Statement of Non-Discrimination

STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light & Power Association is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability and, where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_ cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. Send your completed form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program. intake@usda.gov

Patrick C. Carruth, General Manager

Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association

P.O. Box 248 - 501 South 1st Street

Montevideo, MN 56265

Dated: 2-1-15