[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 67 (Friday, April 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17961-17968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6991]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Weather Radio Transmitter Grant Program

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides an updated listing of proposed NOAA 
Weather Radio transmitter sites eligible for funding under the Weather 
Radio Transmitter Grant Program. The agency is not soliciting 
applications for the program at this time. This site listing updates 
and consolidates the three previous site listings published April 4, 
2001, October 16, 2001, and December 24, 2002, in the Federal Register.
    Further details on the program and eligibility are available in the 
NOFA in the April 4, 2001, Federal Register (66 FR 17857) or on the RUS 
Web site at http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/initiatives/weatherradio.htm.
    Also available on the RUS Web site is a list of the approved grant 
applications.

DATES: Effective Date: April 8, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan P. Claffey, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, 
STOP 1590, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1590, 
telephone (202) 720-9554, Facsimile (202) 720-0810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 4, 2001, the Rural Utilities 
Service (RUS) published a Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 17857) announcing a new grant program, and the 
availability of grant funds under this program, to finance the 
installation of new transmitters to extend the coverage of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Radio system (NOAA 
Weather Radio) in rural America. Included in the NOFA was a listing of 
proposed NOAA Weather Radio transmitter sites that would be eligible 
for funding. The NOFA also stated that RUS would continue to update its 
list from time to time and would publish updates in the Federal 
Register.

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    On October 16, 2001, RUS published an updated site listing in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 52571) and notified the public that they could 
apply for a grant under the program for a site included in the April 4, 
2001, or the October 16, 2001, site listings. On December 24, 2002, RUS 
published an additional updated site listing in the Federal Register 
(67 FR 78412) and notified the public that they could apply for a grant 
under the program for a site included in any of the three site listings 
published in the Federal Register.

Updated Site Listing

    An area's need for a new NOAA Weather Radio transmitter is 
determined by its inherent risk of hazardous weather and the absence of 
adequate coverage by an existing transmitter. RUS, in consultation with 
the National Weather Service, has developed the attached listing of 
proposed transmitter sites.

    Dated: April 1, 2005.
Curtis M. Anderson,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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[FR Doc. 05-6991 Filed 4-7-05; 8:45 am]
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