[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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