[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 42675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18267]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Announcement of the 2003/2004 Technical Assistance for Specialty 
Crops Program

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Commodity Credit Corporation has published elsewhere in this 
issue a final rule establishing the ``Technical Assistance for 
Specialty Crops'' program to help open, retain, and expand markets for 
U.S. specialty crops.

DATES: Proposals will be accepted between July 18, 2003 and 5 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time, August 18, 2003. Proposals will be reviewed, and 
funding decisions will be made, as proposals are received.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marketing Operations Staff, Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Room 4932-S, Stop 1042, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250-1042, or 
telephone: (202) 720-4327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To be considered for participation in the 
Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program, interested 
parties should submit, via a commercial delivery service (including 
FedEx, DHL, etc.), proposals to: Director, Marketing Operations Staff, 
Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 
4932-S, Stop 1042, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-1042. All proposals must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight 
Time, August 18, 2003. Although entities interested in participating in 
the TASC program are not required to submit proposals in any specific 
format, all proposals must contain complete information about the 
proposed projects as described in the final rule, published elsewhere 
in this issue, that establishes the program.

    Dated: July 11, 2003.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 03-18267 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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