DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

7 CFR Part 1493 [RIN 0551-AA35]

CCC Facility Guarantee Program (FGP)

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA

ACTION: Interim Rule with Request for Comment

SUMMARY: This interim rule provides for facility payment guarantees to be issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). The guarantees are to be issued in connection with sales of goods or services to establish or improve agricultural-related facilities in emerging markets to expand exports of U.S. agricultural commodities or products.

DATES: Effective Date: August 8, 1997. Comment Date: Comments due on or before October 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to L.T. McElvain, Director, CCC Operations Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Stop 1035, Washington, DC 20250-1035; FAX (202) 720-2949. All comments received will be available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 4523-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250 during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William S. Hawkins, Branch Chief, or Mark A. Rasmussen, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, Export Programs Survey & Review Branch, CCC Operations Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Stop 1035, Washington, D.C. 20250-1035; telephone (202) 720-3241 or 720-1537; FAX (202) 720-0938.