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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2002-09-27.xml --- 67 188 Friday, September 27, 2002 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Farm Service Agency See Forest Service See Rural Business-Cooperative Service See Rural Housing Service See Rural Utilities Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service RULES Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine): Texas (splenetic) fever in cattle— State and area classifications, 60854-60855 02-24601 Army Army Department See Engineers Corps NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 61076-61077 02-24534 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Fort Lewis and Yakima Training Center, WA, 61077-61078 02-24573 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Enzyme-catalyzed modifications of macromolecules in organic solvents, 61078 02-24532 Hand-held temperature programmable modular gas chromatograph, biological classification system, and injection valves, 61078 02-24531 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 61078-61080 02-24396 Blind Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc., 61106 02-24576 National Black Caucus of State Legislators, 61107 02-24577 STAND, Inc., 61107-61108 02-24575 Meetings: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health— Respirators for respiratory protection against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents; standards, 61108 02-24578 Smoking and Health Interagency Committee; correction, 61108-61109 02-24706 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Diseases transmitted through food supply; annual list, 61109-61110 02-24579 Vaccine information materials: Pneumococcal conjugate, diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP/DT) and hepatitis B vaccines, 61110-61114 02-24574 Centers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULES Medicare: Supplementary medical insurance premium surcharge agreements, 60993-60997 02-23845 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 61114-61115 02-24586 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 61115 02-24585 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration, 61116-61129 02-24443 Medicare and medicaid: Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly listing, 61130-61139 02-24108 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Child Trends, Inc., 61139 02-24660 Cornell University, 61139-61140 02-24658 National Indian Child Welfare Association and National Association of Counsel for Children, 61140-61141 02-24657 University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs, 61141-61142 02-24659 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge operations:

California, 60865 02-24663 New York, 60865-60866 02-24664 Ports and waterways safety: Ponce Bay, Tallaboa Bay, and Guayanilla Bay, PR, and Limetree Bay, St. Croix, VI; safety zones, 60866-60867 02-24665 Regattas and marine parades: Head of the Cape Fear Regatta, 60863-60865 02-24635 Commerce Commerce Department See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 61067-61069 02-24516 02-24536 02-24537 02-24538 Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement list; additions and deletions, 61065-61067 02-24631 02-24632 Consumer Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 61074 02-24814 Corporation Corporation for National and Community Service RULES Foster Grandparent Program; amendments, 60999-61000 02-24611 Senior Companion Program; amendments, 60997-60999 02-24612 Customs Customs Service NOTICES Automation program test:

National Customs Automated Commercial System Reconciliation prototype test; NAFTA Reconciliation entries, 61200-61204 02-24588 Paperless drawback prototype test, 61197-61200 02-24589 Defense Defense Department See Army Department See Engineers Corps See Navy Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 61074-61075 02-24543 Meetings: Capabilities for Domestic Response to Terrorist Attacks Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction Advisory Panel, 61075-61076 02-24540 Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, 61076 02-24542 Science Board, 61076 02-24541 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Adjustment assistance:

Agere Systems, Inc., 61162 02-24510 Agrium Conda Phospate Operations, 61162 02-24508 Encana Energy Resources, Inc., 61162-61163 02-24507 Lenz & Riecker, 61163 02-24505 Olson Technologies et al., 61163-61164 02-24503 Stryker Homedica Osteonics, 61164 02-24511 Vertical Aviation Technologies, Inc., 61164 02-24509 Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance: GFC Foam, LLC, 61159 02-24504 National Textiles, LLC, et al., 61160-61162 02-24506 NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Agrium Conda Phosphate Operations, 61164 02-24512 EnCana Energy Resources, Inc., 61164 02-24513 Employment Employment Standards Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 61164-61166 02-24497 02-24498 Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 61166-61167 02-24373 Energy Energy Department See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings:

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board— Chairs, 61082-61083 02-24600 Oak Ridge Reservation, TN, 61081-61082 02-24597 Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, KY, 61082 02-24598 Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office NOTICES Meetings: Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee, 61083-61084 02-24599 Engineers Engineers Corps NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Florida Bay/Florida Keys integrated feasibility study, 61080 02-24533 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Georgia, 60869-60871 02-24490 Louisiana, 60877-60887 02-24636 02-24638 Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities: Cyfluthrin, 60976-60991 02-24653 Dimethomorph, 60916-60923 02-24485 Fenamidone, 60966-60976 02-24652 Glyphosate, 60934-60950 02-24488 Lambda-cyhalothrin, 60902-60915 02-24486 Pseudozyma flocculosa strain PF-A22 UL, 60960-60966 02-24651 Pyraclostrobin, 60886-60902 02-24487 Spinosad, 60923-60934 02-24484 Triticonazole, 60950-60960 02-24650 Toxic substances:

Significant new uses— Neodecaneperoxoic acid, etc., 60991-60993 02-24654 PROPOSED RULES Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: Georgia, 61055 02-24491 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 61087-61088 02-24645 Air programs: Stratospheric ozone protection— Refrigerant reclaimers certification; revocation, 61088 02-24646 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel, 61094-61097 02-24647 Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Agency statements— Comment availability, 61089-61090 02-24662 Weekly receipts, 61089 02-24655 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, 61090-61094 02-24643 Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.: Fenamiphos, 61098-61099 02-24648 Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.: Caffeine, 61099-61102 02-24489 Toxic and hazardous substances control: Lead-based paint activities in target housing and child-occupied facilities; State and Indian Tribe authorization applications— Illinois, 61102-61103 02-24649 Water pollution control:

National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES)— Storm water discharges from small municipal separate storm sewer systems in various New England States, 61103-61104 02-24644 Executive Executive Office of the President See Trade Representative, Office of United States Farm Farm Service Agency RULES Associations: Community Facilities Program, 60853-60854 02-24621 FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness standards: Special conditions— Avidyne Corp., Cirrus Design Corp.

Model SR20/SR22 airplane; correction, 60857-60858 02-24666 CenTex Aerospace, Inc., Beech Model A36 airplane, 60855-60857 02-24667 Cessna Model 680 Sovereign airplane, 60858-60859 02-24668 PROPOSED RULES Air carrier certification and operations: Incidents involving animals during air transport; reports by carriers, 61237-61240 02-24127 Airworthiness directives: McCauley Propeller Systems, 61043-61045 02-24544 Class D airspace, 61045-61046 02-24128 Class D and Class E airspace; correction, 61046 02-23827 Class E airspace, 61046-61047 02-24452 NOTICES Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Pierre Regional Airport, SD, 61186 02-24669 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Practice and procedure: Regulatory fees (2002 FY); assessment and collection, 61000-61001 02-24535 Radio services, special: Private land mobile services— 700 MHz public safety band; Federal, State, and local public safety agency communication requirements; operational, technical, and spectrum requirements, 61002-61006 02-24421 Television broadcasting: Cable television systems— Cable television relay service; eligibility requirements; correction, 61001-61002 02-24594 NOTICES Common carrier services:

Wireless telecommunications services— 1670-1675 MHz band nationwide license auction; postponement; comment request, 61104-61105 02-24592 02-24593 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Electric utilities (Federal Power Act): Undue discrimination; remedying through open access transmission service and standard electricity market design, 61049-61055 02-24564 NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: Concord Electric Co. et al., 61085-61087 02-24427 Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Marion, KY, et al., 61087 02-24563 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 61084 02-24566 Dauphin Island Gathering Partners, 61084 02-24562 Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 61084-61085 02-24565 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 61085 02-24567 TransColorado Gas Transmission Co., 61085 02-24568 Federal Mine Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Commission Headquarters and Administrative Law Judges offices; address changes, 60861-60863 02-24546 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration RULES Motor carrier safety standards:

Protection against shifting and falling cargo; North American standard development, 61211-61235 02-23693 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Change in bank control, 61105-61106 02-24571 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 61106 02-24572 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and threatened species: Critical habitat designations— Appalachian elktoe, 61016-61040 02-24362 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 61151-61152 02-24587 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee, 61142-61143 02-24605 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings: Resource Advisory Committees— Fresno County, 61065 02-24545 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Hartford, CT; downtown development site, 61241-61243 02-24618 Federal Housing Administration: Debenture call, 61245-61246 02-24617 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Facilities to assist homeless— Excess and surplus Federal property, 61148-61150 02-24397 HOPE VI Revitilization Program, 61150-61151 02-24620 Immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 61153-61154 02-24627 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 61154-61156 02-24626 02-24628 02-24629 Industry Industry and Security Bureau PROPOSED RULES Export administration regulations:

Foreign policy-based export controls; effects, 61047-61049 02-24458 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See National Park Service IRS Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 61204-61205 02-24671 02-24672 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Forged stainless steel flanges from— India, 61069-61071 02-24478 Countervailing duties: Cabon and alloy steel wire rod from— Brazil, 61071-61072 02-24624 Tariff rate quotas:

Worsted wool fabrics [ **Editorial Note:** This document, published at 67 FR 60224 in the **Federal Register** of Wednesday, September 25, 2002, was incorrectly listed under **Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements** in that issue's table of contents.] International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations: Lens-fitted film packages, 61152-61153 02-24661 Justice Justice Department See Immigration and Naturalization Service Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Employment Standards Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 61156-61159 02-24499 02-24500 02-24501 02-24502 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 61159 02-24591 Merit Merit Systems Protection Board NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Information disseminated by Federal agencies; quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity guidelines, 61168 02-24613 Mine Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 61168-61171 02-24522 02-24523 02-24524 02-24525 02-24526 02-24527 02-24529 02-24530 Meetings:

Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, 61171 02-24528 National Archives National Archives and Records Administration NOTICES Meetings: Electronic Records Archives User Conference, 61172 02-24614 NIH National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 61143-61144 02-24547 02-24549 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 61144 02-24550 National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 61143 02-24548 National Institute of Nursing Research, 61145 02-24553 02-24554 National Institute on Drug Abuse, 61144 02-24551 02-24552 Scientific Review Center, 61145-61147 02-24555 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management:

Northeastern United States fisheries— Scup, 61040-61041 02-24519 West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries— West Coast salmon, 61041-61042 02-24372 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and threatened species: Findings on petitions, etc.— Barndoor skate, 61055-61061 02-24515 Fishery conservation and management: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries— Pacific Coast groundfish; exempted fishing permits, 61061-61062 02-24514 Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; meetings, 61062-61064 02-24521 NOTICES Meetings:

International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, U.S. Section Advisory Committee, 61072-61073 02-24520 Pacific Fishery Management Council, 61073 02-24518 Permits: Endangered and threatened species, 61073-61074 02-24517 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Native American human remains and associated funerary objects: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, PA— Inventory completion, 61152 02-24625 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 61080-61081 02-24583 Meetings:

Marine Corps University Board of Visitors, 61081 02-24582 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Gau, Jen-Jr. “Vincent”, 61081 02-24581 JR Thomas International, Inc., 61081 02-24584 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Arizona Public Service Co., 61172-61173 02-24615 Occupational Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Ergonomics for prevention of musculoskeletal disorders; nursing home guidelines; comment request, 61167-61168 02-24708 Office of U.S.

Trade Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States Pension Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration RULES Mental Health Parity Act; implementation, 60859-60861 02-24590 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Research Research and Special Programs Administration RULES Hazardous materials:

Editorial corrections and clarifications, 61006-61016 02-22817 Rural Rural Business-Cooperative Service RULES Associations: Community Facilities Program, 60853-60854 02-24621 Rural Rural Housing Service RULES Associations: Community Facilities Program, 60853-60854 02-24621 RUS Rural Utilities Service RULES Associations: Community Facilities Program, 60853-60854 02-24621 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc., 61065 02-24596 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Investment Company Act of 1940:

Exemption applications— Fidelity Concord Street Trust et al., 61173-61178 02-24607 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 61178 02-24755 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 61179-61181 02-24570 Pacific Exchange, Inc., 61181-61184 02-24608 02-24609 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 61173 02-24606 SBA Small Business Administration RULES Small business size standards: Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers— Plain unmounted bearings and mounted bearings, 60855 02-24558 NOTICES Disaster loan areas:

Louisiana, 61184 02-24557 Wyoming, 61184 02-24556 State State Department NOTICES Art objects; importation for exhibition: Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes, 61247-61248 02-24743 Virtue and Violence: Portrayals of Lucretia and Achilles by Giuseppe Cades, 61247-61248 02-24744 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 61147-61148 02-24580 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Rail carriers:

District of Columbia; railroad agent designation requirement; exemption, 61186-61188 02-24334 Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., et al., 61188-61194 02-24602 Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 61194-61195 02-24432 Trade Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES African Growth and Opportunity Act; implementation: Sub-Saharan African countries benefit eligibility annual review; comment request, 61185-61186 02-24623 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Research and Special Programs Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Customs Service See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 61195-61197 02-24559 02-24560 02-24630 Veterans Veterans Affairs Department RULES Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: Severance pay; recoupment from VA compensation, 60867-60869 02-24390 NOTICES Privacy Act: Systems of records, 61205-61210 02-24391 02-24392 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Transportation Department, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 61211-61235 02-23693 Part III Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration, 61237-61240 02-24127 Part IV Housing and Urban Development Department, 61241-61243 02-24618 Part V Housing and Urban Development Department, 61245-61246 02-24617 Part VI State Department, 61247-61248 02-24743 02-24744 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 67 188 Friday, September 27, 2002 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Housing Service Rural Business Cooperative Service Rural Utilities Service Farm Service Agency 7 CFR Part 1942 Associations—Community Facilities Loans AGENCY:

Rural Housing Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service

(RHS)hereby amends the regulations utilized to administer the Community Facilities loan program to remove administrative requirements and the requirement to complete Forms RD 1942-14, 1942-43, and 1942-45 from Federal regulations. Forms RD 1942-14, 1942-43, and 1942-45 are completed by Federal employees processing loan requests to summarize information concerning project feasibility. Removal of the forms from the regulation will allow us to consolidate the forms and print a specialized project summary for each project from information entered into the Rural Development automated system. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 27, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Spieldenner, Community Programs Senior Loan specialist, Rural Housing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 0787, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0787, telephone:

(202)720-9700. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Classification This action is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12866 since it involves only internal Agency management. This action is not published for proposed rulemaking because it involves only internal Agency management and publication for notice and comment is not necessary. Programs Affected The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program impacted by this action is 10.766, Community Facilities Loans and Grants. Intergovernmental Review These loans are subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, which require intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials. RHS conducts intergovernmental consultations for each loan in the manner delineated in 7 CFR, part 3015 subpart V. Civil Justice Reform This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. In accordance with this rule:

(1)All State and local laws and regulations that are in conflict with this rule will be preempted;

(2)except as expressively provided in the regulation, no retroactive effect will be given to this rule; and

(3)administrative proceedings of the National Appeals Division (7 CFR part 11) must be exhausted before bringing suit in court challenging action taken under this rule. Environmental Impact Statement The action has been reviewed in accordance with 7 CFR part 1940, subpart G, “Environmental Program.” The Agency has determined that this action does not constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321 *et seq.* , an Environmental Impact Statement is not required. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), 2 U.S.C. chapters 17A and 25, established requirements for Federal agencies to assess the effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, RHS generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit analysis, for proposed and final rules with Federal mandates that may result in expenditures to State, local, or tribal governments, in the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any 1 year. When such a statement is needed for a rule, section 205 of the UMRA generally requires RHS to identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and adopt the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule. This rule contains no Federal mandates (under the regulatory provisions of title II of the UMRA) for State, local, and tribal governments or the private sector. Therefore, this rule is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA. Regulatory Flexibility Act This rule has been reviewed with regard to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612). The undersigned has determined and certified by signature of this document that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities since this rulemaking action does not involve a new or expanded program. Implementation It is the policy of this Department that rules relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts shall comply with 5 U.S.C. 553, notwithstanding the exemption of that section with respect to such rules. This action is not published for proposed rulemaking because it involves only internal Agency management and publication for notice and comment is unnecessary. Paperwork Reduction Act The information collection and recordkeeping requirements contained in this regulation have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)under the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35 and were assigned OMB control number 0575-0015 in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1955, no person is required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. This final rule does not impose any new information or recordkeeping requirements. Discussion The Agency has determined that internal administrative forms completed by Agency employees are not subject to Federal regulatory requirements when information is obtained from other OMB-approved forms. Removal of administrative processing requirements and administrative forms will improve our ability to modernize our documentation process used to determine project feasibility and eligibility for program funding. We are developing a customized project summary for each project with our automated system to replace Forms RD 1942-14, 1942-43, and 1942-45. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1942 Community Development, Community Facilities, Loan programs—Housing and Community Development, Loan security, Rural areas, Waste treatment and disposal—Domestic, Water supply—Domestic. PART 1942—ASSOCIATIONS 1. The authority citation for part 1942 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1932; 7 U.S.C. 1989; 16 U.S.C. 1005. Subpart A—Community Facilities Loans 2. Section 1942.5 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(1), introductory, (a)(2), (a)(3), (b)(1)(ii)(C), the introductory text of

(c)and paragraph (c)(3) to read as follows: § 1942.5 Application review and approval.

(a)* * *

(1)The Rural Development manager will complete the project summary, including written analysis and recommendations, and will prepare a draft letter of conditions listing all the requirements that the applicant must agree to meet within a specific time.

(2)The State staff engineer or architect, as appropriate, will include a written analysis and recommendations on the project summary.

(1)The Chief, Community Programs or Community and Business Programs, will review the assembled application and include in the project summary a written analysis and recommendations, including the availability of other credit and other eligibility determinations. The draft letter of conditions will be reviewed and any necessary modifications made.

(b)* * *

(1)* * * (ii)* * *

(C)Community Facilities Project Summary.

(c)*For all applications.* All letters of conditions will be addressed to the applicant, signed by the Rural Development Manager or other Agency representative designated by the State Director, and delivered to the applicant. Upon signing the letter of conditions, the Rural Development Manager will send two copies of the letter of conditions and two copies of the project summary to the State Director. The State Director will immediately send one copy of the project summary and a copy of the letter of conditions to the National Office, Attention: Community Programs. The Rural Development Manager, with assistance as needed from the State Office, will discuss the requirements of the letter of conditions with the applicant's representatives and afford them an opportunity to execute Form RD 1942-46.

(3)If the applicant accepts the letter of conditions, the Rural Development Manager will forward the executed Form RD 1942-46 and a signed and an unsigned copy of Form RD 1940-1 to the State Director. 3. Section 1942.17(f) is amended by revising paragraph (f)(1) to read as follows: § 1942.17 Community facilities.

(f)* * *—(1) *General.* Each loan will bear interest at the rate prescribed in RD Instruction 440.1, exhibit B (available in any Rural Development office). The interest rates will be set by Rural Development at least for each quarter of the fiscal year. All rates will be adjusted to the nearest one-eighth of 1 percent. The applicant may submit a written request prior to loan closing that the interest rate charged on the loan be the lower of the rate in effect at the time of loan approval or the rate in effect at the time of loan closing. If the interest rate is to be that in effect at loan closing, the interest rate charged on a loan involving multiple advances of Rural Development funds, using temporary debt instruments, shall be that in effect on the date when the first temporary debt instrument is issued. If no written request is received from the applicant prior to loan closing, the interest rate charged on the loan will be the rate in effect at the time of loan approval. Subpart C—Fire and Rescue Loans § 1942.108 [Amended] 4. Section 1942.108(b) is removed and reserved. Dated: September 20, 2002. Arthur A. Garcia, Administrator, Rural Housing Service. [FR Doc. 02-24621 Filed 9-26-02; 8:45 am]

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