The Federal Register

Non-Recourse Cotton Loan and Loan Deficiency Payment Programs; Upland Cotton First Handler Marketing Certificate

Thu, May 9 2002 11:00:00 GMT

Changes are proposed to regulations for the upland cotton non- recourse loan and loan deficiency payment programs and the seed cotton loan program. Specifically, the proposed changes would: require that lists of cotton bales provided to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) as the basis for loan deficiency payments be submitted in an electronic format provided by CCC; require that cotton classification information be provided to CCC as a condition of eligibility for a marketing assistance loan or loan deficiency payment for such cotton; change the effective time of the announced world market price for upland cotton from 5 p.m. eastern time each Thursday to 12:01 a.m. eastern time each Friday; provide for CCC to use Electronic Agent Designations when authorized by a producer as the basis for loan redemptions and release of loan collateral; establish that any quantity of cotton for which a seed cotton loan is requested cannot be subject at the same time to a request for a loan deficiency payment

Nominations for Membership on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

Thu, May 9 2002 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). Nominations for membership are being sought from individuals with scientific expertise in the fields of epidemiology, food technology, microbiology (food, clinical, and predictive), risk assessment, infectious disease, biostatistics, and other related sciences. Persons from State and Federal governments, industry, consumer groups, and academia, as well as all other interested persons, are invited to submit nominations.

Fishlake National Forest, Intermountain Region, Utah

Thu, May 9 2002 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces the intent of the Fishlake National Forest to revise their Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) under the 1982 planning regulations (36 CFR part 219). Initial steps of the revision process will focus on information needs, organizing the revision team, resource inventory reviews, and establishing a Forest Plan revision mailing list. Public involvement is critical and will be requested throughout the revision effort.

Advisory Committee Meeting

Thu, May 9 2002 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463), notice is hereby given of the following committee meeting:

Name: Grain Inspection Advisory Committee.

Date: May 1516, 2002.

Place: Radisson Hotel Memphis Downtown, 185 Union, Memphis, Tennessee 38103.

Time: 7:30 a.m.5 p.m. on May 15, and 7:30 a.m.12 (Noon) on May 16, 2002.

Purpose: To provide advice to the Administrator of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) with respect to the implementation of the U.S. Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).

The agenda will include a review and discussion of GIPSA's financial status and of the December 2001 Advisory Committee Resolutions. GIPSA will provide updates on the financial performance of its field offices; on various grain inspection topics such as [[Page 31179]]
wheat dockage, factor determinations, electronic certification, and soybean test weight; on working toward international uniformit

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI);

Thu, May 9 2002 11:00:00 GMT

The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is correcting a notice published April 3, 2002 (67 FR 1577715786). This action is taken to correct the omission of a comma in the definition of an intermediary. This omission limited the groups eligible to be an intermediary. This correction will carry out the intent of the statutory language. This action is also taken to correct the documentation required for a nonprofit organization to prove their nonprofit status. The original notice required a 501(c)(3) letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) designating their nonprofit status. This correction will allow nonprofit organizations to provide a letter from IRS, a Certificate of Good Standing from the Secretary of State where the entity is located, or other valid documentation of their nonprofit status.

Accordingly, the notice published April 3, 2002 (67 FR 1577715786) is corrected as follows:

On page 15778, in the first column, in the seventh paragraph under the heading ``Definitions for RCDI Purpos