07-3286. Withdrawal of Announcement of Grant Application Deadlines and Funding Levels

AGENCY:

Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Withdrawal of Notice of Funds Availability.

SUMMARY:

The Rural Utilities Service, an agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Utilities Program, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development, announces the withdrawal of a previously published Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the Community Connect Grant Program due to an inadvertent error. A corrected NOFA appears elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth Kuchno, Director, Broadband Division, Rural Development Utilities Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, telephone: [phone], fax [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On June 29, 2007, at 72 FR 35685, Rural Development published a NOFA for the Community Connect Grant Program, which contained inadvertent errors. As a result of these errors, Rural Development is withdrawing the previously published NOFA and publishing a corrected version elsewhere in the Notices section of this issue of the Federal Register.

Applicants who may have already applied under the previous NOFA announcement must re-apply under today's NOFA in order to be eligible for consideration.

Dated: June 29, 2007.

James M. Andrew,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.