RD Instruction 2000-CC

PART 2000 - GENERAL

Subpart CC - Memorandum of Understanding Between the Tennessee

Valley Authority and Rural Development

§2000.1401 [General]{.underline}.

Rural Development has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The memorandum provides for
cooperation, to the extent possible, in the use of the agencies\'
authorities to assist rural areas by providing technical assistance and
development financing. The memorandum is attached as Exhibit A.

§2000.1402 [Coordination]{.underline}.

Personnel of Rural Development and TVA must coordinate the
implementation of this memorandum at the National, State and Program
Delivery Center levels of the appropriate States.

§2000.1403 [State Supplements]{.underline}.

State Directors may issue State supplements to the extent necessary to
properly implement the policies of this memorandum in accordance with RD
Instruction 2006-B.

§§2000.1404 - 2000.1450 \[Reserved\]

Attachment: Exhibit A

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Distribution: W; S, D, C in AL, GA, Administration

KY, MS, NC, TN, VA General

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Exhibit A

Contract No. TV-60704A

## MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

## BETWEEN

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

## AND

## 

## RURAL DEVELOPMENT

I. PURPOSE:

The purpose of this joint memorandum is to provide for a close working
relationship between the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Rural
Development and to briefly describe programs of each organization that
may contribute to common goals.

II\. BACKGROUND:

A. Rural Development, an agency of the United States Department of
Agriculture, administers a group of loan and grant programs in rural
areas in the fields of Farming, Housing, Community Development, and
Business and Industry.

Water and waste disposal loans and grants are made to public bodies and
nonprofit corporations that cannot obtain adequate commercial financing,
in rural areas including towns of up to 10,000 persons. This assistance
may be used to develop water systems and waste disposal systems and to
improve or extend existing systems.

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Community Facility loans are made to public bodies and nonprofit
corporations that cannot obtain adequate commercial financing, in rural
areas including towns of up to 20,000 persons. This assistance may be
used to develop a variety of facilities providing essential services to
the public with priority given to public safety and health care.

B. TVA, a corporate agency and instrumentality of the United States,
administers technical assistance programs to promote the economic and
community development of the Tennessee Valley region. Technical
assistance from TVA may include:

1\. Feasibility studies.

2\. Advice on water system operation, maintenance, and rate

structures.

3\. Training operators of small wastewater disposal facilities.

4\. Assessing the need for community services and facilities.

III\. AGREEMENTS:

A. It is mutually agreed by the parties to this Memorandum of
Understanding that they will:

1\. Strive to improve the working relationship between the parties.

2\. Exchange program information and lists of names, titles,

addresses, and telephone numbers of appropriate personnel.

3\. Meet periodically to identify programs and activities with

mutual goals and objectives.

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B. Rural Development will:

1\. Accept preapplications for assistance or requests for

information from entities referred to Rural Development by TVA, subject
to

Rural Development policies and regulations.

2\. Refer applicants and borrowers to TVA for technical assistance,

whenever a need is observed for assistance which TVA can

provide.

C. TVA will:

1\. Provide assistance, subject to TVA policies, to entities

referred by Rural Development.

2\. Refer entities to Rural Development for development financing when a
need for

such financing is observed.

D. Availability of Appropriated Funds:

It is understood and agreed by the parties that all activities under
this Memorandum of Understanding are subject to the availability of
appropriated funds which TVA and Rural Development in their sole
discretion may deem sufficient to support it. It is further agreed that
this memorandum in no way obligates or commits either party to provide
funds to the other to carry out activities provided for and that
separate contractual arrangements will be entered into to provide for
any such expenditures.

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E. No member of or delegate to Congress or Resident Commissioner, or any
officer, employee, special Government employee, or agent of TVA or Rural
Development shall be admitted to and share or part of this agreement or
to any benefit that may arise therefrom, but this provision shall not be
construed to extend to a corporation or unit of Government contracting
for its or for the public\'s general benefit.

F. Neither Rural Development nor any other person performing services
under this agreement, other than an actual employee of TVA, shall be
considered as an agent or employee of TVA, and TVA, its agents and
employees assume no liability to Rural Development or any third party
for any damages to property, both real and personal, or personal
injuries, including death arising out of or in any way connected with
the acts or omissions of Rural Development or any other persons.

Neither TVA nor any other person performing services under this
agreement, other than an actual employee of Rural Development, shall be
considered as an agent or employee of Rural Development, and Rural
Development, its agents and employees assume no liability to TVA or any
third party for any damages to property, both real and personal, or
personal injuries, including death, arising out of or in any way
connected with the acts or omissions of TVA or any other persons.

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IV\. IMPLEMENTATION:

This memorandum will become effective upon the signature of the
appropriate representatives of each agency. Termination of or amendments
to this memorandum may be initiated by either party and will become
effective upon written ratification by both parties.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

By /s/ Charles W. Shuman\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ By /s/ Richard L.
Morgan\_\_\_\_\_\_

Charles W. Shuman Richard L. Morgan, Manager

Administrator Office of Economic and

Community Development

Date:\_\_June 13, 1983\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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Appendix A

## [CLEVELAND PROGRAM DELIVERY CENTER]{.underline}

## BILL GARRETT, MANAGER

## 66 Mouse Creek Road

## Cleveland, TN 37311 (615) 476-2267

## Counties Included in Area

## [Southeastern District]{.underline}

[Georgia]{.underline} [Tennessee]{.underline}

Catoosa Bledsoe

Chattooga Bradley

Dade Grundy

Fannin Hamilton

Floyd Loudon

Gilmer Marion

Gordon McMinn

Lumpkin Meigs

Murray Monroe

Rabun Polk

Towns Rhea

Union Roane

Walker Sequatchie

Whitfield

[North Carolina]{.underline}

Cherokee

Clay

Graham

Jackson

Macon

Swain

(Haywood)\*

\*Haywood is part of the seven-county Southwestern North Carolina Area
Planning and Development Commission. We cover that county from a
regional standpoint.

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Appendix B

## [MORRISTOWN PROGRAM DELIVERY CENTER]{.underline}

## JANE CUMMINS, MANAGER

## West Gate Professional Building

## TVA OECD

## 2617 W. Andrew Johnson Highway

## Morristown, TN 37814 (615) 587-5600

## Counties Included In Ares

## [Appalachian District]{.underline}

[North Carolina]{.underline} [Tennessee]{.underline}

Avery Anderson

Buncombe Blount

Haywood Campbell

Henderson Carter

Madison Claiborne

Mitchell Cocks

Transylvania Grainger

Watauga Greene

Yancey Hamblen

Hancock

Hawkins

Jefferson

[Virginia]{.underline} Johnson

Knox

Bland Morgan

Dickenson Scott

Grayson Sevier

Lee Sullivan

Russell Unicoi

Scott Union

Smyth

Tazwell

Washington

Wise

Wythe

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Appendix C

## [MUSCLE SHOALS PROGRAM DELIVERY CENTER]{.underline}

## 

## KENNETH S. COOLEY, MANAGER

## 4100 Hatch Boulevard

## Sheffield, AL 35660 (205) 386-2003

## Counties Included in Area

## [Alabama and Muscle Shoals Districts]{.underline}

[Alabama]{.underline} [Mississippi]{.underline}

Colbert Alcorn

Cullman Attala

De Kalb Benton

Franklin Calhoun

Jackson Chickasaw

Lauderdale Choctaw

Lawrence Clay

Limestone Itawamba

Madison Kemper

Marion Lafayette

Marshall Leake

Morgan Lee

Winston Lowndes

Marshall

Monroe

Neshoba

Newton

Noxubee

Oktibbeha

Panola

Pontotoc

Prentiss

Rankin

Scott

Tallahatchie

Tate

Tippah

Tishomingo

Union

Webster

Winston

Yalobusha

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Appendix D

## [NASHVILLE PROGRAM DELIVERY CENTER]{.underline}

## VANN CUNNINGHAM, MANAGER

## 1719 West End Avenue, Suite 400

## Nashville, TN 37203 (615) 327-1062

## Counties Included in Area

## [Kentucky, Western, and Central Districts]{.underline}

[Tennessee]{.underline} [Tennessee]{.underline} [Kentucky]{.underline}

Bedford Lawrence Adair

Benton Lewis Allen

Cannon Lincoln Ballard

Carroll Macon Barren

Cheatham Madison Butler

Chester Marshall Caldwell

Clay Maury Calloway

Coffee McNairy Carlisle

Crockett Montgomery Christian

Cumberland Moore Cumberland

Davidson Obion Edmonson

Decatur Overton Fulton

DeKalb Perry Graves

Dickson Pickett Grayson

Dyer Putnam Hickman

Fayette Robertson Livingston

Fentress Rutherford Logan

Franklin Shelby Lyon

Gibson Smith McCracken

Giles Stewart McCreary

Hardeman Sumner Marshall

Hardin Tipton Metcalfe

Haywood Van Buren Monroe

Henderson Warren Muhlenberg

Henry Wayne Ohio

Hickman Weakley Simpson

Houston White Todd

Humphreys Williamson Trigg

Jackson Wilson Warren

Lake Wayne

Lauderdale Whitley

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