[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34549-34550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9355]


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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

12 CFR Parts 611, 612, 613, and 614

RIN 3052-AC15


Organization; Standards of Conduct and Referral of Known or 
Suspected Criminal Violations; Eligibility and Scope of Financing; Loan 
Policies and Operations; Regulatory Burden

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) Board reopens the comment 
period on the proposed rule intended to reduce regulatory burden on the 
Farm Credit System (FCS or System), so that interested parties will 
have additional time to provide comments.

DATES: Please send your comments to us by July 17, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent by electronic mail to [email protected], 
through the Pending Regulations section of our Web site at http://www.fca.gov or through the Government-wide http://www.regulations.gov 
portal. You may also send written comments to Gary K. Van Meter, Deputy 
Director, Office of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit Administration, 1501 
Farm Credit Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102-5090 or by fax to (703) 734-
5784.
    You may review copies of comments we received at our office in 
McLean, Virginia, or from our Web site at http://www.fca.gov. Once you 
are in the Web site, select ``Legal Info,'' and then select ``Public 
Comments.'' We will show your comments as submitted, but for technical 
reasons we may omit items such as logos and special characters. 
Identifying information you may provide, such as phone numbers and 
addresses, will be publicly available. However, we will attempt to 
remove electronic-mail addresses to help reduce Internet spam.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline R. Melvin, Associate Policy 
Analyst, Office of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit Administration, 
McLean, Virginia 22102-5090, (703) 883-4144, TTY (703) 883-4434; or
    Howard Rubin, Senior Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Farm 
Credit Administration, McLean, Virginia 22102-5090, (703) 883-4020, TTY 
(703) 883-4020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 28, 2006, FCA published a proposed 
rule in the Federal Register to amend regulations in parts 611, 612, 
613, and 614 to reduce regulatory burden on System banks and 
associations. The comment period expired on May 30, 2006. See 71 FR 
15343, March 28, 2006. A member of the public has requested us to 
extend the comment period for at least an additional 30 days. In 
response to this request, we are reopening the comment period until 
July 17, 2006. The FCA supports public involvement and participation in 
its regulatory process and invites all interested parties to review and 
provide comments on the proposed rule. We believe that a reopening of 
the comment period to allow all interested parties more time to provide 
comments is appropriate, but that the reopening should be no longer 
than 30 days.

    Dated: June 8, 2006.
Roland E. Smith,
Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.
 [FR Doc. E6-9355 Filed 6-14-06; 8:45 am]
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