[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67331-67332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33567]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: FY 1997 DLT applications receiving financial assistance.
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SUMMARY: On June 13, 1997, in the Federal Register (62 FR 32434) the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced availability of fiscal year
1997 funds for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loan and
Grant Program to promote modern telecommunication interconnectivity to
educational and medical facilities in rural areas. By providing
matching grants and loans for information infrastructure projects, this
program will help develop a nationally integrated public network
accessible to rural as well as urban areas. This Notice announces the
applications receiving financial assistance in response to the June 13,
1997, solicitation (7 CFR 1703.113).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Claffey, Acting Director,
Advanced Telecommunications Services Staff, Rural Utilities Service,
Telephone: (202) 720-0530. Fax: (202) 720-2734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of 50 applications from 26 states
will receive financial assistance for distance learning and
telemedicine projects. The total financial assistance provided by the
DLT program for these projects in fiscal year 1997 is $10.2 million in
grants and loans.
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program--1997 Recipients
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State Type* Project name
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100% Grant
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AK M Bristol Bay Area
Health Corporation.
AZ E Tohono O'odham Nation.
CA E School of Public
Health, UCLA.
CA E Visible Light, Inc. d/
b/a Rain Network.
HI M Kauai Veterans
Memorial Hospital.
KS M Horton Health
Foundation.
LA M Tri-Ward General
Hospital.
LA M Lower Cameron Hospital
Service District.
LA E Northwestern State
University of
Louisiana.
LA E South Central Planning
and Development
Commission.
MN E Board of Regents of
the U. & C.C. of
Minnesota.
MO M Boone Hospital Center.
MS M Delta Rural Health
Network of
Mississippi.
MS E Mid-Mississippi Delta
Consortium.
NC E North Carolina
Technological
Development
Authority.
NC E University of North
Carolina at
Wilmington.
NM E Northern New Mexico
Community College.
NY E Cattaragus-Allegany-
Erie-Wyoming BOCES.
OK M Choctaw Nation Indian
Hospital.
OK M Holdenville General
Hospital.
OK E Kiamichi Valley
Distance Learning.
OR E Kalamath Community
Development
Corporation.
SD M Fund for the
Advancement of Med.
Education & Research.
TX E Austwell-Tivoli
Independent School
District.
TX M Chaparral Health
Clinic.
TX E Fort Hancock
Independent School
District.
TX E Morton Independent
School District.
TX E Panola College.
TX E Southwest Texas Junior
College.
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Combination Grant/Loan
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CA E State Center Community
College District.
IL M Mason Hospital
District.
IN M The Midwest Center for
Rural Health (MCRH).
KY M Appalachian Regional
Healthcare, Inc.
KY M Murray-Calloway County
Hospital.
LA E Ascension Parish
Library.
MI E Cheboygan Area
Schools.
MI M Scheurer Hospital.
MN M First Care Medical
Services.
NC E Mountain Area Health
Education Foundation,
Inc.
NC E Piedmont Community
College.
NE M Bergan Mercy
Foundation.
NM E Des Moines Municipal
School.
NV E Nye County School
District.
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OK E Burlington Public
School.
PA E Line Mountain School
District.
TN M The University of
Tennessee, Memphis.**
WA E Grays Harbor College.
WA M Lincoln County Public
Hospital District #3.
WV M Prestera Center for
Mental Health
Services, Inc.
WV M Princeton Community
Hospital Association.
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* E-Educational, M--Medical.
** Non-Federal funding for loan portion--loan amount not included in
totals.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq. and 950aaa et seq.; Pub. L. 103-
354, 108 Stat 3178 (7 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.).
Dated: December 16, 1997.
Wally Beyer,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 97-33567 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am]
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