[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32908]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Market Access Program, Fiscal Year 1997

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an extension of the application period 
for participation in the Market Access program (MAP) for Fiscal Year 
1997 until 5 pm eastern standard time, January 13, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marketing Operations Staff, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 
20250, (202) 720-4327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MAP is implemented by the Commodity 
Credit Corporation (CCC) in accordance with the regulations set forth 
in 7 CFR 1485, published February 1, 1995. On October 4, 1996, CCC 
published a notice in the Federal Register (61 FR 51880) informing 
prospective applicants for participation in the MAP that all 
applications had to be received by CCC by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 
December 16, 1996.
    CCC has determined that the program's goals and purposes can be 
best served by enabling program managers to consider a broader range of 
commodities and applicants. Therefore, CCC is extending the period to 
apply for participation in the MAP until 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 
January 13, 1997. Applicants must follow the instructions for 
addressing applications set forth in the October 4, 1996, Notice.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. on December 18, 1996.
August Schumacher,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 96-32908 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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