Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 125 / Thursday, June 27, 1996 / Notices 33639

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Distance Learning and Telemedicine

Grant Program

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of application filing

deadline for Fiscal Year 1996 funding.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

(RUS) hereby announces that

applications are now being accepted for

the Distance Learning and Telemedicine

(DLT) Grant Program for Fiscal Year

(FY) 1996 funding. The final rule, 7 CFR

Part 1703, subpart D, amending the DLT

Grant Program is published elsewhere

in today’s issue of the Federal Register.

DATES: Applications to be considered for

FY 1996 funding must be postmarked

no later than August 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Applications may be

submitted to the Administrator, Rural

Utilities Services, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, STOP 1590, 14th and

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20250. Applications should be

marked ‘‘Attention: Assistant

Administrator, Telecommunications

Program.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara L. Eddy, Deputy Assistant

Administrator, Telecommunications

Program, Rural Utilities Service, room

4056-South Building, STOP 1590, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Washington,

DC 20250, telephone number (202) 720–

9549.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to 7 CFR 1703.113, Application filing

dates, location, processing, and public

notification, the amount of funds

available for grants during FY 1996 is

$7.5 million and the deadline for

submitting applications for FY 1996

DLT grants is August 5, 1996. The

maximum amount awarded to any

application selected for FY 1996 will

not exceed $350,000 (See 7 CFR

1703.106). Applicants are reminded to

submit an original and three copies of

the completed application and to also

submit a copy to the State government

point of contact at the same time an

application is submitted to RUS (See 7

CFR 1703.113(f)).

Application information packages

containing various forms and guidelines

for completing and submitting a grant

application to RUS, as well as general

information about the DLT grant

program, are available through any of

the following sources:

(1) The Internet via the RUS Home

Page at the following Internet address:

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

(2) The U.S. Department of

Agriculture Rural Development State

Director’s office, if established for the

applicant’s State; addresses of State

contact offices are available through the

RUS Home Page or from RUS

Telecommunications Program area

offices, Washington, DC.

(3) The RUS Telecommunications

Program area offices, Washington, DC.

Requests for application packages must

be faxed to the area office representing

the applicant’s State. A list of area

offices follows:

Southeast Area, Craig Wulf, Director,

room 2870-South Building, STOP 1596.

Telephone number (202) 720–0715, Fax

number (202) 205–2924. States served:

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,

Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,

Virginia, Puerto Rico, and Virgin

Islands.

Northeast Area, Gerald Nugent, Jr.,

Director, room 2859-South Building,

STOP 1596. Telephone number (202)

720–8268, Fax number (202) 205–3934.

States served: Connecticut, Delaware,

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,

Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey,

New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode

Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

Northwest Area, Jerry Brent, Director,

room 2813-South Building, STOP 1597.

Telephone number (202) 720-0803, Fax

number (292( 205–2921. States served:

Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota,

Montana, Missouri, North Dakota,

Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and

Wyoming.

Southwest Area, Ken Chandler,

Director, room 2808-South Building,

STOP 1597. Telephone number (202)

720–0800, Fax number (202) 205–2921.

States served: Arizona, Arkansas,

California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana,

Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,

Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Guam, Marshall

Islands, Micronesia, North Mariana

Islands, and Palau.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

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