Office, Attn: Director, 

Business and Industry Division, for 

review and consideration prior to 

obligation of the guaranteed loan. The 

Administrator will provide a written 

response to the State Office confirming 

approval or disapproval of the request. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Bonnet, Special Projects/Programs 

Oversight Division, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, USDA, STOP 3221, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3221, telephone 

(202) 720–1804. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 as 

amended by Executive Order 13258. 

Dated: October 21, 2005. 

Peter J. Thomas, 

Administrator. 

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