[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 28778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12399]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

RIN 0572-ZA01


Broadband Initiatives Program

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of filing Public Notice Requests on Pending 
Round Two BIP Applications and of the Application Window for Request 
for Proposals.

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SUMMARY: Due to emergency maintenance issues on May 14, 2010, the Rural 
Utilities Service (RUS) is extending, by one day, the deadline for 
submitting Public Notice Requests (PNRs) on pending applications filed 
under Second Round Notice of Funds Availability (Second Round NOFA) for 
the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP), published in the Federal 
Register at 75 FR 3820 (January 22, 2010). Such technical issues also 
affected the application window for satellite, rural library broadband, 
and technical assistance projects under BIP's Request for Proposals 
(RFP), published in the Federal Register at 75 FR 25185 (May 7, 2010). 
As a result, PNRs on pending Second Round NOFA applications must be 
filed by May 24, 2010, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time (CT); and 
applications for satellite, rural library broadband, and technical 
assistance projects must be postmarked by June 8, 2010.
    Contact Information: For general inquiries regarding BIP, contact 
David J. Villano, Assistant Administrator Telecommunications Program, 
Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), e-mail: 
[email protected], telephone: (202) 690-0525.

    Dated: May 19, 2010.
Jessica Zufolo,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-12399 Filed 5-21-10; 8:45 am]
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