[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 28294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13773]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

7 CFR Parts 3015, 3016 and 3019

RIN 0503-AA16


Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements to State and Local Governments and Uniform Administrative 
Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher 
Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations

AGENCY: Department of Agriculture, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 17, 1998, USDA published in the Federal Register 
(63 FR 7734) a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in which USDA 
proposed to revise its grants management regulations in order to bring 
the entitlement programs it administers under the same regulations that 
already apply to nonentitlement programs and identify exceptions to 
these general rules that apply only to entitlement programs. This 
document extends the comment period for that NPRM in order to give 
interested parties ample time to comment.

DATES: The period for written comments is extended from May 19, 1998 to 
June 18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be mailed or faxed to Gerald Miske, 
Supervisory Management Analyst, Fiscal Policy Division, Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer, USDA, Room 3022 South Building, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250; FAX (202) 690-1529. 
Written comments may be inspected at the above address from 8:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. A copy of the Regulatory Cost/Benefit Assessment 
referenced in the Regulatory Impact Analysis section of this preamble 
can be obtained from Gerald Miske, Supervisory Management Analyst, 
Fiscal Policy Division, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, USDA, 
Room 3022 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 
D.C. 20250. This assessment may be examined at the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald Miske, Supervisory Management 
Analyst, Fiscal Policy Division, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 
USDA, at the above address; telephone (202) 720-1553.

    Dated: May 19, 1998.
Sally Thompson,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-13773 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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