[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2823-2824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-813]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 1779

Rural Housing Service

7 CFR Part 3575

Rural Business--Cooperative Service

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Parts 4279 and 4280

Rural Business--Cooperative Service

Rural Housing Service

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 5001

[FR Doc. E8-29151]
RIN 0570-AA65


Rural Development Guaranteed Loans

AGENCIES: Rural Business--Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, 
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim rule; delay of the effective date.

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SUMMARY: Rural Development is delaying the effective date of the 
interim rule for Rural Development Guaranteed Loans, which was 
published on December 17, 2008. The interim rule establishes a unified 
guaranteed loan platform for the enhanced delivery of four existing 
Rural Development guaranteed loan programs--Community Facility; Water 
and Waste Disposal; Business and Industry; and Renewable Energy Systems 
and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects.

DATES: This effective date of the interim rule, published on December 
17, 2008 [73 FR 76698], is delayed from January 16, 2009, until 
February 17, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Foore, Rural Development, 
Business and Cooperative Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 3201,

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Washington, DC 20250-3201; e-mail: [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 690-4730.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rural Development has identified a technical 
error associated with the publication of the interim rule, in which 7 
CFR Parts 1779 and 3575 were mistakenly repealed. These two parts, 
which are the regulations for the Community Facilities and Water and 
Waste Disposal guaranteed loan programs, should not have been repealed 
at this time because, in part, there are other Community Facilities and 
Water and Waste Disposal regulations that cross-reference these two 
parts. Rural Development considered publishing a technical correction 
notice to reinstate these two regulations. Due to time constraints for 
publication in the Federal Register prior to the effective date of 
January 16, 2009, there was insufficient time for full consideration of 
these technical corrections. Therefore, Rural Development determined 
that the best course of action was to delay the effective date of the 
interim rule by 30 days.

    Dated: January 9, 2009.
Doug Faulkner,
Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development.
[FR Doc. E9-813 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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