[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 141 (Friday, July 21, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18324]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

7 CFR Part 4280


Notice of Public Meeting on the Rural Economic Development Loan 
and Grant Program Proposed Rule

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces a Public Meeting on the Rural Economic 
Development Loan and Grant Program. On December 15, 1999, (64 FR 
69937), the Agency published a proposed rule on the Rural Economic 
Development Loan and Grant Program. The public comment period on the 
proposed rule was extended through February 14, 2000. During the 
comment period, the Agency received 28 written comments. The Agency has 
decided to conduct a single meeting on this proposed rule. The intent 
of the meeting is to allow the Agency to listen to oral presentations 
from the general public on the proposed rule.

DATES: The meeting, which is open to the general public, will be 
conducted on August 2, 2000. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and 
conclude no later than 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Jefferson Auditorium, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you wish to make an oral 
presentation, please contact Cheryl Thompson, Rural Development, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, via fax on (202) 692-0013 or send an e-mail 
message to [email protected] at least three (3) business days 
before the hearing. Please indicate any special needs. You should 
receive a confirmation by telephone or e-mail that the Agency has 
received your request.
    The Agency will listen to each presentation at the hearing. If a 
large number of participants desires to make presentations, a time 
limitation will be imposed on each presentation. Since this is a 
listening session and the rule is still being developed, Agency 
officials will not be responding to the comments during the hearing. 
The Agency will respond to the comments made at the hearing in the 
preamble to the final rule as part of the rule-making process under the 
Administrative Procedures Act. Since the Agency received written 
comments on the rule during the comment period, the Agency will not be 
accepting additional written comments on the proposed rule. The 
presentation may not include questions for other attendees of the 
general public or Agency officials, nor may it address comments to 
other attendees of the general public. If you have questions about the 
meeting or proposed rule, you may contact Mark Wyatt, Specialty Lenders 
Division, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, STOP 3225, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 
20250-3225, Telephone (202) 720-2383 or e-mail [email protected]. 

    Dated: July 13, 2000.
Wilbur T. Peer,
Acting Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 00-18324 Filed 7-20-00; 8:45 am]
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