[Federal Register: April 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 75)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 20834]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
7 CFR Parts 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, and 769
RIN 0560-AF60
Regulatory Streamlining of the Farm Service Agency's Direct Farm
Loan Programs
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule: reopening and extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is reopening and extending the
comment period for the proposed rulemaking, Regulatory Streamlining of
the Farm Service Agency's Direct Farm Loan Programs. The original
comment period for the proposed rule closed on April 9, 2004, and FSA
is reopening and extending it for 15 days from the date of this notice.
FSA also will consider any comments received from April 9, 2004, to the
date of this notice. This action responds to requests from the public
to provide more time to comment on the proposed rule.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by May 4, 2004 to be assured
consideration. Comments received after that date will be considered to
the extent practical.
ADDRESSES: FSA invites interested persons to submit comments. Comments
may be submitted by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Send comments to
bill_cobb@wdc.usda.gov.
Fax: Submit comments by facsimile transmission
to 202-690-3573.
Mail: Send comments to: Deputy Administrator for
Farm Loan Programs, USDA/FSA/DAFLP/STOP 0520, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250-0520.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to:
Deputy Administrator for Farm Loan Programs, Room 3605 South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication for regulatory information
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Comments may be inspected in the Office of the Deputy Administrator
for Farm Loan Programs, FSA, USDA, Room 3605 South Building, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 9, 2004, FSA published a
proposed rule, Regulatory Streamlining of the Farm Service Agency's
Direct Farm Loan Programs, in the Federal Register (69 FR 6055). The
rule proposed to streamline regulations covering the direct Farm Loan
Programs by reorganizing loan making and loan servicing policies and
removing internal and administrative procedures. In addition, the rule
proposed to move the direct loan regulations from Chapter XVIII of
Title VII of the Code of Federal Regulations to Chapter VII of Title
VII. Finally, the rule proposed to revise loan making and servicing
policies within the confines of the existing statutory authority.
The Agency believes that the request for additional time to comment
on the proposed rule is reasonable and will still allow the rulemaking
to proceed in a timely manner. As a result of the reopening and
extension, the comment period for the proposed rule will close on May
4, 2004.
Signed in Washington, DC, April 12, 2004.
Verle E. Lanier,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 04-8772 Filed 4-16-04; 8:45 am]
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