[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,
[[Page 2824]]
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CFR Parts 1779 and 3575 were mistakenly repealed.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Waste Disposal guaranteed loan programs, should not have been repealed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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