Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule for the Household Water Well System Grant Program

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is withdrawing the direct final rule for the Household Water Well System Grant Program that was published on October 6, 2004 (69 FR 59764). RUS stated in the direct final rule that if it received adverse comment by November 5, 2004, the agency would publish a timely notice of withdrawal in the Federal Register. RUS subsequently received adverse comments and, therefore, is withdrawing the direct final rule. RUS will address those comments in a subsequent final action based on the parallel proposal also published on October 6, 2004 (69 FR 59836). As stated in the parallel proposal, RUS will not institute a second comment period on this action.