This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 247

Wednesday, December 26, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 1710

RIN 0572–AB71

Treasury Rate Direct Loan Program

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: In fiscal year 2001, Congress

provided funding to establish a Treasury

rate direct loan program to address the

backlog of qualified loan applications

for insured municipal rate electric loans

from RUS. RUS administered the

Treasury rate loan program in a manner

substantially the same as it

administered the municipal rate

program under a Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA) published in the

Federal Register at 65 FR 80830 on

December 22, 2000. Title III of the

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002

authorizes a direct Treasury rate electric

loan program of $750 million for FY

2002. RUS is proposing to amend its

regulations to establish rules and

regulations to administer the Treasury

rate direct loan program.

In the final rule section of this

Federal Register, RUS is publishing this

action as a direct final rule without

prior proposal because RUS views this

as a non-controversial action and

anticipates no adverse comments. If no

adverse comments are received in

response to the direct final rule, no

further action will be taken on this

proposed rule and the action will

become effective at the time specified in

the direct final rule. If RUS receives

adverse comments, a document will be

published withdrawing the direct final

rule and all public comments received

will be addressed in a subsequent final

rule. Any parties interested in

commenting on this proposed action

should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed

action must be received on or before

January 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit adverse comments

or notice of intent to submit adverse

comments to F. Lamont Heppe, Jr.,

Director, Program Development and

Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1400 Independence Ave., SW., STOP

1522, Washington, DC 20250–1522. RUS

suggests a signed original and three

copies of all comments (7CFR 1700.4).

All comments received will be made

available for public inspection at room

4030, South Building, Washington, DC,

between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. (7CFR

1.27(b)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert O. Ellinger, Chief, Policy

Analysis and Loan Management Staff,

Rural Utilities Service, Electric Program,

Room 4041 South Building, Stop 1560,

1400 Independence Ave., SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–1560,

Telephone: (202) 720–0424, FAX (202)

690–0717, E-mail rellinge@rus.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

Supplementary Information provided in

the direct final rule located in the final

rule section of this Federal Register for

the applicable supplementary

information on this action.

Dated: December 18, 2001.

Hilda Gay Legg,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION

ADMINISTRATION

12 CFR Ch. VII

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda;

Correction

AGENCY: National Credit Union

Administration (NCUA).

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda;

correction.

SUMMARY: The following information

was inadvertently omitted from NCUA’s

semiannual regulatory agenda, which

was published on Monday, December 3,

2001 (66 FR 62718).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheila A. Albin, Associate General

Counsel, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria,

Virginia 22314 or telephone (703) 518–

6540.

Correction: In the semiannual

regulatory agenda Part LVIII, beginning

on page 62718 in the issue of December

3, 2001, make the following correction.

On page 62723, in the third column, add

the following sequence numbers 4534

and 4535 following sequence number

4533.

Completed Actions:

4534. Requirements for Insurance

(Subpart B)

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Duplicate of

RIN 3313–.

04/30/01

AC14 (Completed in

Spring 2001

Agenda).

RIN: 3133–AC55.

4535. Nondiscrimination in Advertising

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 3604(c).

CFR Citation: 12 CFR 701.31(d).

Legal Deadline: None. Abstract:

Update the NCUA regulations for

advertising and posting notice of

nondiscrimination in real estate-related

lending.

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM ............ 04/26/01 66 FR 20945

NPRM Comment.06/25/01

Period End .....

Final Action .... 09/19/01 66 FR 48205

Final Action Effective.10/19/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Paul M. Peterson,

Staff Attorney, National Credit Union

Administration, 1775 Duke Street,

Alexandria, VA 22314–3428, Phone: 703

518–6555, Fax: 703–518–6569, Email:

ppeterson@ncua.gov

RIN: 3133–AC58.

Dated: December 18, 2001.

Hattie M. Ulan,

Special Counsel to the General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–31571 Filed 12–21–01; 8:45 am]

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