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Comments submitted at Step 3,

Document CX/FBT 01/4 Add.1

5. Consideration of Proposed Draft

Guideline for the Conduct of Safety

Assessment of Foods Derived from

Recombinant-DNA Plants at Step 4,

Document CX/FBT 01/5, and

Comments submitted at Step 3,

Document CX/FBT 01/5 Add.1

6. Discussion Paper on Traceability,

Document CX/FBT 01/6

7. Information Paper on Familiarity,

Document CX/FBT 01/7

8. Consideration of Analytical Methods,

Document CX/FBT 01/8

9. Other Business, Future Work and

Date and Place of Next Session

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Done at Washington, DC on February 6,

2001.

F. Edward Scarbrough,

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.

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BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

Announcement of Funding To Develop

Essential Community Facilities in

Rural Communities for Eligible Public

Entities, Nonprofit Corporations, and

Tribal Governments With Extreme High

Unemployment and Severe Economic

Depression

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service

(RHS) announces the availability of

$47.5 million in National competitive

grant funds to be administered in

accordance with this Notice, 7 U.S.C.

1926(a)(20), and the Community

Facilities grant program (7 CFR part

3570, subpart B) to develop essential

community facilities in rural

communities with extreme high

unemployment and severe economic

depression. An additional $2.5 million

is available for community planning and

implementation related to these

essential community facilities.

DATES: Applications may be submitted

at any time until funds are exhausted.

ADDRESSES: Entities wishing to apply for

assistance are encouraged to contact

their local USDA Rural Development

office for guidance on the intake and

processing of preapplications.

A listing of Rural Development State

offices, their addresses, telephone

numbers, and a person to contact

follows:

Note: Telephone numbers listed are not

toll-free.

Alabama State Office, Suite 601, Sterling

Centre, 4121 Carmichael Road,

Montgomery, AL 36106–3683, 334–279–

3400, Chris Harmon

Alaska State Office, 800 W. Evergreen, Suite

201, Palmer, AK 99645–6539, 907–761–

7705, Merlaine Kruse

Arizona State Office, Phoenix Corporate

Center, 3003 North Central Avenue, Suite

900, Phoenix, AZ 85012–2906, 602–280–

8700, Leonard Gradillas

Arkansas State Office, 700 W. Capitol

Avenue, Room 3416, Little Rock, AR

72201–3225, 501–301–3200, Jesse G. Sharp

California State Office, 430 G Street, #4169,

Davis, CA 95616–4169, 530–792–5800,

Robert Longman

Colorado State Office, 655 Parfet Street,

Room E100, Lakewood, CO 80215, 303–

236–2801, Leroy Cruz

Delaware State Office,* 4607 S. DuPont

Highway, P.O. Box 400, Camden, DE

19934–9998, 302–697–4300, Arthur

Greenwood

* The Delaware State Office also

administers the Maryland program.

Florida State Office,* 4440 N.W. 25th Place,

P.O. Box 147010, Gainesville, FL 32614–

7010, 352–338–3400, Glenn W. Walden

* The Florida State Office also administers

the Virgin Islands program.

Georgia State Office, Stephens Federal

Building, 355 E. Hancock Avenue, Athens,

GA 30601–2768, 706–546–2162, Jerry

Thomas

Hawaii State Office, Room 311, Federal

Building, 154 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo,

HI 96720, 808–933–8380, Thao Khamoui

Idaho State Office, 9173 W. Barnes Drive,

Suite A1, Boise, ID 83709, 208–378–5600,

Dan Fraser

Illinois, Illini Plaza, Suite 103, 1817 South

Neil Street, Champaign, IL 61820, 217–

398–5235, Gerald Townsend

Indiana State Office, 5975 Lakeside

Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46278, 317–

290–3100, Gregg Delp

Iowa State Office, 873 Federal Building, 210

Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA 50309,

5150284–4663, Dorman A. Otte

Kansas State Office, 1200 SW Executive

Drive, P.O. Box 4653, Topeka, KS 66604,

785–271–2700, Gary Smith

Kentucky, Suite 200, 771 Corporate Drive,

Lexington, KY 40503, 859–224–7300,

Vernon C. Brown

Louisiana State Office, 3727 Government

Street, Alexandria, LA 71302, 318–473–

7920, Danny Magee

Maine State Office, 967 Illinois Avenue,

Suite 4, P.O. Box 405, Bangor, ME 04402–

0405, 207–990–9106, Alan Daigle

Massachusetts State Office,* 967 Illinois

Ave., Suite 4, 451 West Street, Amherst,

MA 01002, 413–253–4300, Daniel

Beaudette

* The Massachusetts State Office, also

administers the Rhode Island and

Connecticut programs.

Michigan State Office, 3001 Coolidge Road,

Suite 200, East Lansing, MI 48823, 517–

324–5100, Philip H. Wolak

Minnesota State Office, 410 AgriBank

Building, 375 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN

55101–1853, 651–602–7800, James Maras

Mississippi State Office, Federal Building,

Suite 831, 100 W. Capitol, Jackson, MS

39269, 601–965–4316, Darnella SmithMurray

Missouri State Office, 601 Business Loop, 70

West, Parkade Center, Suite 235, Columbia,

MO 65203, 573–876–0976, Randall L.

Griffith

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Montana State Office, Unit 1, Suite B, P.O.

Box 850, 900 Technology Boulevard,

Bozeman, MT 59715, 406–585–2580, Mary

Lou Affleck

Nebraska State Office, Federal Building,

Room 152, 100 Centennial Mall N, Lincoln,

NE 68508, 402–437–5551, Denise BrosiusMeeks

Nevada State Office, 1390 South Curry Street,

Carson City, NV 89703–9910, 775–887–

1222, Mike Holm

New Hampshire State Office, 10 Ferry Street,

Concord Center, P.O. Box 317, Concord,

NH 03301, 603–223–6034, William Konrad

New Jersey State Office, Tarnsfield Plaza,

Suite 22, 790 WoodLane Road, Mt. Holly,

NJ 08060, 609–265–3600, Michael P.

Kelsey

New Mexico State Office, 6200 Jefferson

Street NE, Room 255, Albuquerque, NM

87109, 505–761–4950, Clyde Hudson

New York State Office, The Galleries of

Syracuse, 441 S. Salina Street, Suite 357,

Syracuse, NY 13202–2541, 315–477–6400,

Gail Giannotta

North Carolina State Office, 4405 Bland

Road, Suite 260, Raleigh, NC 27609, 919–

873–2000, Phyllis Godbold

North Dakota State Office, Federal Building,

Room 208, 220 East Rosser, P.O. Box 1737,

Bismarck, ND 58502–1737, 701–530–2037,

Don Warren

Ohio State Office, Federal Building, Room

507, 200 North High Street, Columbus, OH

43215–2418, 614–255–2400, David Douglas

Oklahoma State Office, 100 USDA, Suite 108,

Stillwater, OK 74074–2654, 405–742–1000,

Rock W. Davis

Oregon, 101 SW Main, Suite 1410, Portland,

OR 97204–3222, 503–414–3300, Bill

Daniels

Pennsylvania State Office, One Credit Union

Place, Suite 330, Harrisburg, PA 17110–

2996, 717–237–2299, Gary Rothrock

Puerto Rico State Office, IBM Building, Suite

601, 654 Munos Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey,

PR 00918–6106, 787–766–5095, Pedro

Gomez

South Carolina State Office, Strom

Thurmond Federal Bldg., 835 Assembly

Street, Room 1007, Columbia, SC 29102,

803–765–5163, Larry Floyd

South Dakota State Office, Federal Building,

Room 210, 200 Fourth Street SW., Huron,

SD 57350, 605–352–1100, Dwight

Wullweber

Tennessee State Office, Suite 300, 3322 West

End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203–1084,

615–783–1300, Keith Head

Texas State Office, Federal Building, Suite

102, 101 South Main, Temple, TX 76501,

254–742–9700, Mike Meehan

Utah State Office, Wallace F. Bennett,

Federal Building, 125 S. State Street, Rm.

4311, P.O. Box 11350, Salt Lake City, UT

84147–0350, 801–524–4320, Jack Cox

Vermont State Office, City Center, 3rd Floor,

89 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602,

802–828–1600, Ronda Shippee

Virginia State Office, Culpeper Building,

Suite 238, 1606 Santa Rosa Road,

Richmond, VA 23229, 804–287–1550,

Carrie Schmidt

Washington State Office, 1835 Black Lake

Blvd. SW., Suite B, Olympia, VA 98512–

5715, 360–704–7740, Jack Gleason

West Virginia State Office, Federal Building,

75 High Street, Room 320, Morgantown,

WV 26505–7500, 304–284–4860, Dianne

Crysler

Wisconsin State Office, 4949 Kirschling

Court, Stevens Point, WI 54481, 715–345–

7600, Mark Brodziski

Wyoming State Office, 100 East B, Federal

Building, Room 1005, P.O. Box 820,

Casper, WY 82602, 307–261–6300, John

Cochran

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph Ben-Israel, Community

Programs, RHS, USDA, STOP 0787,

1400 Independence Ave. SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–0787,

Telephone (202) 720–1490, Facsimile

(202) 690–0471, E-mail:

jbenisra@rdmail.rural.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act

The reporting requirements contained

in this notice have been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) and have been assigned OMB

control number 0575–0173 in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Authorizing Legislation and

Regulations

This program is authorized under

section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm

and Rural Development Act, as

amended by section 304 of the Grain

Standards and Warehouse Improvement

Act of 2000 (106 Pub. L. 472). Funding

was made possible through the

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration and Related

Agencies Act 2001 (106 Pub. L. 387) (FY

2001 Appropriation). RHS has decided

to administer these funds using, where

possible, those same regulations that

govern its Community Facilities grant

program. Program administration,

eligibility, processing, and servicing

requirements, which govern the

Community Facilities grant program,

may be found under 7 CFR part 3570,

subpart B.

Background

Under the FY 2000 appropriation,

Congress appropriated $47.5 million for

a Community Facilities grant program

for rural communities with extreme

unemployment and severe economic

depression, hereafter referred to as the

Economic Impact Initiative. These funds

are in addition to the Community

Facilities grant program’s regular

allocation of competitive grant funds.

The Community Facilities grant

program, authorized by Congress in

1996, is used in conjunction with the

existing direct and guaranteed loan

programs for the development of

essential community facilities for public

use in rural areas. Funding is intended

to complement rather than compete

with other credit sources. Grants are

made available to public entities, such

as municipalities, counties, and specialservice districts, as well as to eligible

nonprofit corporations and tribal

governments. Grants are targeted to

communities with the smallest

populations and lowest incomes.

Communities with lower population

and income levels receive a greater

percentage of the Federal contribution,

between 15 to 75 percent of the cost of

developing the facility.

Additional Eligibility Requirements

In addition to those requirements

contained in 7 CFR part 3570, subpart

B, applicants interested in competing

for Economic Impact Initiative funds for

FY 2001 must meet the following

statutory eligibility criteria by

demonstrating extreme unemployment

and severe economic depression for

funding consideration: the essential

community facility must be located in a

rural community where the ‘‘not

employed rate’’ is greater than 19.5

percent.

Definition of Not Employed Rate

This is the percentage of individuals

over the age of 18 who reside within the

community and who are ready, willing,

and able to be employed but are unable

to find employment, as determined by

the department of labor of the State in

which the community is located.

Allocation of Funds

All Economic Impact Initiative funds

will remain in the National Office

reserve for funding consideration for FY

2001. Project selections will be on a

National competitive basis with project

selections made on a monthly basis.

Selection Process

Once a determination has been made

by the State Office that an applicant is

eligible, the preapplication is evaluated

competitively and points awarded as

specified in the project selection

priorities contained in 7 CFR part 3570,

subpart B. The State Director or

designee will then forward the request

to the National Office to compete for

funding consideration. Unless

withdrawn by the applicant, projects

will then be rated, ranked, and

selections made in order of priority.

Each proposal will be judged on its own

merit. Unless withdrawn by the

applicant, projects not selected for

funding consideration for a given month

will remain eligible to compete for the

next month’s round of funding

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selections through the remainder of the

fiscal year or until funds are exhausted.

Notice of Invitation To Submit

Complete Application

All preapplications selected for

funding consideration will be notified

by the State or field office by issuing

Form AD–622, ‘‘Notice of

Preapplication Review Action.’’ At that

time, the proposed recipient will be

invited to submit a complete

application, along with instructions

related to the agreed upon award

amount, and asked to schedule an

application conference to discuss items

needed for formal application and to

further clarify issues related to the

project.

Final Approval and Funding Process

Final approval is subject to the

availability of funds; the submission by

the applicant of a formal, complete

application and related materials that

meet the program requirements and

responsibilities of the grantee

(contained in 7 CFR part 3570, subpart

B); the letter of conditions; and the grant

agreement.

Those preapplications that do not

have sufficient priority necessary to

receive funding consideration for FY

2001 will be notified, in writing, by the

Agency’s State or designated field office.

Dated: February 26, 2001.

James C. Alsop,

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 01–5076 Filed 3–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

and Deletion

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to and

deletion from Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing

to add to the Procurement List services

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities, and to

delete a commodity previously

furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: April 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Louis R. Bartalot (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

Additions

If the Committee approves the

proposed addition, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the services listed below from

nonprofit agencies employing persons

who are blind or have other severe

disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

services to the Government.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

services to the Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the services proposed

for addition to the Procurement List.

Comments on this certification are

invited. Commenters should identify the

statement(s) underlying the certification

on which they are providing additional

information. The following services

have been proposed for addition to

Procurement List for production by the

nonprofit agencies listed:

Services

Administrative Services, Health Care

Financing Administration, 7500

Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland

NPA: ServiceSource, Inc., Alexandria,

Virginia

Administrative Services, U.S. Army

Space Command, 1670 N. Newport

Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado

NPA: Bayaud Industries, Inc., Denver,

Colorado

Hospital Housekeeping Services, DeWitt

Army Community Hospital, Fort

Belvior, Virginia

NPA: The Chimes, Inc., Baltimore,

Maryland

Janitorial/Custodial, FAA Flight

Standards District Office, 9191 Plank

Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

NPA: Louisiana Industries for the

Disabled, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Janitorial/Custodial, Social Security

Building, Lewiston, Idaho

NPA: Opportunities Unlimited, Inc.,

Lewiston, Idaho

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Fish &

Wildlife Service, Bosque del Apache

NWR, Socorro, New Mexico

NPA: Tresco, Inc., Las Cruces, New

Mexico

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Fish &

Wildlife Service, Santa Ana NWR,

Alamo, Texas

NPA: Training, Rehabilitation &

Development Institute, Inc., San

Antonio, Texas

Office Supply Store for the following

locations:

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC

19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,

Maryland

80300 Century Blvd, Germantown,

Maryland

NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the

Blind, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Deletion

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

services to the Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodity

proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List.

The following commodity has been

proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List:

Commodity:

Pallet, Wood

3990–00–NSH–0001

Louis R. Bartalot,

Deputy Director (Operations).

[FR Doc. 01–5129 Filed 3–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Kentucky Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on