[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 29721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10286]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Notice of Public Teleconference on the Rural Cooperative 
Development Grant Program

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public teleconference.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued to inform non-profit entities interested 
in applying for the 2005 Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program 
that two teleconferences will be held to discuss the 2005 Notice of 
Solicitation of Applications.

DATES: The public teleconferences will be held on May 31 and June 2, 
starting at 1 p.m. eastern time. They will end by 4 p.m. unless 
concluded earlier. Interested entities must register by May 26.

ADDRESSES: Entities must register by submitting an e-mail or sending a 
letter to: Roberta D. Purcell, Deputy Administrator, Cooperative 
Programs, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Room 4016-S, Stop 3250, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3250, 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roberta D. Purcell, Deputy 
Administrator, Cooperative Programs, Rural Business-Cooperative 
Service, Room 4016-S, Stop 3250, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-3250, [email protected], telephone: (202) 720-
7558.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The teleconference will be conducted by 
representatives of the Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the 
teleconference is to discuss the Rural Cooperative Development Grant 
Notice of Solicitation of Applications published in the Federal 
Register on May 13, 2005 and to answer questions from interested 
applicants. Entities must register at the address listed above by May 
26 in order to reserve a line and to obtain the teleconference number 
and pass code.

    Dated: May 18, 2005.
Peter J. Thomas,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 05-10286 Filed 5-23-05; 8:45 am]
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