63688 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 238 / Tuesday, December 12, 1995 / Notices

SECTION 525/509 HOUSING APPLICATION PACKAGING GRANT FUNDS—Continued

States

Number of

counties eligible

State basic

formula factor

State allocation

Number of

packaging

grants per

allocation

COLORADO ................................................................................................................. 1 0.0033223 13 25

FLORIDA ...................................................................................................................... 2 0.0066445 25 50

GEORGIA ..................................................................................................................... 22 0.0730897 278 555

IDAHO .......................................................................................................................... 1 0.0033223 13 25

KENTUCKY .................................................................................................................. 25 0.0830565 316 631

LOUISIANA .................................................................................................................. 10 0.0332226 126 252

MISSISSIPPI ................................................................................................................ 27 0.0897010 341 682

MONTANA ................................................................................................................... 2 0.0066445 25 50

NEW MEXICO .............................................................................................................. 11 0.0365449 139 278

NORTH CAROLINA ..................................................................................................... 4 0.0132890 50 101

NORTH DAKOTA ......................................................................................................... 3 0.0099668 38 76

OHIO ............................................................................................................................ 1 0.0033223 13 25

SOUTH CAROLINA ..................................................................................................... 6 0.0199336 76 151

SOUTH DAKOTA ......................................................................................................... 9 0.0299003 114 227

TENNESSEE ................................................................................................................ 2 0.0066445 25 50

TEXAS .......................................................................................................................... 45 0.1495017 568 1,136

UTAH ............................................................................................................................ 1 0.0033223 13 25

VIRGINIA ...................................................................................................................... 4 0.0132890 50 101

WASHINGTON ............................................................................................................. 2 0.0066445 25 50

WEST VIRGINIA .......................................................................................................... 4 0.0132890 50 101

WISCONSIN ................................................................................................................. 1 0.0033223 13 25

PUERTO RICO ............................................................................................................ 77 0.2558140 972 1,944

VIRGIN ISLANDS ........................................................................................................ 2 0.0066445 25 50

WEST PAC TERR ....................................................................................................... 5 0.0166113 63 126

TOTAL COUNTIES ........................................................................................... 301 1.0000000 3,800 7,600

TOTAL RESERVE ............................................................................................. .................... ........................ 1,391 ....................

NATIONAL TOTAL ............................................................................................ .................... ........................ 5,191 ....................

AA reserve of $1,000,000 for section 514/516, 515, 524 and 533 will be held in the national office, available on a first-come-first-served basis.

Additional reserve of $391,000 is available for all programs.

[FR Doc. 95–30135 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–07–U

Rural Utilities Service

Municipal Interest Rates for the First

Quarter of 1996

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of municipal interest

rates on advances from insured electric

loans for the first quarter of 1996.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

hereby announces the interest rates for

advances on municipal rate loans with

interest rate terms beginning during the

first calendar quarter of 1996.

DATES: These interest rates are effective

for interest rate terms that commence

during the period beginning January 1,

1996, and ending March 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue

Arnold, Financial Analyst, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Rural

Utilities Service, room 2230–s, 14th

Street & Independence Avenue, SW.

AgBox 1522, Washington, DC 20250–

1500. Telephone: 202–720–0736. FAX:

202–720–4120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural

Utilities Service (RUS) hereby

announces the interest rates on

advances made during the first calendar

quarter of 1996 for municipal rate

electric loans. Pursuant to regulations

originally published by the Rural

Electrification Administration (REA) at

7 CFR 1714.5, the interest rates on

advances from municipal rate loans are

based on indexes published in the

‘‘Bond Buyer’’ for the four weeks prior

to the first Friday of the last month

before the beginning of the quarter.

The Federal Crop Insurance Reform

and Department of Agriculture

Reorganization Act of 1994 (Pub.L. 103–

354, 101 Stat. 3178), signed by President

Clinton on October 13, 1994, provides

for the establishment of RUS as

successor to REA with respect to various

programs, including the electric loan

program established by the Rural

Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901

et seq.). On October 20, 1994, the

Secretary of Agriculture issued

Secretary’s Memorandum 1010–1,

establishing RUS and abolishing REA.

Therefore, RUS is publishing this notice

implementing a rule originally

published by REA.

In accordance with 7 CFR 1714.5, the

interest rates are established as shown

in the following table for all interest rate

terms that begin at any time during the

first calendar quarter of 1996.

Interest rate term ends in (year)

RUS rate

(0.000

percent)

2016 or later ................................. 5.500

2015 .............................................. 5.500

2014 .............................................. 5.500

2013 .............................................. 5.375

2012 .............................................. 5.375

2011 .............................................. 5.375

2010 .............................................. 5.375

2009 .............................................. 5.250

2008 .............................................. 5.125

2007 .............................................. 5.000

2006 .............................................. 5.000

2005 .............................................. 4.875

2004 .............................................. 4.750

2003 .............................................. 4.625

2002 .............................................. 4.500

2001 .............................................. 4.375

2000 .............................................. 4.375

1999 .............................................. 4.250

1998 .............................................. 4.125

1997 .............................................. 4.000
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 238 / Tuesday, December 12, 1995 / Notices 63689

Dated: December 6, 1995.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 95–30136 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

Interest Rate for FY 1996 RUS

Telecommunications Cost-of-Money

Loans

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

(RUS) is announcing that interest rates

on telecommunications Cost-of-Money

loans approved during fiscal year 1996

may exceed the 7 percent per year

statutory limit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Peters, Assistant AdministratorTelecommunications Program, Rural

Utilities Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, room 4056–S, Ag Box 1590,

14th Street and Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20250–1500.

Telephone (202) 720–9554, Facsimile

(202) 720–0810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

given that under Title III of the

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration, and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act of 1996

(Appropriations Act of 1996) (Pub. L.

104–37, approved October 21, 1995), the

interest rate for telecommunications

loans approved during fiscal year 1996

may exceed the 7 percent per year

ceiling established by Pub. L. 103–129

(see 7 CFR 1735.31(c)(1)). The

Appropriations Act of 1996 removes the

7 percent interest rate ceiling for

telecommunications Cost-of-Money

loans made during fiscal year 1996 only

(October 1, 1995 to September 30, 1996).

Dated: December 6, 1995.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 95–30235 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Federal Highway Administration,

Notice of Decision on Application for

Duty-Free Entry of Scientific

Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 95–084. Applicant:

Federal Highway Administration,

McLean, VA 22101. Instrument:

Automatic Non-Contact Aggregate

Graduation Device, Model VDG 40.

Manufacturer: Yernaux Pesage, France.

Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR

50555, September 29, 1995.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides characterization of the size and

shape of particles in aggregate paving

mixtures using a special light and

videocamera, a hopper, vibrating feeder

and rotating drum. The Army Corps of

Engineers and a university research

department advise that (1) these

capabilities are pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purpose and (2)

they know of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Frank W. Creel

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 95–30092 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Deduction of Import Charges for

Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Poland

December 8, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

Effective on December 8, 1995, U.S.

Customs Service adjusted charges in the

following amounts made to textile

products in Categories 433 and 443 for

the period beginning on January 1, 1995

and extending through December 31,

1995. As a result, the limits, which were

closed, will be reopened on December

12, 1995.

Category Amount deducted

433 ........................... 1,522 dozen.

443 ........................... 3,000 numbers.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531,

published on December 20, 1994). Also

see 59 FR 62718, published on

December 6, 1994.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95–30362 Filed 12–8–95; 1:48 pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before February

12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651, or should

be electronic mailed to the Internet

address #FIRB@ed.gov, or should be

faxed to 202–708–9346.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a