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the deposit, including interest; and
advise the applicant of the total amount
of deposit due.
(2) The agency shall establish a
deposit account showing the total
amount due and a payment schedule
(unless deposit is made in one lump
sum) to record the date and amount of
each payment.
(3) If an eligible individual cannot
make payment in one lump sum, the
agency shall accept installment
payments (by allotments or otherwise).
The agency, however, is not required to
accept individual checks in amounts
less than $50.
(4) Payments received by the agency
shall be remitted to OPM immediately
for deposit to the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund.
(5) Once a deposit has been paid in
full or otherwise closed out, the agency
shall submit the documentation
pertaining to the deposit to OPM in
accordance with instructions issued by
OPM.
(h) Effect of deposit. An individual
completing a deposit under this section
whose entitlement to an annuity is
based on a separation from service on or
after February 10, 2004, will receive air
traffic controller retirement credit for
such service, for annuity entitlement
and computation purposes, when OPM
receives certification that the deposit
has been paid in full, and the deposit
payment is remitted to the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
7 CFR Part 1738
RIN 0572–AB81
Rural Broadband Access Loans and
Loan Guarantees
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of confirmation of direct
final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS), an agency delivering the United
States Department of Agriculture’s Rural
Development Utilities Programs, gives
notice that no adverse comments were
received regarding the direct final rule
amending its regulations to revise the
definition for ‘‘eligible rural
community’’ as it relates to the rural
access broadband loans and loan
guarantees program, and confirms the
effective date of the direct final rule.
SUMMARY:
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The direct final rule published in
the Federal Register on April 4, 2005,
(70 FR 16930) was effective on May 19,
2005.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Claffey, Acting Assistant
Administrator, Telecommunications
Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
1590, Room 4056, Washington, DC
20250–1590. Telephone number (202)
720–9554, Facsimile (202) 720–0810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
published in the Federal Register on
January 30, 2003, at 68 FR 4684, a final
rule amending its regulations in order to
establish the Rural Broadband Access
Loan and Loan Guarantee Program as
authorized by the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L.
101–171) (2002 Act). Section 6103 of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 amended the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(RE Act), to add Title VI, Rural
Broadband Access, to provide loans and
loan guarantees to fund the cost of
construction, improvement, or
acquisition of facilities and equipment
for the provision of broadband service
in eligible rural communities.
The direct final rule amended
§ 1738.2, Definitions, to conform the
rule to substantive changes in authority.
The definition for ‘‘eligible rural
community’’ in section 601(b)(2) of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 950bb(b)(2)) was amended on
January 23, 2004, by section 772 of Pub.
L. 108–199, of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2004 to eliminate
the requirement that a community exist
outside a standard metropolitan
statistical area. The rule incorporated
language of the revised statute and
explained RUS’’ interpretation of the
language.
Confirmation of Effective Date
This is to confirm the effective date of
May 19, 2005, for the direct final rule,
7 CFR 1738, Rural Broadband Access
Loans and Loan Guarantees, published
in the Federal Register on April 4, 2005.
Dated: May 26, 2005.
Curtis M. Anderson,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 23
[Docket No. CE224, Special Condition 23–
164–SC]
Special Conditions; West Star
Aviation, EFIS on the Cessna 441;
Protection of Systems for High
Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF)
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final special conditions; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: These special conditions are
issued to West Star Aviation, 796
Heritage Way, Grand Junction, CO
81506, for a Supplemental Type
Certificate for the Cessna 441 Conquest.
This airplane will have novel and
unusual design features when compared
to the state of technology envisaged in
the applicable airworthiness standards.
These novel and unusual design
features include the installation of an
electronic flight instrument system
(EFIS) in the form of two digital
altimeters. The digital altimeters will be
Honeywell/Ametek AM–250 models,
one on the pilot side and one on the
copilot side, for which the applicable
regulations do not contain adequate or
appropriate airworthiness standards for
the protection of these systems from the
effects of high intensity radiated fields
(HIRF). These special conditions
contain the additional safety standards
that the Administrator considers
necessary to establish a level of safety
equivalent to the airworthiness
standards applicable to these airplanes.
DATES: The effective date of these
special conditions is May 18, 2005.
Comments must be received on or
before July 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed
in duplicate to: Federal Aviation
Administration, Regional Counsel,
ACE–7, Attention: Rules Docket Clerk,
Docket No. CE224, Room 506, 901
Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. All
comments must be marked: Docket No.
CE224. Comments may be inspected in
the Rules Docket weekdays, except
Federal holidays, between 7:30 a.m. and
4 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wes
Ryan, Aerospace Engineer, Standards
Office (ACE–110), Small Airplane
Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service, Federal Aviation
Administration, 901 Locust, Room 301,
Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone
(816) 329–4127.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
7 CFR Part 1738
RIN 0572-AB81
Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of confirmation of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency delivering the
United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities
Programs, gives notice that no adverse comments were received regarding
the direct final rule amending its regulations to revise the definition
for ``eligible rural community'' as it relates to the rural access
broadband loans and loan guarantees program, and confirms the effective
date of the direct final rule.
DATES: The direct final rule published in the Federal Register on April
4, 2005, (70 FR 16930) was effective on May 19, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Claffey, Acting Assistant
Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
1590, Room 4056, Washington, DC 20250-1590. Telephone number (202) 720-
9554, Facsimile (202) 720-0810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) published in the Federal Register
on January 30, 2003, at 68 FR 4684, a final rule amending its
regulations in order to establish the Rural Broadband Access Loan and
Loan Guarantee Program as authorized by the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 101-171) (2002 Act). Section 6103 of
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 amended the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (RE Act), to add Title VI,
Rural Broadband Access, to provide loans and loan guarantees to fund
the cost of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and
equipment for the provision of broadband service in eligible rural
communities.
The direct final rule amended Sec. 1738.2, Definitions, to conform
the rule to substantive changes in authority. The definition for
``eligible rural community'' in section 601(b)(2) of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)(2)) was amended on
January 23, 2004, by section 772 of Pub. L. 108-199, of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 to eliminate the requirement that
a community exist outside a standard metropolitan statistical area. The
rule incorporated language of the revised statute and explained RUS''
interpretation of the language.
Confirmation of Effective Date
This is to confirm the effective date of May 19, 2005, for the
direct final rule, 7 CFR 1738, Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan
Guarantees, published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2005.
Dated: May 26, 2005.
Curtis M. Anderson,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 05-11137 Filed 6-3-05; 8:45 am]
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