Grant Award for Legal Services State Support in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Grant Award for Legal Services State Support in the Republic of

the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic

of Palau, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Announcement of intention to award grants.

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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation hereby announces its intention

to award a one-time, nonrecurring grant to the Micronesian Legal

Services Corporation for the purpose of planning for state support

activities in its service area. The Corporation plans to award a grant

in the amount of $20,000.

The one-time grant will be awarded pursuant to authority conferred

by section 1006(a)(3) of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as

amended. This public notice is issued with a request for comments and

recommendations within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of

publication of this notice. The grant award will not become effective

and grant funds will not be distributed prior to expiration of this 30-

day period.

DATES: All comments and recommendations must be received by 5 pm on or

before August 15, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Program Services,

Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street, NE., 11th Floor,

Washington, DC 20002-4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Doriot, Office of Program

Services, (202) 336-8825.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation is the

national organization charged with administering federal funds provided

for civil legal service to the poor. The program is a recipient of LSC

funding for providing direct legal services to their service area. The

amount of the 1994 state support planning grant is consistent with the

1994 LSC Appropriations Act.

Dated: July 12, 1994.

Leslie Q. Russell,

Assistant to the Director, Office of Program Services.

[FR Doc. 94-17266 Filed 7-14-94; 8:45 am]

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