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not listed here have been previously

declared.

The economic injury disaster numbers

are: 9K8800 for the State of Arkansas;

9K8900 for the State of Louisiana; and

9K9000 for the State of Tennessee.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is

April 24, 2001 and for economic injury

the deadline is November 23, 2001.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: March 1, 2001.

James E. Rivera,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–5754 Filed 3–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–U

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Declaration of Disaster #3320; State of

Washington

As a result of the President’s major

disaster declaration on March 1, 2001, I

find that King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason,

Pierce and Thurston Counties constitute

a disaster area due to damages caused

by an earthquake on February 28, 2001.

Applications for loans for physical

damage as a result of this disaster may

be filed until the close of business on

April 30, 2001, and for loans for

economic injury until the close of

business on November 30, 2001 at the

address listed below or other locally

announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

4 Office, P.O. Box 13795, Sacramento,

CA 95853–4795.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties in Washington may be filed

until the specified date at the above

location: Chelan, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor,

Jefferson, Kittitas, Pacific, Skamania,

Snohomish, Wahkiakum and Yakima.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ........................ 7.000

Homeowners Without Credit

Available Elsewhere ................ 3.500

Businesses With Credit Available

Elsewhere ................................ 8.000

Businesses And Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ........................ 4.000

Others (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available Elsewhere ........................ 7.000

For Economic Injury:

Percent

Businesses and Small Agricultural Cooperatives Without

Credit Available Elsewhere ..... 4.000

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 332002 and for

economic injury the number is 9K9100.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: March 2, 2001.

James E. Rivera,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–5755 Filed 3–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3596]

Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs Request for Grant Proposals:

Small Grants Competition Designed To

Promote Women’s Leadership and

Disability Issues in Latin America, the

Caribbean and the Middle East

SUMMARY: The Office of Citizen

Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational

and Cultural Affairs announces a Small

Grants Competition designed to promote

Women’s Leadership and Disability

Issues in Latin America, the Caribbean

and the Middle East. Public and private

non-profit organizations meeting the

provisions described in IRS regulation

26 CFR 1.501(c) may submit proposals

for exchanges and training programs

that address women’s leadership or

disability issues in a single country in

South America, Central America, the

Caribbean, or the Arabian Peninsula

states of the Middle East.

Announcement Title and Number

All communications with the Bureau

concerning this Request for Grant

Proposals (RFGP) should refer to the

announcement title ‘‘Small Grants

Competition designed to promote

Women’s Leadership and Disability

Issues in Latin America, the Caribbean

and the Middle East’’ and reference

number ECA/PE/C–01–38.

Overview

The Office of Citizen Exchanges,

Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs (ECA) announces a small grants

competition for community-based

nonprofit, nongovernmental

organizations and institutions that

conduct programs focusing on women’s

leadership and disability issues. ECA

seeks organizations that are interested in

developing grassroots training programs

and international exchanges in Latin

America, the Caribbean or the Middle

East. Only U.S. organizations that have

not received prior funding directly from

ECA are eligible to submit proposals.

The goal of this initiative is to provide

support for small organizations or local

chapters of national groups to expand

the scope of their work and build or

strengthen linkages with partner

organizations in other countries.

Programs should be designed so that the

exchanges will operate on two levels: (1)

They should enhance institutional

partnerships and improve institutional

capacity of the partner organizations,

and (2) they should offer training

sessions that include practical

information and useful materials to

enable the partners to conduct further

training sessions after the grant period

is over.

Competitive proposals will be creative

and innovative with a clear

implementation plan and wellarticulated expected outcomes.

Proposals should indicate that the

program ideas were jointly developed

between the American and foreign

organization(s). Applicants should

identify the foreign partner

organization(s) and individuals with

whom they are proposing to collaborate.

Background information on the partner

organization(s), and resumes for all

American and foreign staff members and

consultants should be included in the

proposal.

The exchanges and training should

combine elements of skill enrichment,

experiential learning and exposure to

American life and culture. The

experiences should also provide

Americans the opportunity to learn

about and experience the culture of the

partner’s country. This program is not

academic in nature; programs should be

designed to provide practical, hands-on

experience.

Program components may include,

but are not limited to, ‘‘training of

trainers (TOT),’’ job shadowing, handson workshops, internships, educational

campaigns, consultations and short-term

training. Orientation sessions must be

included in the program and cultural

programming may include mutually

beneficial experiences hosted by local

institutions and home stays with

community members. The programming

may take place in the United States and/

or the partner country. Programs should

be designed so that the sharing of

information that occurs during the grant

period will continue after the grant

period is over. Strong proposals will

have a clear, convincing plan outlining

exactly how the program components

will be carried out and how permanent