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Rolnictwo i żywność · 7.05.2003

Useful Life of Facility Determination

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is changing the requirement to use depreciation rates for determining loan terms. Depreciation rates contain other variables such as cost of removal and salvage value which preclude using these rates to determine useful life of a facility when these other variables are unknown. RUS depreciation requirements for financial statement purposes remain in effect. If the proposed useful life of a facility is deemed inappropriate by RUS, other means to establish an appropriate term for the loan will apply. Current reliance solely on depreciation rates has been determined to not be as appropriate as looking at proposals on a case- by-case basis. This rule is made as part of the RUS efforts to continually look for ways to streamline lending requirements and make regulations useful and direct.

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Rolnictwo i żywność · 9/14/2026

National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC)

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The Council is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Council is responsible for developing a ten-year action plan, evaluating the implementation of that plan annually, and developing criteria and submitting recommendations for the forestry challenge cost-share grant program.

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Rolnictwo i żywność · 9/14/2026

Rescission Notice; West Fork Battle Creek Watershed Plan, Carbon County, Wyoming

The NRCS Wyoming State Office, in coordination with the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), is rescinding the notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the West Fork Battle Creek Watershed Project in Carbon County, Wyoming, which was published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2022. NRCS has determined that the NOI was issued prior to confirming viable alternatives and need for an EIS.

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Rolnictwo i żywność · 9/14/2026

Mount Taylor Ranger District, Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands; New Mexico; Roca Honda Mine Project

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands, intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the effects of the proposed Plan of Operations (PoO), also referred to as the Mine Operations and Reclamation Plan (MORP), submitted by Roca Honda Resources, LLC (RHR), for the development and operations of the Roca Honda Mine Project. The Forest Service is the lead agency. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 and the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office are cooperating federal agencies. This notice announces the beginning of a 30-day comment period to solicit comments and identify issues. The EIS will evaluate potential impacts of the development and operations associated with the proposed underground uranium mine on National Forest System (NFS) and BLM- administered lands, as well as state and private lands. The Forest Service expects that the proposed action will require a project- specific amendment to ensure consistency with the Cibola National Forest Land Management Plan. The Enterprise Land Management System number for the project is 301824 (see li

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Rolnictwo i żywność · 9/14/2026

Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Affordable Rural Cooperative (ARC) Program 2026

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting Letters of Interest (LOI) for loan Applications, announcing the Application process for those loans, and providing deadlines for Applications from eligible entities under the Affordable Rural Cooperative (ARC) Program for fiscal year (FY) 2026. In future years this funding opportunity will only be announced on the Agency website and grants.gov, without a Federal Register notice. Therefore, in future years, neither the funding opportunity nor reference to the funding opportunity in grants.gov will appear in the Federal Register. Please make note of this change in location of the funding announcement in your records.

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