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> **United States**
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> **Department of**
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> **Agriculture**
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> Rural
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> Utilities
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> Service
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> Informational
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> Publications 300-3
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> **December 2002**

**I N T R O D U C T I O N**

This index serves as a valuable resource for identifying current RUS
issuances and maintaining current files. This index contains five parts.
This issuance **replaces the March 1994** edition and covers all RUS
issuances and amendments as of December 2002, pertaining to the
telecommunications program.

To maintain your files, you may wish to make a periodic check of your
bulletin files against the numerical list (Part III) to identify any
missing or rescinded issuances

RUS is continuing its efforts in the renumbering of its publications.
New and revised bulletins will appear with a 1700 series number, which
corresponds with RUS policy issued in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR).

RUS Borrowers will be notified of new and revised bulletins, by memo or
hard copy. RUS borrowers should notify their business associates of the
availability of these bulletins. All new

and revised RUS bulletins will be available on the RUS Home Page upon
issuance date at

**http://www.usda.gov/rus,** we encourage you to visit our home page. If
you have any questions, CALL (202) 720-8674 or FAX (202) 720-4120.
Certain items are available directly from the Government Printing Office
(GPO). These publications are indicated by an "#" in Part III of this
publication. See Part V for GPO ordering information.

**C O N T E N T S**

**Page**

**PART I** New, Revised, Rescinded Issuances 3-4

**PART II** Alphabetical index by subject 5-22

**PART III** Numerical index of all current RUS bulletins, staff
instructions (S.I.), Engineering and Construction Manual (TE&CM)
sections, Telephone Operations Manual (TOM) sections, and Informational
Publications (I.P). Supplements and partial revisions are listed with
the related publications. For the benefit of the staff offices,
joint-use publications show the corresponding electric number in
parentheses. This only applies to those publications issued prior to the
incorporation of the new 1700 series numbering system.

**SECTION A** Numerical list of all current RUS bulletins and staff
instructions for the telecommunications program 23-28

**SECTION B** Numerical list of each section of the TE&CM 29-32

**SECTION C** Numerical list of each section of the TOM 33-34

**SECTION D** Numerical list of I.P.s of interest to telecommunications
staff 35-36

**PART IV** List of telecommunications program items on sale at the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO). Request for sales items should be
referred to the Superintendent of Documents, GPO. An order form has been
included for use in ordering listed items directly from GPO 37-50

**PART V** GPO ordering information. An order form has been included for
use in ordering listed items directly from GPO 37-50

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**PART I**

**LIST OF NEW, REVISED, AND RESCINDED RUS ISSUANCES**

**NEW**

**[Bulletin]{.underline} [Replaces:]{.underline} [Bulletin]{.underline}
[Replaces:]{.underline}**

1710B-1 New 1751H-703 TE&CM 948,949

1728F-700 Bul.50-18

1728H-702 Bul. 50-24 1751H-705 New

1751E-302 TE&CM 302 1753E-001 Bul. 345-165

1751E-319 TE&CM 319 1753E-002 New

1751E-320 TE&CM 320 1753E-004 Bul. 345-185

1751E-322 TE&CM 322 1753E-201 New

1751F-626 TE&CM 626 1753F-150 Bul. 345-150

1751F-630 TE&CM 611,630 1753F-151 Bul. 345-151,-152

1751F-635 TE&CM 635 1753F-152 Bul. 345-153

1751F-640 TE&CM 640 1753F-153 Bul. 345-154

1751F-641 TE&CM 641 1753F-201 Bul. 345-63

1751F-642 TE&CM 642 1753F-204 Bul. 345-36

1751F-643 TE&CM 643 1753F-205 Bul. 345-67

1751F-644 TE&CM 644 1753F-206 Bul. 345-86

1751F-650 TE&CM 650 1753F-207 Bul. 345-87

1751F-670 TE&CM 670 1753F-208 Bul. 345-89

1751F-801 TE&CM 801 1753F-302 Bul. 345-26,-77

1751F-802 TE&CM 802 1753F-401 Bul. 345-6

1751F-805 TE&CM 805 1753F-601 Bul. 345-90

1751F-810 TE&CM 810 1753F-801 Bul. 345-52

1751F-815 TE&CM 815,816,817 1755E-217 REA Form 217

1751H-403 TE&CM 950,951 1755E-525 REA Form 525

1751H-405 TE&CM 954,956,958 1770B-1 New

1751H-501 New 1794A-600 New

1751H-601 TE&CM 970,971,974,976

**Informational**

**[Publication (IP)]{.underline} [Replaces:]{.underline}**

> 100-1 Bul. 300-1:1-3
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> 100-7 IP 100-2,100-5
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> 300-4 Bul. 300-4
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> 300-5 New
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> 344-2 Bul. 1755I-100
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> 400-2 New
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> 500-1 New
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> 500-10 New

**REVISED**

**[Bulletin]{.underline} [IP]{.underline}**

1724E-400 300-3

1744-2 300-4

1751F-643 400-1

1751F-644

1751H-405

1753E-001

1792C-1

1794A-600

**RESCINDED**

**[Bulletins]{.underline}**

50-18 344-1 345-39 345-99

50-24 344-2 345-42 345-150

300-1 345-2 345-44 345-151

300-2 345-4 345-47 345-152

300-4 345-6 345-51 345-153

302-1 345-7 345-52 345-154

303-1 345-8 345-53 345-165

304-1 345-10 345-58 345-166

305-1 345-11 345-59 345-167

306-1 345-13 345-60 345-168

310-1 345-14 345-61 345-169

320-1 345-16 345-63 345-185

320-4 345-18 345-64 361-8

320-14 345-19 345-67 380-3

320-23 345-20 345-70 381-1

322-1 345-21 345-73 381-2

323-1 345-23 345-74 381-4

324-1 345-24 345-75 381-7

325-1 345-25 345-77 381-8

326-1 345-26 345-79 381-9

327-1 345-27 345-80 381-10

340-1 345-28 345-81 381-11

340-2 345-29 345-82 381-13

340-3 345-30 345-84 382-2

340-4 345-31 345-85 382-3

341-1 345-34 345-86 383-1

341-3 345-35 345-87 384-1

342-1 345-36 345-89 384-2

343-1 345-38 345-90 384-3

**RESCINDED (continued)**

**[Bulletins]{.underline}**

384-4 387-2 409-2 463-1

385-2 387-3 409-3 467-1

385-3 387-5 441-2 1755I-100

385-4 400-1 447-3

387-1 404-1 462-1

**[TE&CM Sections]{.underline}**

101 515 645 940

102 516 650 943

105 520 670 945

141 602 690 948

157 605 760 949

302 610 801 950

304 611 802 951

319 617 805 954

320 626 810 956

322 630 815 958

324 635 816 970

325 636 817 971

327 640 825 974

470 641 830 975

510 642 925 976

511 643 934

512 644 936

**[IPs]{.underline}**

**100-2**

**100-5**

**PART II**

**ALPHABETICAL SUBJECT INDEX OF CURRENT RUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ISSUANCES**

**ACCEPTANCE TESTS:**

Concentrator - Bul. 1753E-004(Form 397g)

Digital, Stored Program Controlled Central Office Equipment - Bul.
1753E-201

Microwave - Bul. 345-183(Form 397d)

Outside Plant - Bul. 1753F-201(PC-4)

Radiotelephone, Mobile and Fixed - Bul. 345-184(Form 397e)

Subscriber Carrier - Bul. 345-182(Form 397c)

Trunk Carrier - Bul. 345-181(Form 397b)

Voice Frequency Repeater - Bul. 345-180(Form 397a)

**ACCOUNTING:**

ABC\'s of Accounting and Interpretation of Financial Statements - Bul.
460-3

Audits *(see AUDITS)*

Capital Credits - Computing and Recording - TOM l95l

Continuing Property Records - TOM l870; l870.l; l870.2

Damages - Delayed Construction - Bul. 464-l

Loan Account Computations and Statements - Bul. 320-l2

Plant Annual Cost Data for System Design Purposes - TE&CM 2l8

Plant Records System, Serving Area Value Engineering - TE&CM ll8

Present Worth of Annual Charge Studies for System Design - TE&CM 2l9

Requirements - 7 CFR 1770

Service Order - TOM l440

Special Communications Facilities Such as SAGE, PABX, ETV, etc. - Bul.
464-2

Uniform Systems of Accounts - 7 CFR 1770, Subpt. B; Bul. 1770B-1

Work Order Procedure - Bul. 1770-1

**ACQUISITION:** *(also see MERGERS)*

Involving Loan Funds - 7 CFR 1735, Subpt. G

Mortgage Control - 7 CFR 1735, Subpt. F

Requirements and Procedures - 7 CFR 1735, Subpt. I

Toll Lines - 7 CFR 1735, Subpt. J

**ADMINISTRATOR\'S REPORT:**

I.P. 100-7

**ADVANCE OF LOAN FUNDS:**

Levels as Related to Loan Fund Advances - Bul. 300-5

Payments - Bul. 320-12

Post-Loan Policies and Procedures - 7 CFR 1744, Subpt. C

**ADVANCE PAYMENTS:**

Application of - Bul. 320-12

**AGREEMENTS:** *(also see CONTRACTS)*

Basis Date - Bul. 320-12

Operation and Management of Telephone Borrowers\' System - Bul. 400-3

Software License - Bul. 1753E-002

**AMORTIZATION:** *(see INTEREST)*

**ANCHORS:**

Construction of Aerial Plant -- Bul. 1753F-152

Aerial Plant Guying and Anchoring - Bul. 1751F-650

**ANNUAL MEETING GUIDE:**

Bul. 401-3

**ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT:**

I.P. 300-4

**APPLICATIONS, LOANS** *(also see LOANS)*

Pre-application - 7 CFR 1737

Prepayment - 1786.31

**APPROVALS:**

Program - 7 CFR 1700, Subpt. B

**ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES:**

Headquarters Facilities - Bul. 320-5

Obtaining Architectural Services - 7 CFR 1753.16

Plans and Specification for Buildings - Bul. 1724E-400

Seismic Safety Certifications - 7 CFR 1792; Bul. 1792C-1

**AREA COVERAGE:**

Area Coverage Design - Bul. 322-2; TE&CM 205

Area Coverage Survey - 7 CFR 1735.11

Policy - Bul. 322-2

Preloan Studies - 7 CFR 1737, Subpt. D

Telephone Tariff - TOM 1510

**ASSEMBLY UNITS:**

Buried Plant - Bul. 1753F-150(Form 515a); Bul. 1751F-641

Cable Plant, Aerial - Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c)

Underground Plant - Bul. 1753F-151(Form 515b); Bul. 1751F-643 &
1751F-644

Right-of-Way Clearing and Trimming -- Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c)

Customer Access Locations - Bul. 1753F-153(Form 515d)

**ATTENUATION DATA:**

TE&CM 406

**ATTORNEY:**

Legal Fees - Bul. 400-4

**AUDITS:**

Audit of Borrowers\' Records - 7 CFR 1773, Subpt. B

Audit Working Paper Guide - 7 CFR 1773, Subpt. C

Policy - 7 CFR 1773

**BASIS DATE AGREEMENTS:**

Bul. 320-12

**BOARDS OF DIRECTORS:** *(see DIRECTORS)*

**BONDS:**

5 Percent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness - RUS Series and 2
Percent Treasury Bonds -

RUS Series - Bul. 403-4

**BORROWERS:**

Directory of - I.P. 500-10

Organization and Capital Structure - Bul. 320-9

RUS Relationship with Borrowers - Bul. 301-1

**BUDGET:** *(see FINANCIAL PLANNING)*

**BUILDINGS:**

Plans and Specifications - Bul. 1724E-400

Seismic Safety Requirements - 7 CFR 1792; Bul. 1792C-1

**\"BUY AMERICAN\" REQUIREMENT:**

Bul. 344-3

**BYLAWS:**

Model Bylaws - TOM 1101

**CABLE:**

Aerial Cable Plant Construction - Bul. 1753-152(Form 515c); 1751F-635

Aerial Cable Plant Design - Bul. 1751F-630

Assembly Units - Bul. 1753F-150(Form 515a); 1753F-151(Form 515b);
1753F-152(Form 515c);

1753F-153(Form 515d)

Buried Cable Plant Construction - Bul. 1753F-150(Form 515a); Bul.
1751F-641

Buried Cable Plant Design - Bul. 1751F-640

Buried Cable Specification - Bul. 1753F-205(PE-39); Bul.
1753F-208(PE-89)

Cable Capacitance Measurements - TE&CM 435

Corrosion Considerations - Bul. 1751F-670

Fiber Optic Cable - Bul. 1753F-601(PE-90)

Filled Cable - Bul. 1753F-205(PE-39), Bul. 1753F-208(PE-89)

Plant Record System - TE&CM 116, TE&CM 118

Plant Layout -- Serving Area Value Engineering for Rural Systems --
TE&CM 629

Plastic Insulated Cable Plant Layout - TE&CM 628

Protection, Electrical - Bul. 1751F-815

Splicing *(see CABLE SPLICING SPECIFICATION)*

Terminating (TIP) - Bul. 1753F-207 (PE-87)

Testing Cables for Carrier Application - TE&CM 921

**CABLE SPLICING:**

Connector - Bul. 345-54(PE-52)

Plastic-Insulated, Plastic-Jacketed - Bul. 1753F-401(PC-2)

**CAPITAL CREDITS:**

Computing and Recording - TOM 1951

Consumer Benefits - Bul. 402-3

**CAPITAL STRUCTURE:**

Borrowers - Bul. 320-9

**CARRIER EQUIPMENT:**

Cable Carrier Systems - TE&CM 905

Digital Transmission Systems - Bul. 1751H-403

Digital Terminals and Multiplexers - Bul. 1751H-405

Digital Span Lines - Bul. 1751H-405

Fundamentals - TE&CM 901

Guide for Subscriber Carrier Specifications - TE&CM 903

Guide for Trunk Carrier Specifications - TE&CM 904

Impedance Matching for Carrier Multiplex Systems - TE&CM 909

**CARRIER EQUIPMENT:** *(continued)*

Protection, Electrical - TE&CM 822

Station Carrier - Bul. 345-66(PE-64); TE&CM 911; TE&CM 912

Station Carrier Specification - Bul. 345-66(PE-64); Bul. 345-182(Form
397c)

Subscriber Carrier Specification - Bul. 345-66(PE-64); Bul. 345-182(Form
397c)

Testing Cables for Carrier Application - TE&CM 921

Trunk Carrier Specification - Bul. 345-50(PE-60); Bul. 345-181(Form
397b)

**CELLULAR:**

Fundamentals - Bul. 1751H-705

**CENTRAL OFFICE:**

Buildings - TE&CM 301

Emergency Generating and Charging Equipment - Bul. 1751E-302

Equipment *(see CENTRAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT)*

Inter-Office Trunking and Signaling - Bul. 1751E-319

Protection, Electrical - Bul. 1751F-810

**CENTRAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT:**

Acceptance Tests for Digital, Stored Program Controlled Central Office
Equipment - Bul. 1753E-201

Contract and Specifications - Bul. 1753E-001(Form 522)

Earthquake Bracing for Central Office Equipment - TE&CM 306

Guide for Preparing Detailed Digital Central Office Equipment
Requirements - Bul. 1751E-322

Guide for Preparing Detailed Subscriber Line Concentrator Requirements -
Bul. 1753E-004

(Form 397g); TE&CM 341

Loop Extenders - TE&CM 332

Power Requirements - Bul. 1751E-302

Purchasing and Installing - Bul. 1753E-001(Form 522)

Subscriber Line Concentrators - Form 1753E-004(Form 397g); TE&CM 340

**CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS:**

U.S. Treasury - 5 Percent RUS Series - Bul. 403-4

**CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS:**

Qualifications - 7 CFR 1773.5

**CIVIL RIGHTS:**

Nondiscrimination among Beneficiaries of RUS Programs - Bul. 320-19

**CLEARANCES:**

Clearances -- Bul. 1751F-635

**COMMISSIONS:** *(See REGULATORY BODIES)*

**COMMITTEES:**

Technical Standards - Bul. 345-3

**COMMUNICATION FACILITIES:**

Accounting and Reporting Procedures - Bul. 464-2

**CONNECTING COMPANY:**

Extended Area Service Agreements - Bul. 411-1

Telephone Tariff - TOM 1510

**CONSTRUCTION:**

Acceptance Tests and Measurements of Telephone Plant - Bul.
1753F-201(PC-4)

Aerial Cable Plant - Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c); Bul. 1751F-635

Building Plans - Bul. 1724E-400

Buried Cable Plant - Bul. 1753F-150(Form 515a); Bul. 1751F-641

Cable Capacitance Measurements - TE&CM 435

Close-Out Documents *(see CLOSE-OUT DOCUMENTS)*

Continuing Property Records - TOM 1870.1; TOM 1870.2

Contracts *(see CONTRACTS)*

Equal Employment Opportunity - Bul. 320-15

Engineering Services *(see ENGINEERING SERVICES)*

Fiber Optic Cable Plant - Bul. 1753F-150(Form 515a); Bul. 1753F-151(Form
515b);

Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c)

Force Account Construction - 7 CFR 1753.29

Manholes - Bul. 1753F-151(Form 515b); Bul. 1751F-644

Outside Plant Facilities *(see OUTSIDE PLANT)*

Plant Accounting Work Order Cost Records - Bul. 1770-1

Customer Access Location Installations - Bul. 1753F-801(PC-5A); Bul.
1753F-153(Form 515d);

Bul. 1751F-805

Underground Plant - Bul. 1753F-151(Form 515b); Bul. 1751F-643; Bul.
1751F-644

**CONTRACTS, LOANS:** *(see LOANS)*

**CONTRACTS:**

\"Buy American\" Requirement - Bul. 344-3

Central Office Equipment - Bul. 1753E-001(Form 522)

Central Office Equipment (Including Installation) - Bul. 1755E-525(Form
525)

Close-Out Procedures *(see CLOSE-OUT DOCUMENTS)*

Construction Certification Program - 7 CFR 1753, Subpt. J

Damages for Delayed Construction - Bul. 464-1

Equal Employment Opportunity - Bul. 320-15

Extended Area Service - Bul. 411-1

Forms, List of Telecommunication Contract - 7 CFR 1755.93

Postloans Engineering Services Contract -- 1755E-217

Operation & Management of Borrowers\' System - Bul. 400-3

Outside Plant Facilities - Major Construction - 7 CFR 1753, Subpt. F

Telephone Tariff - TOM 1510

**COOPERATIVE EDUCATION:**

Expanding Manpower Resources - Bul. 409-7

**CORROSION:**

Considerations in Outside Plant - Bul. 1751F-670

**CUSHION OF CREDIT:**

7 CFR 1785, Subpt. B

**CUTOVER:**

Cut Sheet - TE&CM 128

**DAMAGE:**

Accounting for Damages- Bul. 464-1

Restoration of Service in Case of Disaster - TOM 1050

**DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY:**

Program - 7 CFR 1700

**DEPOSITORIES FOR FUNDS:**

Selection of - Bul. 460-2

**DEPRECIATION RATES:**

TE&CM 218

**DESIGN, SYSTEM:**

Aerial Cable Plant - Bul. 1751F-630

Area Coverage Design, Preparation of - TE&CM 205

Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service (BETRS) - Bul. 1751H-703

Basic Objective - TE&CM 201

Bridge Tap Isolators - TE&CM 428

Buried Plant - Bul. 1751F-640

Cable Carrier - TE&CM 901; TE&CM 905

Cable Plant Layout - Serving Area Value Engineering for Rural Systems -
TE&CM 629

Cellular - Bul. 1751H-705

Corrosion Considerations - Bul. 1751F-670

Design, Telephone Systems - TE&CM 204

Design Techniques of Serving Feeder-Distribution Cable Engineering
(SAVE) - TE&CM 231

Digital Span Lines Systems - Bul. 1751H-405

Digital Transmission Systems - Bul. 1751H-403

Electrical Protection and Grounding - Bul. 1751F-801; Bul. 1751F-802;
Bul. 1751F-805;

Bul. 1751F-810; Bul. 1751F-815; TE&CM 822: TE&CM 823

Existing Plant Considerations - TE&CM 203

General Principles of Feeder-Distribution Cable Engineering (SAVE) -
TE&CM 230

Guide for Utilization of Central Office Loop Extenders - TE&CM 332

Inductive Coordination - TE&CM 451; TE&CM 451.1; TE&CM 451.2; TE&CM
451.3; TE&CM 451.4; TE&CM 451.5; TE&CM 451.6; TE&CM 451.7; TE&CM 451.8;
TE&CM 452; TE&CM 452.1;

TE&CM 452.2; TE&CM 452.3

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) - Bul. 1751H-501

Lightwave - Bul. 1751H-601

Microwave Radio Systems - Bul. 1751H-701

Mobile Telephone System, MTS - TE&CM 945

Numbering Plans - TE&CM 203

Plant Annual Cost Data - TE&CM 218

Plastic Insulated Plant Layout - TE&CM 628

Point-to-Point Radio - Bul. 1751H-701; TE&CM 933

Pole Lines -- Bul. 1751F-630

Present Worth of Annual Charge Studies for System Design - TE&CM 219

Radio Propagation - Bul. 1751H-701

Serving Area Value Engineering (Physical Plant) - TE&CM 648

Sizing Criteria - TE&CM 210

Station Carrier Equipment - TE&CM 912

Subscriber Carrier - TE&CM 903

Subscriber Line Concentrators - Bul. 1753E-004(Form 397g); TE&CM 340;
TE&CM 341

Subscriber Loop Electronic Systems - TE&CM 401

Subscriber Loop Plant - TE&CM 424; TE&CM 426; TE&CM 429

Transmission Design Cost Considerations of Feeder-Distribution Cable
Engineering - TE&CM 232

Transmission Objectives - TE&CM 415

Trunk Carrier - TE&CM 904

Underground Cable (Physical Plant) - Bul. 1751F-644

Underground Conduit - Bul. 1751F-643

Voice Frequency Loading for Trunk Cables - TE&CM 431

Voice Frequency Repeaters - TE&CM 426; TE&CM 427; TE&CM 445

**DIGITAL TRANSMISSION:** *(see TRANSMISSION FACILITIES)*

**DIRECTIVES:**

Index - I.P. 300-3

**DIRECTORS:**

Meetings of RTB Board of - 7 CFR 1600

Minutes of Meetings - Bul. 403-3

Relations with Corporation - Bul. 320-9

Responsibilities of a Co-op Director - Bul. 401-2

**DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK**

Grant Program - 7 CFR 1703, Subpt. D

**DIVIDENDS:**

Computing Allowable Distributions - Bul. 402-1

Mortgage Provisions - Bul. 321-2

**ENGINEERING SERVICES:**

Postloans Engineering Services Contracts -- 1755E-217

Obtaining Services - 7 CFR 1753, Subpt. B

**ENVIRONMENT:**

Environmental Policies and Procedures - 7 CFR 1794

Guide for Preparing a Borrower's Environmental Report for Categorically
Excluded Projects -

Bul. 1794A-600

**EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:**

RUS-Financed Construction - Bul. 320-15

**EQUIPMENT:** *(see MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT)*

**EQUITY:**

Equity Requirements - Bul. 321-2

Loan Security Requirements - Bul. 321-2

Restrictions on Retirement by Cooperative - Bul. 402-2

Unadvanced Loan Fund Provisions - Bul. 320-22

**EXTENDED AREA SERVICE:**

Agreements - Bul. 411-1

**FEASIBILITY STUDY:**

7 CFR 1737, Subpt. H

**FIELD TRIAL:**

Procedure - 7 CFR 1772.3

**FILING SYSTEM:** *(see RECORDS)*

**FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL REPORTS:**

Instructions for Preparation - Bul. 1744-2

**FINANCIAL PLANNING:**

Long Range System and Financial Planning - TOM 1081

RUS Recommendations - Bul. 405-1

Short-Range Planning - TOM 1070

What Financial Reports Tell You - TOM 1071

**FUNDS:** *(also see ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS)*

Advances *(see ADVANCE OF LOAN FUNDS)*

Depository Selection by Borrowers - Bul. 460-2

Equity Fund Requirements - Bul. 321-2

Investment of U.S. Treasury Bonds - Bul. 403-4

Levels and Procedures as Related to Loan Fund Advances - Bul. 300-5

Release of - 7 CFR 1737, Subpt. K

Use and Investment - 7 CFR 1744, Subpt. E; Bul. 405-1

**GOVERNMENT INSTALLATIONS:**

Telephone Facilities - Bul. 320-22

**GRANTS:**

Rural Economic Development - 7 CFR 1703, Subpt. B

Distance Learning & Medical Link - 7 CFR 1703, Subpt. D

**GUYS:**

Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c); Bul. 1751F-650

**HEADQUARTERS AND FACILITIES:** *(see BUILDINGS)*

**ISDN (INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK):**

Fundamentals - Bul. 1751H-501

**INDUCTIVE COORDINATION:**

Cable Balance - TE&CM 451.3

Cable Pair Harmonic Analysis - TE&CM 452.1

Exploring Coil Measurements - TE&CM 452.2

Grounding for Reduction of Power Influence - TE&CM 451.7

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) - TE&CM 451.6

Improved Cable Pair Balance by Conductor Reversal - TE&CM 451.8

Longitudinal Chokes - TE&CM 451.4

Neutralizing Transformer - TE&CM 451.5

Noise Isolation - TE&CM 451.1

Probe Wire Measurements - TE&CM 452.3

Telephone Noise Measurement and Mitigation - TE&CM 451

Shield Continuity - TE&CM 451.2

Specialized Telephone Noise Measurements and Investigation - TE&CM 452

**INFORMATION:**

Public Information Policy - 7 CFR 1700, Subpt. C

**INSPECTION:**

Poles, Stubs, Crossarms - 7 CFR 1728.202; Bul. 1728H-702

**INSURANCE:**

Borrowers\' Contractors, Engineers and Architects - 7 CFR 1788, Subpt. C

Insurance and Fidelity Coverage for Borrowers, Contractors, and
Engineers - 7 CFR 1788

**INTEREST:**

Computation and Loan Account Statements - Bul. 320-12

Payments - Bul. 320-12

**INTERNAL CONTROL:**

Report, CPA Submission - 7 CFR 1773.33

**INVESTIGATION AND AUDIT REPORTS:**

Audit of RUS Borrowers - 7 CFR 1773

**INVESTMENTS**

7 CFR 1744, Subpt. E

**JOINT USE:**

Minimizing Noise on Subscriber Lines - TE&CM 451

**LAWYER:** *(see ATTORNEY)*

**LEGAL FEES:**

Payment of - Bul. 400-4

**LEGISLATION:**

Rural Electrification Act - I.P. 100-1

**LIEN ACCOMMODATION:**

Policy - 7 CFR 1744, Subpt. B

**LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY:**

Fundamental Systems and Applications - Bul. 1751H-601

**LOADING:**

Acceptance Tests for Loading Subscriber Loop Plant - TE&CM 432

Loading Coil Specification, Voice Frequency - Bul. 345-22(PE-26)

Structural Return Loss Measurements - TE&CM 445

Subscriber Loop Design - TE&CM 424

Voice Frequency Loading for Trunk Cables - TE&CM 431

**LOANS:**

Area Coverage *(see AREA COVERAGE)*

Basis Date Agreements - 7 CFR 1785; Bul. 320-12

Criteria for Guaranteed Loans - Bul. 320-22

Development of Guaranteed Loan Project - Bul. 320-22

Equity Requirements *(see EQUITY)*

Feasibility Study - 7 CFR 1737, Subpt. H

Funds *(see FUNDS)*

Guide to Federal Financing Bank Loans Guarantee by RUS - 1710B-1

Headquarters Facilities - Bul. 320-5

Interest and Principal Payments - Bul. 320-12

Legal Fees - Bul. 400-4

Loan Account Computations and Statements - Bul. 320-12

Loan Guarantees - Bul. 320-22

Payments - 7 CFR 1785

Policy and Application Procedures - 7 CFR 1735, 7 CFR 1744 (Post-), 7
CFR 1737 (Pre-)

Prepayment - 7 CFR 1786

Radiotelephone Equipment - Bul. 385-1; Bul. 385-5

Reimbursement for Improvements and Additions - Bul. 405-1

Release of Loan Funds - 7 CFR 1737, Subpt. K

Rural Telephone Bank *(see RTB)*

Section 12 Extensions - Bul. 320-2

Security Problems - Bul. 400-5

Security - 7 CFR 1735; Bul. 321-2

Terms - 7 CFR 1735, Subpt. D

**MAINTENANCE:** *(see OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE)*

**MANAGEMENT:**

Agreements between Borrowers - Bul. 400-3

Conditions Endangering Loan Security - Bul. 400-5

Improvement - TOM 1090

Long Range System and Financial Planning - TOM 1081

Quality of Service Evaluation - TOM 1089.1

Short-Range Planning - TOM 1070

Telephone Tariff - TOM 1510

**MANAGER:**

Selection - Bul. 409-1

**MANPOWER RESOURCES:**

Expanding Manpower Resources - Bul. 409-7

**MAPPING STANDARDS:**

TE&CM 205

**MARGINS AND CAPITAL:**

Allocating and Recording Patronage Capital - TOM 1951

Budget - TOM 1070

Capital Credits - Bul. 402-3

Capital Credits - Computing and Recording - TOM 1951

Restrictions on Cooperatives - Bul. 402-2

**MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT:**

Acceptance - Bul. 345-3

\"Buy American\" Requirement - Bul. 344-3

Central Office Equipment *(see CENTRAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT)*

Emergency Generating & Chargers - Bul. 1751E-320

List of Acceptable Materials - 7 CFR 1755.98; I.P. 344-2

Poles *(see POLES)*

Special Equipment, Purchase of - 7 CFR 1753, Subpt. H

Specifications and Standards *(see SPECIFICATIONS)*

**MEETINGS:** *(see DIRECTORS)*

**MERGERS:**

Mortgage Control - 7 CFR 1735, Subpt. F

Requirements - 7 CFR 1735, Subpt. I

**MICROWAVE SYSTEMS:**

Radio System Fundamentals and Point to Point Digital Radio Systems -
Bul. 1751H-701

**MORTGAGE NOTES:** *(see NOTES)*

**NOISE:**

Cable Balance - TE&CM 451.3

Cable Pair Harmonic Analysis - TE&CM 452.1

Exploring Coil Measurements - TE&CM 452.2

Grounding for Reduction of Power Influence - TE&CM 451.7

HVDC - TE&CM 451.6

Improved Cable Pair Balance by Conductor Reversal - TE&CM 451.8

Longitudinal Chokes - TE&CM 451.4

Measurement and Mitigation - TE&CM 451

Noise Isolation - TE&CM 451.1

Neutralizing Transformers - TE&CM 451.5

Probe Wire Measurements - TE&CM 452.3

**NOISE (continued):**

Shield Continuity - TE&CM 451.2

Specialized Telephone Noise Measurements and Investigation - TE&CM 452

**NONDISCRIMINATION:**

Civil Rights-Title VI - Bul. 320-19

Equal Employment - Bul. 320-15

**NOTES:**

Interest Computations and Loan Account Statements - Bul. 320-12

Partial Release of Lien - Bul. 415-1

Restrictions on Cooperatives - Bul. 402-2

Restrictions on Dividends and Other Distributions - Bul. 402-1

**OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT:**

Agreements - Bul. 400-3

Quality of Service Evaluation - TOM 1089.1

**OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE:**

Central Office Equipment *(see CENTRAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT)*

Emergency Generating Equipment - Bul. 1751E-320

Plant Accounting and Work Order Procedure - Bul. 1770-1

Point-to-Point Radio - Bul. 1751H-701

Radiotelephone Equipment - Mobile - Bul. 385-1

Restoration of Service in Case of Disaster - TOM 1050

**OPERATIONS MANUAL:**

Numerical Index - I.P. 300-3; TOM 1002

Scope and Use - TOM 1001

**OUTSIDE PLANT:**

Acceptance Tests - Bul. 1753F-201(PC-4)

Corrosion Considerations - Bul. 1751F-670

Housing and Serving Area Interface Systems -- Bul. 1753F-302

Plans and Specifications - 7 CFR 1753, Subpts. E, F, G

Serving Area Value Engineering (Physical Plant) - TE&CM 648

Staking - Bul. 1751F-626; Bul. 1751F-642

**PATRONAGE CAPITAL:** *(see CAPITAL CREDITS)*

**PLANNING, SYSTEM AND FINANCIAL:** *(see FINANCIAL & SYSTEM PLANNING)*

**POLE LINES:**

Design of - Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c); Bul. 1751F-630

**POLES:**

Independent Inspection and Quality - 7 CFR 1728.202; Bul. 1728H-702

Numbering - Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c); TE&CM 116

Preservative Treatment - Bul. 1728F-700

**POLICY:**

Code of Federal Regulations - 7 CFR 1600-1799

RUS Relationship with Borrowers - Bul. 301-1

Telephone Tariff - TOM 1510

**PREPAYMENT:**

Guaranteed and insured Loans - 7 CFR 1786

**PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST:** *(see INTEREST)*

**PROPERTY:** *(also see SALE OF PROPERTY)*

Buried Plant - Bul. 1751F-815

Cable Circuits - Bul. 1751F-815

Carrier Equipment - TE&CM 822

Central Office - Bul. 1751F-810

Conditions Requiring Electrical Protection - Bul. 1751F-801

Gas Tube Arresters - TE&CM 823

Grounding Fundamentals - Bul. 1751F-802

Subscriber Station - Bul. 1751F-805

**PUBLICATIONS:**

Index - I.P. 300-3

**QUALITY OF SERVICE EVALUATION:**

TOM 1089.1

**RADIO EQUIPMENT:**

BETRS - Bul. 1751H-703

Cellular - Bul. 1751H-705

Mobile and Fixed Radiotelephone - Bul. 345-184(Form 397e); TE&CM 945

Microwave - Bul. 345-183(Form 397d); Bul. 345-57(PE-63); Bul. 1751H-701;
TE&CM 933

Preloan Procedure - Bul. 385-1; Bul. 385-5; Bul. 385-6

Use of Point-to-Point Radio (Microwave) - Bul. 1751H-701

**RECORDS:**

Cable - TE&CM 116; TE&CM 118

Continuing Property - TOM 1870; TOM 1870.1; TOM 1870.2

Plant Record System - TE&CM 116; TE&CM 118

Service Orders - TOM 1440

Work Order Cost Records - Bul. 1770-1

**REGULATORY BODIES:**

Telephone Tariff - TOM 1510

**REHABILITATION OF PLANT:**

TE&CM 205

**REPEATERS, VOICE FREQUENCY:**

Application on Subscriber Loops - TE&CM 427

Automatic Gain Control Repeaters - TE&CM 429

Structural Return Losses - TE&CM 445

**REPORTS:**

Borrower Reports:

Environmental Guide - Categorically Excluded Projects - Bul. 1794A-600

Financial and Statistical Reports, Special Communications Facilities -
Bul. 464-2

What Financial Reports Tell You - TOM 1071

**RIGHT-OF-WAY:**

Clearing and Trimming Assembly Units - Bul. 1753F-152 (Form 515c)

Right-of-Way and Title Procedures - Bul. 380-1

**ROUTE AND POLE NUMBERING:**

TE&CM 116

**RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ACT:**

I.P. 100-1

**RURAL TELEPHONE BANK (RTB):**

Bylaws - I.P. 400-1

General Information - 7 CFR 1600

Loans Policies - 7 CFR 1610

Report of the Board - I.P. 400-2

**RUS REPORTS:**

Administrator\'s - I.P. 100-7

Annual Statistical Report - I.P. 300-4

CPA Audits - 7 CFR 1789

**SAFETY:**

Seismic - 7 CFR 1792; Bul. 1792C-1

**SALE OF PROPERTY:**

RUS Requirements - Bul. 415-1

**SECTION 12 EXTENSIONS:**

Bul. 320-2

**SECURITY, LOAN:**

Operating Conditions Endangering - Bul. 400-5

**SPECIAL PAYMENTS:**

Application of - Bul. 320-12

**SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS:**

Acceptance - Bul. 345-3

Acceptance Tests and Measurement of Telephone Plant - Bul.
1753F-201(PC-4);

Application Guide for Preparing the Detail Requirements for: Digital
Central Office Equipment -

Bul. 1753E-001(Form 522); Bul. 1751E-322

Line Concentrators - Bul. 1753E-004(Form 397g); TE&CM 341

Mobile and Fixed Dial Radiotelephone Equipment -Bul. 345-184(Form 397e)

Point-to-Point Microwave Radio Systems - Bul. 1751H-701; Bul.
345-183(Form 397d);

TE&CM 933

Subscriber Carrier Systems - Bul. 345-182(Form 397c)

Trunk Carrier Systems - Bul. 345-181(Form 397b); TE&CM 904

Voice Frequency Repeaters - Bul. 345-180(Form 397a); TE&CM 427

Cable, Fiber Optic - Bul. 1753F-601(PE-90)

Cable, Filled - Bul. 1753F-205(PE-39); Bul. 1753F-208(PE-89)

Cable Splicing *(see CABLE SPLICING SPECIFICATIONS)*

Carbon Arrestors and Protectors - Bul. 345-78(PE-78)

Central Office Loop Extenders - Bul. 345-55(PE-61)

Connectors, Cable Shield Bonding - Bul. 345-65 (PE-33)

Gas Tube Surge Arresters - Bul. 345-83(PE-80)

Line Concentrators, Performance Specifications - Bul. 1753E-004(Form
397g)

Materials, Equipment and Construction - 7 CFR 1755

Microwave Radio Equipment - Bul. 345-57(PE-63); Bul. 1751H-701

Outside Plant - Bul. 1753F-150(Form 515a); Bul. 1753F-151(Form 515b);
Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c);

Bul 1753F-153(Form 515d)

Parallel Conductor Drop Wire - Bul. 1753F-204(PE-7)

Radiotelephone, Dial, Mobile and Fixed - Bul. 345-184(Form 397e)

**SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS:** *(continued)*

Repeaters, Voice Frequency - Bul. 345-69(PE-29); Bul. 345-180(Form 397a)

Service Entrance and Station Protector Installation - Bul.
1753F-801(PC-5A)

Shield Bonding Connectors - Bul. 345-65(PE-33)

Splice Cases, Filled - Bul. 345-72(PE-74)

Spring Action Type Bonding Connectors Within Buried Plant Housings -
Bul. 345-76(PE-57)

Stubs and Anchor Logs - Bul. 1728F-700

Subscriber Carrier Systems - Bul. 345-66(PE-64); Bul. 345-182(Form 397c)

TE&CM 903; TE&CM 911

Subscriber Line Concentrators - Bul. 1753E-004(Form 397g); TE&CM 340;
TE&CM 341

Telephone Cable Splicing Connectors - Bul. 345-54(PE-52)

Terminating (TIP) Cable - Bul. 1753F-207(PE-87)

Timber Products - 7 CFR 1728.202; Bul 1728H-702

Trunk Carrier Systems - Bul. 345-50(PE-60)

Voice Frequency Loading Coil - Bul. 345-22(PE-26)

Wire, Buried Filled- Bul. 1753F-206(PE-86)

Wood Poles & Preservative - Bul. 1728F-700

**SPLICING:** *(see CABLE SPLICING SPECIFICATIONS)*

**STAKING:**

Aerial Plant - Bul. 1751F-626

Buried Plant - Bul. 1751F-641; Bul. 1751F-642

**STATISTICAL REPORTS:** *(see REPORTS)*

**STATION EQUIPMENT:**

Data Modems - Bul. 1751F-670

Protection - Bul. 1753F-801(PC-5A); Bul. 1753F-153(Form 515d); Bul.
1751F-805

**STRUCTURAL RETURN LOSS MEASUREMENTS:**

TE&CM 445

**SYSTEM DESIGN:** *(see DESIGN, SYSTEM)*

**TARIFFS:**

Telephone Tariffs - TOM 1510

**TAXES, INCOME AND EXCISE:**

Small Business Corporation - Bul. 402-1

**TECHNICAL STANDARDS COMMITTEES:**

Bul. 345-3

**TESTS:** *(see ACCEPTANCE TESTS)*

**TIMBER PRODUCTS:**

Specification for Quality Control and Inspection - 7 CFR 1728.202; Bul.
1728H-702

Specifications for Wood Poles, Stubs, and Anchor Logs - Bul. 1728F-700

**TITLE PROCEDURE:**

Right-of-Way and Title Procedures - Bul. 380-1

**TRAFFIC AGREEMENT:** *(see CONTRACTS)*

**TRANSMISSION FACILITIES:**

Acceptance Tests for Loaded Subscriber Loop Plant - TE&CM 432

Application of Voice Frequency Repeaters for Subscriber Loops - TE&CM
427

Attenuation Data - TE&CM 406

BETRS Radio Systems - Bul. 1751H-703

Cable Balance - TE&CM 451.3

Cable Pair Harmonic Analysis - TE&CM 452.1

Carrier Frequency Transmission through Cable - TE&CM 905

Cellular Radio - Bul. 1751H-705

Digital Span Lines - Bul. 1751H-405

Digital Transmission Systems - Bul. 1751H-403

Exploring Coil Measurements - TE&CM 452.2

Grounding for Reduction of Power Influence - TE&CM 451.7

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) - TE&CM 451.6

How to Make Insertion Loss Measurements - TE&CM 407

Improved Cable Pair Balance by Conductor Reversal - TE&CM 451.8

Integrated Services Digital Network - Bul. 1751H-501

Lightwave - Bul. 1751H-601

Longitudinal Chokes - TE&CM 451.4

Microwave Radio System - Bul. 1751H-701

Neutralizing Transformers - TE&CM 451.5

Noise Isolation - TE&CM 451.1

Noise Measurement and Mitigation - TE&CM 451

Probe Wire Measurements - TE&CM 452.3

Shield Continuity - TE&CM 451.2

Specifications and Standards *(see SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS)*

Specialized Noise Measurements and Investigation - TE&CM 452

Subscriber Loop Computations - TE&CM 426

Subscriber Loop Electronic Systems - TE&CM 401

Subscriber Loop Plant Design - TE&CM 424; TE&CM 429

Transmission Design and Costs Considerations of Feeder-Distribution
Cable Engineering --

TE&CM 232

Transmission Objectives - TE&CM 415

Voice Frequency Loading for Trunk Cables - TE&CM 431

**TRUNKS:**

Inter-Office Trunking and Signaling - Bul. 1751E-319

Structural Return Loss Measurements - TE&CM 445

Voice Frequency Loading - TE&CM 431

**U.S. TREASURY CERTIFICATES OR BONDS:**

RUS Series - Bul. 403-4

**UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS:**

Bul. 1770B-1

**UNDERGROUND CONDUIT:**

Bul. 1753F-151(Form 515b); Bul. 1751F-643

**WIRE:**

Buried - Bul. 1753F-206(PE-86); Bul. 1753F-153(Form 515d)

Drop Parallel Conductor - Bul. 1753F-204(PE-7); Bul. 1753F-153(Form
515d)

Seven Wire Aluminum Clad Steel Strand - Bul. 1753F-152(Form 515c)

Steel, 7 Wire Galvanized Strand - 7 CFR 1755.370; Bul. 1753F-152(Form
515c)

**WORK ORDER CONSTRUCTION:**

Accounting Procedures - Bul. 1770-1

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**PART III**

**Numerical Listing of Current RUS Issuances**

**Section A**

**Bulletins, Specifications**

**Spec. Issue**

**Bulletin Number Date Title**

300-5 08/69 General Funds\
10/87 File With

301-1 08/69 Guiding Statement of RUS Policy Concerning

its Relationship with Borrowers

320-2 05/72 Extensions of Payments of Principal and Interest

320-5 05/72 Headquarters Facilities for Telephone Borrowers

320-9 03/65 Organization and Capital Structure of Telephone

Borrowers

320-12 09/82 Loan Payments and Statements

09/88 Supplement\
\
320-15 07/70 Equal Employment Opportunity in Construction

Financed with RUS Loans

02/72 Supplement

320-19 07/78 Nondiscrimination among Beneficiaries of

RUS Programs

320-22 02/75 Guarantee of Loans for Telephone Facilities

09/75 Supplement

321-2 09/75 Loan Security Requirements for Telephone

322-2 04/67 Rural Area Coverage - Telephone Loans

344‑3 07/55 \"Buy American\" Requirement

345-3 10/81 Acceptance of Standards, Specifications,

Equipment Contract Forms, Manual

Sections, Drawings, Materials and

Equipment for the Telephone Program

345-22\* PE-26 01/89 RUS Specification for Voice Frequency Loading

Coils

345-50\* PE-60 09/79 RUS Specification for Trunk Carrier Systems

345-54\* PE-52 12/71 RUS Specification for Telephone Cable Splicing

Connectors

08/72 Revised Pages

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

*\* Incorporated by reference.*

**Spec. Issue**

**Bulletin Number Date Title**

345-55\* PE-61 12/73 RUS Specification for Central Office Loop Extenders

& Loop Extenders Voice Frequency Repeater

Combinations

345-57 PE-63 05/82 RUS Specification for Microwave Radio Equipment

345-65\* PE-33 03/85 RUS Specification for Shield Bonding Connectors

345-66\* PE-64 09/79 RUS Specification for Subscriber Carrier Systems

08/80 Pen and Ink Revision

345-69\* PE-29 01/78 RUS Specification for Two-Wire Voice Frequency

Repeater Equipment\
10/82 Addendum No. 1\
\
345-72\* PE-74 10/85 RUS Specification for Filled Splice Closures

345-76 PE-57 05/77 RUS Specification for Spring Action Bonding

Connectors Within Buried Plant Housings\
\
345-78\* PE-78 02/80 RUS Specification for Carbon Arrestor Assemblies

for Use in Protectors\
07/80 Supplement

345-83 PE-80 07/79 RUS Specification for Gas Tube Surge Arresters

10/82 Supplement

345-180\* Form 397a 01/63 Specifications for Voice Frequency

Repeaters and Voice Frequency Repeated

Trunks

345-181 Form 397b 10/80 Design Specifications for Trunk Carrier Systems

345-182 Form 397c 10/80 Design Specifications for Subscriber Carrier
Systems

345-183\* Form 397d 06/70 Design Specification for Point-to-Point
Microwave

Radio Systems

345-184\* Form 397e 05/71 Mobile and Fixed Dial Radiotelephone
Specification

380-1 07/56 Right-of-Way and Title Procedures - Telephone

04/66 Supplement 1 to Appendix A

01/77 Supplement

385-1 12/62 Pre-loan Procedures and Requirements for

Two-Way Radiotelephone Service

385-5 04/66 Loans to Finance Radio Equipment for Subscriber

Service

385-6 12/75 Pre-loan Procedures and Requirements for Radio

Paging Service

400-3 06/62 Agreement for the Operation and Management

of Borrower's System

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

*\* Incorporated by reference.*

**Spec. Issue**

**Bulletin Number Date Title**

400-4 12/65 Payment of Legal Fees from Loan and Equity

Funds\
05/74 Pen and Ink Change

400-5 01/64 Operating Conditions Endangering Loan Security

401-2 06/54 Responsibilities of a Telephone Co-op Director

401-3 11/75 Annual Meeting Guide for Rural Electric and

Telephone Cooperatives

402-1 12/62 Mortgage Restrictions on Dividends and

Other Distributions - Telephone Borrowers

02/72 Supplement\
10/75 Supplement\
02/78 Supplement

402-2 11/60 Partial Waiver of Security Instrument Provisions

Relating to Distribution of Capital by Cooperatives\
10/77 Supplement

402-3 03/64 Capital Credits - Consumer Benefits

12/73 Supplement\
08/74 Appendix B

403-3 10/59 Minutes of Meetings of Directors, Stockholders,

or Members Telephone

09/77 Supplement

403-4 10/77 5 Percent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness -

RUS Series and 2 Percent Treasury Bonds

RUS Series

409-1 05/72 Selection of a Manager by Telephone Borrowers

409-7 06/86 Expanding Manpower Resources Through

Cooperative Education

411-1 06/61 Extended Area Service (EAS)

415-1 08/60 Sale of Property by Telephone Borrowers

06/66 Supplement

10/77 Supplement

07/79 Supplement

460-2 04/71 Selection of Depositories for Funds of

RUS Borrowers

460-3 12/71 ABC's of Accounting and Interpretation of

Financial Statements

464-1 02/59 Accounting for Damages Resulting from Delayed

Completion of Construction

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

*\* Incorporated by reference*

**Spec. Issue**

**Bulletin Number Date Title**

464-2 06/65 Accounting and Reporting Procedures Covering

Large Investments in Special Communications

Facilities

1710B-1 02/98 Guide to Federal Financing Bank Loans Guarantee

by RUS

1724E-400 08/95 Presentation of Building Plans and Specifications

1728F-700\* DT-5C 09/93 RUS Specification for Wood Poles, Stubs

and Anchor Logs

1728H-702\* DT-19 09/93 RUS Specification for Quality Control and

Inspection of Timber Products

1744-2 03/01 Instructions for Preparing Financial and Statistical

Reports For Telephone Borrowers, Form 479

1751E-302 10/93 Power Requirements for Digital Central Office

Equipment

1751E-319 11/93 Interoffice Trunking and Signaling

1751E-320 07/93 Emergency Generating and Charging Equipment

1751E-322 10/93 Application for the Preparation of Detailed Digital

Central Office Equipment Requirements (Form 522)

1751F-626 05/94 Staking of Aerial Plant

1751F-630 01/96 Design of Aerial Plant

1751F-635 06/96 Aerial Plant Construction

1751F-640 03/95 Design of Buried Plant -- Physical Consideration

1751F-641 06/95 Construction of Buried Plant

1751F-642 06/95 Construction Route Planning of Buried Plant

1751F-643 08/02 Underground Plant Design

1751F-644 08/02 Underground Plant Construction

1751F-650 07/96 Aerial Plant Guying and Anchoring

1751F-670 09/93 Outside Plant Corrosion Consideration

1751F-801 05/95 Electrical Protection Fundamentals

1751F-802 04/94 Electrical Protection Grounding Fundamentals

1751F-805 05/95 Electrical Protection at Customer Locations

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

*\* Incorporated by reference*

**Spec. Issue**

**Bulletin Number Date Title**

1751F-810 07/97 Electrical Protection of Digital and Lightwave

Telecommunications Equipment

1751F-815 05/95 Electrical Protection of Outside Plant

1751H-403 07/91 Digital Transmission Fundamentals

1751H-405 05/94 Digital Span Line Systems\
\
1751H-501 04/91 Fundamentals of ISDN

1751H-601 05/91 Lightwave Fundamentals, Systems, and

Applications

1751H-701 03/92 Radio System Fundamentals and Point-to-Point

Digital Radio Systems

1751H-703 12/91 BETRS Radio Systems

1751H-705 09/91 Fundamentals of Cellular Radio Service

1753E-001 Form 522 01/96 RUS General Specification for Digital, Stored

Program Controlled Central Office Equipment

1753E-002 04/94 RUS Telecommunications Software License

Agreement

1753E-004 Form 397g 09/95 RUS Performance Specification for Line

Construction

1753E-201 11/96 Acceptance Tests for Digital, Stored Program

Controlled Central Office Equipment

1753F-150\* Form 515a 9/01 Specifications and Drawings for Construction
of

Direct Buried Plant

1753F-151\* Form 515b 9/01 Specifications and Drawings for Construction
of

Underground Plant

1753F-152\* Form 515c 9/01 Specifications and Drawings for Construction
of

Aerial Plant

1753F-153\* Form 515d 9/01 Specifications and Drawings for Service
Installation

at Customer Access Locations

1753F-201 PC-4 08/97 RUS Standard for Acceptance Test and

Measurements of Telecommunications Plant

1753F-204 PE-7 08/96 RUS Specification for Aerial Service Wires

1753F-205 PE-39 06/93 RUS Specification for Filled Telephone Cables

1753F-206 PE-86 12/93 RUS Specification for Filled Buried Wire

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

*\* Incorporated by reference*

**Spec. Issue**

**Bulletin Number Date Title**

1753F-207 PE-87 07/94 RUS Specification for Terminating Cables

1753F-208 PE-89 06/93 RUS Specification for Filled Telephone Cables

with Expanded Insulation

1753F-302 PE-91 07/97 RUS Specification for Outside Plant Housing and

Serving Area Interface Systems

1753F-401 PC-2 03/95 RUS Standard for Splicing Copper and Fiber

Optic Cables

1753F-601 PE-90 08/94 RUS Specification for Filled Fiber Optic Cable

1753F-801 PC-5A 9/01 RUS Standard for Service Installations at Customer

Access Locations

1755E-217 Form 217 03/97 Postloan Engineering Services Contract -

Telecommunications Systems

07/97 Attachment

1755E-525 Form 525 07/94 Central Office Equipment Contract (Including

Installation) RUS Contract Form 525

07/94 Replacement Page

1770-1 07/92 RUS Work Order Procedure

1770B-1 11/92 47 CFR Part 32, Uniform System of

Accounts, and Supplementary Accounts Required of RUS Telephone Borrowers

1792C-1 07/93 Seismic Safety of New Building Construction

06/94 Attachment

1794A-600 12/98 Guide for Preparing a Borrower\'s Environmental

Report for Categorically Excluded Projects

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

*\* Incorporated by reference*

**SECTION B**

**TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION MANUAL (TE&CM)**

**Section Issue Issue**

**Number Number Date Title**

116 01 12/65 Plant Engineering and Record Systems\
03/66 Addendum No. 1\
\
118 01 05/78 Plant Records System Serving Area Value Engineering

for Rural Systems\
\
128 01 05/55 Cutsheet\
\
201 05 11/83 Introduction to Objectives to Rural Telephone System
Designs\
\
203 01 04/71 Existing Plant Considerations for a Telephone System
Design\
\
204 01 05/71 Telephone System Design\
\
205 05 04/71 Assembly and Arrangement of an Area Coverage Design\
\
207 01 07/74 Design Criteria for Plant Reinforcement Upgrading from
Four-Party

to All One-Party\
\
210 08 07/74 Telephone System Design - Sizing Criteria\
\
218 04 02/87 Plant Annual Cost Data for Design Purposes\
\
219 01 01/78 Present Worth of Annual Charge Studies for System Design\
\
230 02 02/86 General Principles of Feeder-Distribution Cable Engineering
(SAVE)\
\
231 02 02/86 Design Techniques of Feeder-Distribution Cable Engineering
(SAVE)\
\
232 02 02/86 Transmission Design and Costs Considerations of Feeder -

Distribution Cable Engineering (SAVE)\
\
301 03 12/76 Central Office Buildings\
\
306 01 09/85 Earthquake Bracing for Central Office Equipment

323 01 09/79 Fundamentals of Digital Techniques and Switching

332 01 08/69 Guide for Utilization of Central Office Loop Extenders

340 02 01/79 Subscriber Line Concentrators\
\
341 02 10/84 Application Guide for the Preparation of Detailed Line
Concentrator

Requirements

401 01 12/80 Subscriber Loop Electronic System

**Section Issue Issue**

**Number Number Date Title**

406 03 08/77 Transmission Facility Data

407 01 03/59 How to Make Insertion Loss Measurements\
\
415 04 06/90 Transmission Objectives\
\
424 04 07/88 Design Guidelines for Telecommunications Subscriber Loop
Plant\
\
426 02 12/77 Subscriber Loop Computations Design-By-Loss Method\
\
427 03 03/82 Application of Voice Frequency Repeaters for Subscriber
Loops

and Two-Wire Trunk Circuits\
\
428 01 10/65 Applications and Use of Bridge Tap Isolators (BTI) for
Subscriber Loops\
\
429 01 01/79 Automatic Gain Control Repeaters and Their Application to
Common

Mode Operation\
\
431 02 10/62 Voice Frequency Loading for Trunk Cables\
04/75 Addendum No. 1\
\
432 01 02/68 Acceptance Tests for Loaded Subscriber Loop \"One-Man\"

Structural Plant - Return Loss Method from the Central Office

435 01 01/79 Cable Capacitance Measurements\
\
445 02 01/65 How to Make Structural Return Loss Measurements\
\
451 02 09/79 Telephone Noise Measurement and Mitigation\
09/81 Addendum No. 1\
\
451.1 01 09/79 Noise Isolation\
\
451.2 02 04/84 Shield Continuity\
\
451.3 01 09/79 Cable Balance\
\
451.4 01 09/79 Longitudinal Chokes

451.5 01 09/79 Neutralizing Transformers\
\
451.6 01 09/79 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)\
\
451.7 01 02/81 Grounding for Reduction of Power Influence\
\
451.8 01 02/81 Improved Cable Pair Balance by Conductor Reversal\
\
452 01 12/80 Specialized Telephone Noise Measurements and Investigation

452.1 01 12/80 Telephone Cable Pair Harmonic Analysis

**Section Issue Issue**

**Number Number Date Title**

452.2 01 12/80 Exploring Coil Measurements\
\
452.3 01 12/80 Probe Wire Measurements

628 02 01/68 Plastic-Insulated Cable Plant Layout\
\
629 03 01/77 Cable Plant Layout - Serving Area Value Engineering for
Rural

Systems

648 01 01/77 Serving Area Value Engineering (Physical Plant)

822 05 09/81 Electrical Protection of Carrier Equipment\
\
823 03 08/80 Electrical Protection by Use of Gas Tube Arresters

901 03 09/83 Fundamentals of Carrier Transmissions

903 03 01/81 Applications Guide for Subscriber Carrier ,Specifications,

RUS Form 397c

904 03 01/81 Application Guide for Trunk Carrier Specifications, RUS
Form 397b

905 01 10/63 Cable Carrier Systems and Carrier Frequency Transmission

Through Cables

909 01 12/67 Impedance Matching for Carrier Multiplex Systems

911 02 09/71 Station Carrier Equipment

05/80 Addendum No. 1

912 01 04/71 Station Carrier Equipment

05/80 Addendum No. 1

921 01 11/76 Testing Cables for Carrier Application

933 02 04/70 Application Guide for Point-to-Point Microwave Radio
Systems

Specification, RUS Form 397e

945 01 07/66 IMTS - Improved Mobile Telephone System\
\
961 01 06/90 Application Guide for Digital Lightwave Transmission System

Specification, RUS Form 397e

**SECTION C**

**TELEPHONE OPERATIONS MANUAL (TOM)**

**Section Issued Date**

**Number Number Issued Title**

**GENERAL\
**1001 02 05/65 Scope and Use of the Telephone Operations\
\
1002 22 11/81 Numerical Index

1050 01 07/60 Restoration of Service in Case of Disaster\
\
1070 05 12/75 Short-Range Planning\
\
1071 02 12/60 What Your Financial Reports Tell You\
\
1081 01 12/76 Long-Range System and Financial Planning\
\
1089.1 01 10/75 Quality of Service Evaluation Guide for an

Appraisal\
\
1090 02 07/70 Improving Management of Telephone Systems\
\
1101 01 06/68 Model Bylaws for Telephone Cooperatives

**COMMERCIAL**\
1440 02 01/66 Service Order Procedure\
\
1510 02 01/80 Telephone Tariff

**ACCOUNTING**\
\
1870 01 12/54 Continuing Property Records\
\
1870.1 01 12/60 Guide for Establishing Continuing Property Records\
\
1870.2 01 06/70 A Suggested List of Property Record Units for

Telephone Borrowers\
\
1951 02 07/64 Procedures for Computing and Recording Capital

Credits

**SECTION D**

**INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS (I.P)**

**Issued**

**Number Date Title**

100-1 1/01 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 with Amendments as Approved
Through

December 31, 2000\
\
100-7 10/94 Report of the Administrator, Fiscal Year 1993

300-3 12/02 Index of Telecommunication Issuances - Borrowers Edition

300-4# 10/99 1998 Statistical Report, Rural Telecommunications
Borrowers\
\
300-5 09/96 Fiscal Year Summary Rural Telephone Program

344-2# 01/01 List of Material Acceptable for Use on Telecommunications
Systems of

RUS Borrowers

03/01 Supplement #1

05/01 Supplement #2

07/01 Supplement #3

09/01 Supplement #4

400-1 11/99 Bylaws of Rural Telephone Bank\
\
400-2 09/97 25th Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Rural

Telephone Bank, FY 1996

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

*\# On sale at GPO.*

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**PART IV**

**RUS POLICES AND PROCEDURES**

# FOR THE ELECTRIC, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS LOCATED IN THE 

**CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR)**

***(as of December 2002)***

**Part Section Subject Part Section Subject**

**RURAL TELEPHONE BANK**

**1600 GENERAL INFORMATION**

1600.1 General.

1600.2 Definitions.

1600.3 Open meetings.

1600.4 Scheduling of meetings.

1600.5 Public announcement of meetings.

1600.6 Bases for closing a meeting to the public.

1600.7 Procedures for closing a meeting to the

public.

1600.8 Transcript, recording or minutes; available

to the public

**1610 LOAN POLICIES**

1610.1 General.

1610.2 Definitions.

1610.3 Loan authorizations.

1610.4 Loan applications.

1610.5 Minimum Bank loan.

1610.6 Concurrent Bank and RUS cost-of-money

loans.

1610.7 Acquisition of certain exchange facilities.

1610.8 Adoption of applicable RUS policy.

1610.9 Class B stock.

1610.10 Determination of interest rate on Bank

loans.

1610.11 Prepayments.

**RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE**

**1700 GENERAL INFORMATION**

**Subpart A General**

1700.1 General.

1700.2 Availability of information.

1700.3 Requests under the Freedom of

Information Act.

1700.4 Public comments on proposed rules.

1700.5-1700.24 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Agency Organization and Functions**

1700.25 Office of the Administrator.

1700.26 Deputy Administrators.

1700.27 Electric Program.

1700.28 Telecommunications Program.

1700.29 Water and Environmental Programs.

1700.30 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan

and Grant Program.

1700.31 Program Accounting and Regulatory Analysis.

1700.32 Financial Services Staff.

1700.33-1700.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Loan and Grant Approval Authorities**

1700.50-1700.52 \[Reserved\]

1700.53 Persons serving as Acting Administrator.

1700.54 Electric Program.

1700.55 Telecommunications Program.

1700.56 Water and Environmental Programs.

1700.57 Distance Learning and Telemedicine

**1703 RURAL DEVELOPMENT**

**Subpart A \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart B Rural Economic Development Loan**

**and Grant Program.**

1703.10 Purpose.

1703.11 Policy.

1703.12 Definitions.

1703.13 Source of funds.

1703.14 Disposition of funds in the subaccount.

1703.15 \[Reserved\]

1703.16 Eligibility.

1703.17 Uses of zero-interest loans and grants.

1703.18 Types of projects eligible for grant funding.

1703.19 General requirements for grant funding.

1703.20 Ineligible uses of zero-interest loans and grants.

1703.21 Limitations on the use of zero-interest loan

and grant funds.

1703.22 Revolving loan program.

1703.23 Supplemental funds requirements for zero-

interest loans and grants.

1703.24 \[Reserved\]

1703.25 Significance of RUS financing to the total

project cost.

1703.26 \[Reserved\]

1703.27 Owner's equity in the project.

1703.28 Maximum and minimum sizes of a zero-interest

loan or grant application.

1703.29 Terms of zero-interest loan repayment.

1703.30 Approval of agreements.

1703.31 Transfer of employment or business.

1703.32 Environmental requirements.

1703.33 Other considerations.

1703.34 Applications.

1703.35 Section of the application covering the

selection factors.

**Part Section Subject**

1703.36 Section of the application covering the

project description.

1703.37 Section of the application covering the

environmental impact of the project.

1703.38-1703.44 \[Reserved\]

1703.45 Review and analysis of applications.

1703.46 Documenting the evaluation and selection of

applications for zero-interest loans and grants.

1703.47-1703.57 \[Reserved\]

1703.58 Post selection period.

1703.59 Final application processing and

legal documents.

1703.60 \[Reserved\]

1703.61 Disbursement of zero-interest loan and

grant funds.

1703.62-1703.65 \[Reserved\]

1703.66 Review and other requirements.

1703.67 Changes in project objective or scope.

1703.68 Loan and grant termination provisions.

1703.69-1703.79 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Rural Business Incubator**

**Program \[Reserved\]**

1703.80-1703.99 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D Distance Learning and Telemedicine**

**Loan and Grant Program-General**

1703.100 Purpose.

1703.101 Policy.

1703.102 Definitions.

1703.103 Applicant eligibility and allocation of funds.

1703.104 \[Reserved\]

1703.105 Processing of selected applications.

1703.106 Disbursement of loans and grants.

1703.107 Reporting and oversight requirements.

1703.108 Audit requirements.

1703.109 Grant and loan administration.

1703.110 Changes in project objectives or scope.

1703.111 Grant and loan termination.

1703.112 Expedited telecommunications loans.

1703.113-1703.119 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E Distance Learning and Telemedicine**

**Grant Program**

1703.120 Use of grants.

1703.121 Approved purposes for grants.

1703.122 Matching contributions.

1703.123 Nonapproved purposes for grants.

1703.124 Maximum and minimum grant amounts.

1703.125 Completed applications.

1703.126 Criteria for scoring grant applications.

1703.127 Application selection provisions.

1703.128 Submission of applications.

1703.129 Appeals.

**Subpart F Distance Learning and Telemedicine**

**Combination Loan and Grant Program**

1703.130 Use of combination loan and grant.

1703.131 Approved purposes for a combination

loan and grant.

**Part Section Subject**

1703.132 Nonapproved purposes for a combination

loan and grant.

1703.133 Maximum and minimum amounts.

1703.134 Completed applications.

1703.135 Application selection provisions.

1703.136 Submission of applications.

1703.137 Appeals.

1703.138-1703.139 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart G Distance Learning and Telemedicine**

**Loan Program**

1703.140 Use of loan funds.

1703.141 Approved purposes for loans.

1703.142 Nonapproved purposes for loans.

1703.143 Maximum and minimum amounts.

1703.144 Completed application.

1703.145 Application selection provisions.

1703.146 Submission of applications.

1703.147 Appeals.

**Subpart H Deferments of RUS Loan Payments**

**for Rural Development Projects**

1703.300 Purpose.

1703.301 Policy.

1703.302 Definitions and rules of construction.

1703.303 Eligibility criteria for deferment of

loan payments.

1703.304 Restrictions on the deferment of

loan payments.

1703.305 Requirements for deferment of

loan payments.

1703.306 Limitation on funds derived from the deferment

of loan payments.

1703.307 Uses of the deferments of loan payments.

1703.308 Amount of deferment funds available.

1703.309 Terms of repayment of deferred loan payments.

1703.310 Environmental considerations.

1703.311 Application procedures for deferment of

loan payments.

1703.312 RUS review requirements.

1703.313 Compliance with other regulations.

**1710 GENERAL AND PRELOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES**

**COMMON TO INSURED AND GUARANTEED ELECTRIC**

**LOANS**

**Subpart A General**

1710.1 General statement.

1710.2 Definitions and rules of construction.

1710.3 Form and bulletin revisions.

1710.4 Exception authority.

1710.5 Availability of forms.

1710.6 Applicability of certain provisions to

completed loan applications.

1710.7 Exemptions of RUS operational controls

under section 306E of the RE Act.

project cost.

1710.8-1710.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Types of Loans and Loan Guarantees**

1710.50 Insured loans.

1710.51 Loan guarantees.

**Part Section Subject Part Section Subject**

1710.52-1710.99 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Loan Purposes and Basic Policies**

1710.100 General.

1710.101 Types of eligible borrowers.

1710.102 Borrower eligibility for different types

of loans.

1710.103 Area coverage.

1710.104 Service to non-RE Act beneficiaries.

1710.105 State regulatory approvals.

1710.106 Uses of loan funds.

1710.107 Amount lent for acquisitions.

1710.108 Mergers and consolidations.

1710.109 Reimbursement of general funds and

interim financing.

1710.110 Supplemental financing.

1710.111 Refinancing.

1710.112 Loan feasibility.

1710.113 Loan security.

1710.114 TIER, DSC, OTIER and ODSC

requirements.

1710.115 Final maturity.

1710.116 \[Reserved\]

1710.117 Environmental considerations.

1710.118 \[Reserved\]

1710.119 Loan processing priorities.

1710.120 Construction standards and contracting.

1710.121 Insurance requirements.

1710.122 Equal opportunity and nondiscrimination.

1710.123 Debarment and suspension.

1710.124 Uniform Relocation Act.

1710.125 Restrictions on lobbying.

1710.126 Federal debt delinquency.

1710.127 Drug free workplace.

1710.128-1710.149 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D Basic Requirements for Loan Approval**

1710.150 General.

1710.151 Required findings for all loans.

1710.152 Primary support documents.

1710.153 Additional requirements and procedures.

1710.154-1710.199 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E Load Forecasts**

1710.200 Purpose.

1710.201 General.

1710.202 Requirement to prepare a load forecast-

power supply borrowers.

1710.203 Requirement to prepare a load forecast-

distribution borrowers.

1710.204 Filing requirements for borrowers that must

maintain a current RUS approved load

forecast on an ongoing basis.

1710.205 Minimum requirements for all borrower

load forecasts.

1710.206 Requirements for load forecasts prepared

pursuant to RUS approved load forecast

work plans.

**Part Section Subject**

1710.207 RUS approval criteria for approval of load

forecasts by distribution borrowers not

required to maintain a current load forecast

on an ongoing basis.

1710.208 RUS approval criteria for load forecasts

submitted by all power supply borrowers and

by distribution borrowers required to maintain

a current load forecast on an ongoing basis.

1710.209 Requirements for load forecast work plans.

1710.210 Waiver of requirements or approval criteria.

1710.211-1710.249 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart F Construction Work Plans and**

**Related Studies**

1710.250 General.

1710.251 Construction work plans-distribution borrowers.

1710.252 Construction work plans-power supply

borrowers.

1710.253 Engineering and cost studies-addition of

generation capacity.

1710.254 Alternative sources of power.

1710.255-1710.299 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart G Long-Range Financial Forecasts**

1710.300 General.

1710.301 Financial forecasts-distribution borrowers.

1710.302 Financial forecasts-power supply borrowers.

1710.303 Power cost studies-power supply borrowers.

1710.304-1710.349 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart H Demand Side Management and Renewable**

**Energy Systems**

1710.350 Purpose.

1710.351 General policy; renewable systems.

1710.352 General policy; energy resource conservation

programs.

1710.353 General policy; demand side management.

loan payments.

1710.354 Eligible DSM activities.

1710.355 DSM loan applications.

1710.356 Integrated resource plans.

1710.357 DSM plans.

1710.358 Requirements for a DSM plan.

1710.359 DSM effects.

1710.360 Submittal of alternate documentation.

1710.361 Type and term of loans.

1710.362 Loan approval.

1710.363 Advance and documentation of use of

loan funds.

1710.364 Loan limits.

**Subpart I Application Requirements and Procedures**

f**or Insured and Guaranteed Loans**

1710.400 Initial contact.

1710.401 Loan application documents.

1710.402-1710.403 \[Reserved\]

1710.404 Additional requirements.

1710.405 Supplemental financing documents.

1710.406 Loan approval.

1710.407 Loan limits.

**Part Section Subject Part Section Subject**

**1714 PRE-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR**

**INSURED ELECTRIC LOANS**

**Subpart A General**

1714.1 \[Reserved\]

1714.2 Definitions.

1714.3 Applicability of provisions.

1714.4 Interest rates.

1714.5 Determination of interest rates on

on municipal rate loans.

1714.6 Interest rate term.

1714.7 Interest rate cap.

1714.8 Hardship rate loans.

1714.9 Prepayment of insured loans.

1714.10-1714.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Terms of Insured Loans**

1714.50-1714.54 \[Reserved\]

1714.55 Advance of funds from insured loans.

1714.56 Fund advance period.

1714.57 Sequence of advances.

1714.58 Amortization of principal.

1714.59 Rescission of loans.

**1717 POST-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMMON**

**TO INSURED AND GUARANTEED ELECTRIC LOANS**

**Subparts A-C \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart D Mergers and Consolidations of**

**Electric Borrowers**

1717.150 General.

1717.151 Definitions.

1717.152 Required documentation for all mergers.

1717.153 Transitional assistance.

1717.154 Transitional assistance in connection

with new loans.

1717.155 Transitional assistance affecting new

and preexisting loans.

1717.156 Transitional assistance affecting

preexisting loans.

1717.157 Requests for transitional assistance.

1717.158 Mergers with borrowers who prepaid

RUS loans.

1717.159 Applications for RUS approvals of mergers.

1717.160 Application contents.

1717.161 Application process.

**Subparts E-F \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart G Federal Pre-emption in Rate Making**

**in Connection With Power Supply**

**Borrowers**

1717.300 Purpose.

1717.301 Policy.

1717.302 Definitions and rules of construction.

1717.303 Requirements of RUS documents.

1717.304 State regulatory authority rate jurisdiction.

1717.305 Pre-emption.

1717.306 RUS required rates.

1717.307 Distribution member rates.

1717.308 RUS approval of nonconforming rates.

1717.309 Additional statutory pre-emption.

**Part Section Subject**

1717.310-1717.349 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart H Federal Pre-emption in Rate Making**

**in Connection With RUS Electric**

**Borrowers in Bankruptcy**

1717.350 Purpose.

1717.351 Policy.

1717.352 Definitions and rules of construction.

1717.353 requirements of RUS documents.

1717.354 Pre-emption.

1717.355 RUS required rates.

1717.356 Additional statutory pre-emption.

**Subpart I-L \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart M Operational Controls**

1717.600 General.

1717.601 Applicability.

1717.602 Definitions.

1717.603 RUS approval of extensions and additions.

1717.604 Long-range engineering plans and construction

work plans.

1717.605 Design standards, plans and specifications,

construction standards, and RUS accepted

materials.

1717.606 Standard forms of construction contracts, and

engineering and architectural services

contracts.

1717.607 Contract bidding requirements.

1717.608 RUS approval of contracts.

1717.609 RUS approval of general manager.

1717.610 RUS approval of compensation of the board

of directors.

1717.611 RUS approval of expenditures for legal,

accounting, engineering, and supervisory

services.

1717.612 RUS approval of borrower's bank or other

depository.

1717.613 RUS approval of data processing and

system control equipment.

1717.614 Notification of rate changes.

1717.615 Consolidations and mergers..

1717.616 Sale, lease, or transfer of capital assets.

1717.617 Limitations on distributions.

**Subpart N Investments, Loans, and Guarantees**

**by Electric Borrowers**

1717.650 Purpose.

1717.651 General.

1717.652 Definitions.

1717.653 Borrowers in default.

1717.654 Transactions below the 15 percent level.

1717.655 Exclusion of certain investments, loans,

and guarantees.

1717.656 Exemption of certain borrowers from controls.

1717.657 Investments above the 15 percent level by

certain borrowers not exempt under section

1717.656(a).

1717.658 Records, reports and audits.

1717.659 Effect of this subpart on RUS loan

contract and mortgage.

**Part Section Subject Part Section Subject**

**Subpart O \[Reserved\]**

1717.700-1717.749 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart P \[Reserved\]**

1717.750-1717.799 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart Q \[Reserved\]**

1717.800-1717.849 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart R Lien Accommodations and**

**Subordinations for 100 Percent**

**Private Financing**

1717.850 General.

1717.851 Definitions.

1717.852 Financing purposes.

1717.853 Loan terms and conditions.

1717.854 Advance approval-100 percent private

financing of distribution, subtransmission

and headquarters facilities, and certain

other community infrastructure.

1717.855 Application contents: Advance approval-100

percent private financing of distribution,

subtransmission and headquarters facilities,

and certain other community infrastructure.

1717.856 Application contents: Normal review-100

percent private financing.

1717.857 Refinancing of existing secured debt-

distribution and power supply borrowers.

1717.858 Lien subordination for rural development

investments.

1717.859 Application process and timeframes.

1717.860 Lien accommodations and subordinations

under section 306E of the RE Act.

1717.861-1717.899 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart S Lien Accommodations for Supplemental**

**Financing Required by 7 CFR 1710.110**

1717.900 Qualification requirements.

1717.901 Early approval.

1717.902 Other RUS requirements.

1717.903 Liability.

1717.904 Exemptions pursuant to section 306E of the

RE Act.

1717.905-1717.949 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart T \[Reserved\]**

1717.950-1717.999 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart U \[Reserved\]**

1717.1000-1717.1049 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart V \[Reserved\]**

1717.1050-1717.1099 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart W \[Reserved\]**

1717.1100-1717.1149 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart X \[Reserved\]**

1717.1150-1717.1199 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart Y Settlement of Debt**

1717.1200 Purpose and scope.

1717.1201 Definitions.

1717.1202 General policy.

1717.1203 Relationship between RUS and Department

of Justice.

**Part Section Subject**

1717.1204 Policies and conditions applicable to

settlements.

1717.1205 Waiver of existing conditions on borrowers.

1717.1206 Loans subsequent to settlement.

1717.1207 RUS obligations under loan guarantees.

1717.1208 Government's rights under loan documents.

**1718 LOAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS FOR ELECTRIC**

**BORROWERS**

**Subpart A General**

1718.1-1718.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Mortgage for Distribution Borrowers**

1718.50 Definitions.

1718.51 Policy.

1718.52 Existing mortgages.

1718.53 rights of other mortgagees.

1718.54 Availability of model mortgage.

APPENDIX A -- Model Form of Mortgage for

Electric Distribution Borrowers

**Subpart C Loan Contracts With Distribution**

**Borrowers**

1718.100 General.

1718.101 Applicability.

1718.102 Definitions.

1718.103 Loan contract provisions.

1718.104 Availability of model loan contract.

APPENDIX A -- Model Form of Loan Contract

for Electric Distribution Borrowers

**1721 POST-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR**

**INSURED ELECTRIC LOANS**

**Subpart A Advance of Funds**

1721.1 Advances.

**Subpart B \[Reserved\]**

**1724 ELECTRIC ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES**

**AND DESIGN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES**

**Subpart A General**

1724.1 Introduction.

1724.2 Waivers.

1724.3 Definitions.

1724.4 Qualifications.

1724.5 Submission of documents to RUS.

1724.6 Insurance requirements.

1724.7 Debarment and suspension.

1724.8 Restrictions on lobbying.

1724.9 Environmental compliance.

1724.10 Standard forms of contracts for borrowers.

1724.11-1724.19 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Architectural Services**

1724.20 Borrowers' requirements-architectural

services.

1724.21 Architectural services contracts.

1724.22-1724.29 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Engineering Services**

1724.30 Borrowers' requirements-engineering services.

1724.31 Engineering services contracts.

1724.32 Inspection and certification of work order

construction.

1724.33-1724.39 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject Part Section Subject**

**Subpart D Electric System Planning**

1724.40 General.

1724.41-1724.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E Electric System Design**

1724.50 Compliance with National Electrical

Safety Code (NESC).

1724.51 Design requirements.

1724.52 Permitted deviations from RUS construction

standards.

1724.53 Preparation of plans and specifications.

1724.54 Requirements for RUS approval of plans

and specifications.

1724.55 Dam safety.

1724.56-1724.69 \[Reserved\]

APPENDIX A -- Hazard Potential Classification

for Civil Works Projects

**Subpart F RUS Contract Forms**

1724.70 Standard forms of contracts for borrowers.

1724.71 Borrower contractual obligations.

1724.72 Notice and publication of listed contract forms.

1724.73 Promulgation of new or revised contract forms.

1724.74 List of electric program standard contract

forms.

1724.75-1724.99 \[Reserved\]

**1726 ELECTRIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION POLICIES**

**AND PROCEDURES**

**Subpart A General**

1726.1-1726.9 \[Reserved\]

1726.10 Introduction.

1726.11 Purpose.

1726.12 Applicability.

1726.13 Waivers.

1726.14 Definitions.

1726.15 "Buy American".

1726.16 Debarment and suspension.

1726.17 Restrictions on lobbying.

1726.18 Preloan contracting.

1726.19 Use of competitive procurement.

1726.20 Standards and specifications.

1726.21 New materials.

1726.22 Methods of construction.

1726.23 Qualification of bidders.

1726.24 Standard forms of contracts for borrowers.

1726.25 Subcontracts.

1726.26 Interest on overdo accounts.

1726.27 Contractor's bonds.

1726.28-1726.34 \[Reserved\]

1726.35 Submission of documents to RUS.

1726.36 Documents subject to RUS approval.

1726.37 OMB control number.

1726.38-1726.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Distribution Facilities**

1726.50 Distribution line materials and equipment.

1726.51 Distribution line construction.

1726.52-1726.74 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Substation and Transmission Facilities**

1726.75 General.

**Part Section** **Subject**

1726.76 Substation and transmission line materials

and equipment.

1726.77 Substation and transmission line construction.

1726.78-1726.124 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D Generation Facilities**

1726.125 Generating plant facilities.

1726.126-1726.149 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E Buildings**

1726.150 Headquarters buildings.

1726.151-1726.174 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart F General Plant**

1726.175 General plant materials.

1726.176 Communications and control facilities.

1726.177-1726.199 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart G Procurement Procedures**

1726.200 General requirements.

1726.201 Formal competitive bidding.

1726.202 Informal competitive bidding.

1726.203 Multiparty negotiation.

1726.204 Multiparty unit price quotations.

1726.205 Multiparty lump sum quotations.

1726.206-1726.249 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart H Modifications to RUS Standard**

**Contract Forms**

1726.250 General.

1726.251 Prior approved contract modification related

to price escalation on transmission equipment,

generation equipment, and generation

construction contracts.

1726.252 Prior approved contract modification related

to liability for special and consequential

damages.

1726.253 Prior approved contract modification related to

alternative bid provision for payment to

contractor for bulk purchase of materials.

1726.254 Prior approved contract modifications related to

RUS approval of contracts and amendments

and modified bidding requirements.

1726.255 Prior approved contract modifications related

to indemnification.

1726.256-1726.299 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart I RUS Standard Forms**

1726.300 Standard forms of contracts for borrowers.

1726.301 Borrower contractual obligations.

1726.302 Notice and publication of listed contract forms.

1726.303 Promulgation of new or revised contract forms.

1726.304 List of electric program standard contract

forms.

1726.305-1726.399 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart J Contract Closeout**

1726.400 Final contract amendment.

1726.401 Material contract closeout.

1726.402 Equipment contract closeout.

1726.403 Project construction contract closeout.

1726.404 Non-site specific construction contract

closeout.

1726.405 Inventory of work orders (RUS Form 219).

**Part Section Subject**

**1728 ELECTRIC STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS**

**FOR MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION**

1728.10 General purpose and scope.

1728.20 Establishment of standards and

specifications.

1728.30 Inclusion of an item for listing or

technical acceptance.

1728.40 Procedure for submission of a proposal.

1728.50 Removal of an from listing or technical

acceptance.

1728.60 List of materials and equipment.

1728.70 Procurement of materials.

1728.97 Incorporation by reference of electric

standards and specifications.

1728.201 RUS Bulletin 1728H-701, RUS Specification

for Wood Crossarms (Solid and Laminated),

Transmission Timbers and Pole Keys.

1728.202 RUS Bulletin 1728H-702, RUS Specification

for Quality Control and Inspection of

Timber Products.

**1730 ELECTRIC SYSTEM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE**

**Subpart A General**

1730.1 Introduction.

1730.2 RUS policy.

1730.3 RUS addresses.

1730.4 Definitions.

1730.5-1730.19 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Operations and Maintenance Requirements**

1730.20 General.

1730.21 Inspections and tests.

1730.22 Borrower analysis.

1730.23 Review rating summary, RUS Form 300.

1730.24 RUS review and evaluation.

1730.25 Corrective action.

1730.26 Engineer's certification.

1730.27-1730.99 \[Reserved\]

APPENDIX A -- Review Rating Summary,

RUS Form 300

**1735 GENERAL POLICIES, TYPES OF LOANS, LOAN**

**REQUIREMENTS-TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM**

**Subpart A General**

1735.1 General statement.

1735.2 Definitions.

1735.3 Availability of forms.

1735.4-1735.9 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Loan Purposes and Basic Policies**

1735.10 General.

1735.11 Area coverage.

1735.12 Nonduplication.

1735.13 Location of facilities and service for nonrural

subscribers.

1735.14 Borrower eligibility.

1735.15 Civil rights.

1735.16 Minimum loan amount.

1735.17 Facilities financed.

1735.18 Additional equity.

1735.19 Mergers and consolidations.

**Part Section Subject**

1735.20 Acquisitions.

1735.21 Refinancing loans.

1735.22 Loan security.

1735.23-1735.29 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Types of Loans**

1735.30 Hardship loans.

1735.31 RUS cost-of-money and RTB loans.

1735.32 Guaranteed loans.

1735.33 Variable interest rate loans.

1735.34-1735.39 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D Terms of Loans**

1735.40 General.

1735.41 Notes.

1735.42 \[Reserved\]

1735.43 Payments on loans.

1735.44 Prepayment premiums.

1735.45 Extension of payments.

1735.46 Loan security documents.

1735.47 Rescissions of loans.

1735.48-1735.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E Basic Requirements for Loan Approval**

1735.50 Administrative findings.

1735.51 Required findings.

1735.52 Findings required for particular loan purposes.

1735.53-1735.59 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart F Mortgage Controls on Acquisitions**

**and Mergers**

1735.60 Specific provisions.

1735.61 Approval criteria.

1735.62 Approval of acquisitions and mergers.

1735.63-1735.69 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart G Acquisitions Involving Loan Funds**

1735.70 Use of loan funds.

1735.71 Nonrural areas.

1735.72 Acquisition agreement.

1735.73 Loan design.

1735.74 Submission of data.

1735.75 Interim financing.

1735.76 Acquisition of affiliates.

1735.77 Release of loan funds, requisitions, advances.

1735.78-1735.79 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart H Acquisitions or Mergers Not Involving**

**Additional Loan Funds**

1735.80 Submission of data.

1735.81-1735.89 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart I Requirements for All Acquisitions**

**and Mergers**

1735.90 Preliminary approvals.

1735.91 Location of facilities.

1735.92 Accounting considerations.

1735.93 Notes.

1735.94 Final approval and closing procedure.

1735.95 Unadvanced loan funds.

1735.97-1735.99 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart J Toll Line Acquisitions**

1735.100 Use of loan funds.

1735.101 With nonloan funds.

**Part Section Subject**

**1737 PRE-LOAN PROCURES COMMON TO INSURED AND**

**GUARANTEED TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS**

**Subpart A General**

1737.1 General statement.

1737.2 Definitions.

1737.3 Availability of RUS forms.

1737.4-1737.9 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Preapplication Stage**

1737.10 Initial contact.

1737.11 Preapplication determinations.

1737.12-1737.19 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C The Loan Application**

1737.20 \[Reserved\]

1737.21 The completed loan application.

1737.22 Supplementary information.

1737.23-1737.29 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D Preloan Studies-Area Coverage Survey**

**and Loan Design**

1737.30 General.

1737.31 Area Coverage Survey (ACS).

1737.32 Loan Design (LD).

1737.33-1737.39 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E Interim Financing of Construction of**

**Telephone Facilities**

1737.40 General.

1737.41 Procedure for obtaining approval.

1737.42 Procedure for construction.

1737.43-1737.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart F Review of Application Procedures**

1737.50 Review of completed loan application.

1737.51 Approval of loan design.

1737.52-1737.59 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart G Project Cost Estimation Procedures**

1737.60 Telephone loan budget.

1737.61 Cost allocation for rural and nonrural areas.

1737.62-1737.69 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart H Feasibility Determination Procedures**

1737.70 Description of feasibility study.

1737.71 Interest rate to be considered for the

purpose of assessing feasibility for loans.

1737.72-1737.79 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart I Characteristics Letter**

1737.80 Description of characteristics letter.

1737.81-1737.89 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart J Final Loan Approval Procedures**

1737.90 Loan approval requirements.

1737.91 Approval.

1737.92 Loan documents.

1737.93-1737.99 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart K Release of Funds Procedure**

1737.100 Prerequisites to the release and advance

of funds.

1737.101 Amounts spent for preloan activities.

1737.102-1737.109 \[Reserved\]

**1741 PRE-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR INSURED**

**TELEPHONE LOANS \[RESERVED\]**

**Part Section Subject**

**1744 POST-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMMON**

**TO GUARANTEED AND INSURED TELEPHONE LOANS**

**Subpart A \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart B Lien Accommodations and Subordination**

**Policy**

1744.20 General.

1744.21 Definitions.

1744.22-1744.29 \[Reserved\]

1744.30 Automatic lien accommodations.

1744.31-1744.39 \[Reserved\]

1744.40 Act purposes.

1744.41-1744.49 \[Reserved\]

1744.50 Non-act purposes.

1744.51-1744.54 \[Reserved\]

1744.55 Application procedures.

1744.56-1744.59 \[Reserved\]

APPENDIX A -- STATEMENT,

CERTIFICATION, AND AGEEMENT OF

BORROWER'S PRESIDENT OF BOARD

OF DIRECTORS REGARDING

REFINANCING AND REFUNDING NOTES

PURSUANT TO 7 CFR 1744.30(c)

APPENDIX B -- CERTIFICATION OF

INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC

ACCOUNTANT REGARDING NOTES

TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO

7 CFR 1744.30(c)

APPENDIX C -- STATEMENT,

CERTIFICATION, AND AGREEMENT OF

BORROWER'S PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF

DIRECTORS REGARDING NOTES TO BE

ISSUED PURSUANT TO 7 CFR 1744.30(d)

APPENDIX D -- CERTIFICATION OF

INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC

ACCOUNTANT REGARDING NOTES TO BE

ISSUED PURSUANT TO 7 CFR 1744.30

APPENDIX E -- STATEMENT,

CERTIFICATION, AND AGREEMENT OF

BORROWER'S PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF

DIRECTORS REGARDING NOTES TO BE

ISSUED PURSUANT TO 7 CFR 1744.30(e)

APPENDIX F -- FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL

MORTGAGE

**Subpart C Advance and Disbursement of Funds**

1744.60 General.

1744.61 \[Reserved\]

1744.62 Introduction.

1744.63 The telephone loan budget.

1744.64 Budget adjustment.

1744.65 The construction fund.

1744.66 The financial requirement statement (FRS).

1744.67 Temporary excess construction funds.

1744.68 Order and method of advances of telephone

loan funds.

1744.69 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D \[Reserved\]**

**Part Section Subject**

**Subpart E Borrower Investments**

1744.200 General statement.

1744.201 Definitions.

1744.202 Borrowers may make qualified investments

without prior approval of the Administrator.

1744.203 Establishing amount of rural development

investment.

1744.204 Rural development investments that do not

meet the ratio requirements.

1744.205 Determinations and application of limitations

described in section 1744.202.

1744.206 Effect of subsequent failure to maintain ratios.

1744.207 Investment not to jeopardize loan security.

1744.208 Rural development investments before

November 28, 1990.

1744.209 Records.

1744.210 Effect of this subpart on RUS loan contract

and mortgage.

**1748 POST-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR**

**INSURED TELEPHONE LOANS-\[RESERVED\]**

**1751 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PLANNING AND**

**DESIGN CRITERIA, AND PROCEDURES**

**Subpart A \[Reserved\]**

1751.1-1751.99 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B State Telecommunications**

**Modernization Plan**

1751.100 Definitions.

1751.101 General.

1751.102 Modernization Plan Developer; eligibility.

1751.103 Loan and loan advance requirements.

1751.104 Obtaining RUS approval of a proposed

Modernization Plan.

1751.105 Amending a Modernization Plan.

1751.106 Modernization Plan; requirements.

**1753 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION**

**POLICIES AND PROCEDURES**

**Subpart A General**

1753.1 General.

1753.2 Definitions.

1753.3 Preconstruction review.

1753.4 Major and minor construction.

1753.5 Methods of major construction.

1753.6 Standards, specifications, and general

requirements.

1753.7 Plans and specifications (P&S).

1753.8 Contract construction procedures.

1753.9 Subcontracts.

1753.10 Preconstruction conference.

1753.11 Contract amendments.

1753.12-1753.14 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Engineering Services**

1753.15 General.

1753.16 Architectural services.

1753.17 Engineering services.

1753.18 Engineer and architect contract closeout

certifications.

1753.19-1753.20 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject**

**Subpart C \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart D Construction of Buildings**

1753.25 General.

1753.26 Plans and specifications (P&S).

1753.27 Bidding procedure.

1753.28 Contract amendments.

1753.29 Force account procedures.

1753.30 Closeout procedures.

1753.31-1753.35 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E Purchase and Installation of Central**

**Office Equipment**

1753.36 General.

1753.37 Plans and specifications (P&S).

1753.38 Procurement procedures.

1753.39 Closeout documents.

1753.40-1753.45 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart F Outside Plant Major Construction**

**by Contract**

1753.46 General.

1753.47 Plans and specifications (P&S).

1753.48 Procurement procedures.

1753.49 Closeout documents.

1753.50-1753.55 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart G Outside Plant Major Construction**

**by Force Account**

1753.56 General.

1753.57 Procedures.

1753.58 Closeout documents.

1753.59-1753.65 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart H Purchase and Installation of**

**Special Equipment**

1753.66 General.

1753.67 Contracts and specifications.

1753.68 Purchasing special equipment.

1753.69-1753.75 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart I Minor Construction**

1753.76 General.

1753.77 Methods of minor construction.

1753.78 Construction by contract.

1753.79 Construction by force account.

1753.80 Minor construction procedure.

1753.81 Inspection and certification.

1753.82 Minor construction closeout.

1753.83-1753.90 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart J Construction Certification Program**

1753.91 General.

1753.92 Policies and requirements.

1753.93 Responsibilities.

1753.94 Procedures.

1753.95 Advance of loan funds.

1753.96 Certification addendum.

1753.97-1753.99 \[Reserved\]

**1755 TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS AND**

**SPECIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT**

**AND CONSTRUCTION**

1755.1-1755.2 \[Reserved\]

1755.3 Field trials.

**Part Section Subject**

1755.4-1755.25 \[Reserved\]

1755.26 RUS standard contract forms.

1755.27 Borrower contractual obligations.

1755.28 Notice and publication of listed

contract forms.

1755.29 Promulgation of new or revised

contract forms.

1755.30 List of telecommunications standard

contract forms.

1755.31-1755.96 \[Reserved\]

1755.97 Incorporation by reference of

telecommunications standards and

specifications.

1755.98 List of telecommunications specifications

included in other 7 CFR parts.

1755.99-1755.199 \[Reserved\]

1755.200 RUS standard for splicing copper and

fiber optic cables.

1755.201-1755.369 \[Reserved\]

1755.370 RUS specification for seven wire

galvanized steel strand.

1755.371-1755.389 \[Reserved\]

1755.390 RUS specification for filled telephone cables.

1755.391-1755.396 \[Reserved\]

1755.397 RUS performance specification for

line concentrators.

1755.398-1755.399 \[Reserved\]

1755.400 RUS standard for acceptance tests and

measurements of telecommunications

plant.

1755.401 Scope.

1755.402 Ground resistance measurements.

1755.403 Copper cable telecommunications

plant measurements.

1755.404 Fiber optic cable telecommunications

plant measurements.

1755.405 Voiceband data transmission measurements.

1755.406 Shield or armor ground resistance

measurements.

1755.407 Data formats.

1755.408-1755.499 \[Reserved\]

1755.500 RUS standard for service installations at

customer access locations.

1755.501 Definitions applicable to sections 1755.501

through 1755.510.

1755.502 Scope.

1755.503 General.

1755.504 Demarcation point.

1755.505 Buried services.

1755.506 Aerial wire services.

1755.507 Aerial cable services.

1755.508 Customer access location protection.

1755.509 Mobile homes.

1755.510 Construction and assembly unit drawings.

1755.511-1755.521 \[Reserved\]

1755.522 RUS general specification for digital, stored

program controlled central office equipment.

**Part Section Subject**

1755.5.23-1755.699 \[Reserved\]

1755.700 RUS specification for aerial service wires.

1755.701 Scope.

1755.702 Copper coated steel reinforced (CCSR)

aerial service wire.

1755.703 Nonmetallic reinforced (NMR) aerial

service wire.

1755.704 Requirements applicable to both CCSR

and NMR aerial service wires.

1755.705-1755.859 \[Reserved\]

1755.860 RUS specification for filled buried wires.

1755.861-1755.869 \[Reserved\]

1755.870 RUS specification for terminating cables.

1755.871-1755.889 \[Reserved\]

1755.890 RUS specification for filled telephone

cables with expanded insulation.

1755.900 RUS specification for filled fiber

optic cables.

1755.910 RUS specification for outside plant housings

and serving area interface systems.

**1757 TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND**

**MAINTENANCE \[RESERVED\]**

**1767 ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS FOR RUS**

**ELECTRIC BORROWERS**

**Subpart A \[Reserved\]**

1767.1-1767.9 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Uniform System of Accounts**

1767.10 Definitions.

1767.11 Purpose.

1767.12 Accounting system requirements.

1767.13 Departures from the prescribed RUS

Uniform System of Accounts.

1767.14 Interpretations of the RUS Uniform

System of Accounts.

1767.15 General instructions.

1767.16 Electric plant instructions.

1767.17 Operating expense instructions.

1767.18 Assets and other debits.

1767.19 Liabilities and other credits.

1767.20 Plant accounts.

1767.21 Operating income.

1767.22 Other income and deductions.

1767.23 Interest charges.

1767.24 Extraordinary items.

1767.25 Retained earnings.

1767.26 Operating revenue.

1767.27 Operation and maintenance expenses.

1767.28 Customer accounts expenses.

1767.29 Customer service and informational

expenses.

1767.30 Sales expenses.

1767.31 Administrative and general expenses.

1767.32-1767.40 \[Reserved\]

1767.41 Accounting methods and procedures

required of all RUS borrowers.

1767.42-1767.45 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject**

**Subpart C Depreciation Rates and**

**Procedures \[Reserved\]**

1767.46-1767.65 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D Preservation of Records \[Reserved\]**

1767.66-1767.85 \[Reserved\]

**1770 ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS FOR RUS**

**TELEPHONE BORROWERS**

**Subpart A General Provisions**

1770.1-1770.9 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Uniform System of Accounts**

1770.10 General.

1770.11 Accounting system requirements.

1770.12 Supplementary requirements.

1770.13 Accounting requirements.

1770.14 Continuing property records.

1770.15 Supplementary accounts required

for all borrowers.

1770.16 Supplementary accounts required of

nonprofit organizations.

1770.17-1770.25 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Accounting Interpretations**

**BORROWERS**

**Subpart A General Provisions**

1770.1-1770.9 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Uniform System of Accounts**

1770.10 General.

1770.11 Accounting system requirements.

1770.12 Supplementary accounts.

1770.13 Accounting requirements.

1770.14 Continuing property records.

1770.15 Supplementary accounts required of all

borrowers.

1770.16 Supplementary accounts required of

nonprofit organizations.

1770.17-1770.25 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Accounting Interpretations**

1770.26 General.

1770.27 Definitions.

1770.28-1770.45 \[Reserved\]

APPENDIX -- ACCOUNTING METHODS

AND PROCEDURES REQUIRED OF

ALL BORROWERS

**1773 POLICY ON AUDITS OF RUS BORROWERS**

**Subpart A General Provisions**

1773.1 General.

1773.2 Definitions.

**Subpart B RUS Audit Requirements**

1773.3 Annual audit.

1773.4 Borrower responsibilities.

1773.5 Qualifications of CPA.

1773.6 Auditor communication.

1773.7 Audit standards.

1773.8 Audit date.

1773.9 Disclosure of fraud, illegal acts, and other

noncompliance.

1773.10 Access to audit-related documents.

1773.11-1773.19 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject**

**Subpart C RUS Requirements for the Submission**

**and Review of the Auditor's Report,**

**Report on Compliance and on**

**Internal Control Over Financial Reporting,**

**and Management Letter**

1773.20 CPA's submission of the auditor's report,

report on compliance, report on compliance

and on internal controls over financial

reporting, and management letter.

1773.21 Borrower's review and submission of the

auditor's report, report on compliance and on

internal control over financial reporting, and

management letter.

1773.22-1773.29 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D RUS Reporting Requirements**

1773.30 General.

1773.31 Auditor's report.

1773.32 Report on compliance and on internal control

over financial reporting.

1773.33 Management letter.

1773.34-1773.37 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E RUS Required Audit Procedures and**

**Documentation**

1773.38 Scope of engagement.

1773.39 Utility plant and accumulated depreciation.

1773.40 Regulatory assets.

1773.41 Extraordinary retirement losses.

1773.42 Clearing accounts.

1773.43 Capital and equity accounts.

1773.44 Long-term debt.

1773.45 Regulatory liabilities.

1773.46-1773.49 \[Reserved\]

**1775 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING**

**GRANTS**

1775.1 General.

1775.2 \[Reserved\]

1775.3 Objectives.

1775.4 Definitions.

1775.5 Source of funds.

1775.6 Allocation of funds.

1775.7 Eligibility.

1775.8 Purpose.

1775.9 \[Reserved\]

1775.10 Limitations.

1775.11 Equal opportunity requirements.

1775.12 Environmental requirements.

1775.13 Preapplications.

1775.14 Priority.

1775.15 \[Reserved\]

1775.16 Application processing.

1775.17 \[Reserved\]

1775.18 Grant approval and obligation of funds.

1775.19 Fidelity bond.

1775.20-1775.21 \[Reserved\]

1775.22 Fund disbursement.

1775.23 Grant cancellation or major changes.

1775.24 Reporting.

**Part Section Subject**

1775.25 Audit.

1775.26 Grant agreement.

1775.27 Grant servicing.

1775.28 Delegation of authority.

1775.29-1775.99 \[Reserved\]

1775.100 OMB control number.

**1777 SECTION 306C WWD LOANS AND GRANTS**

1777.1 General.

1777.2 \[Reserved\]

1777.3 Objective.

1777.4 Definitions.

1777.5-1777.10 \[Reserved\]

1777.11 Making, processing, and servicing

loans and grants.

1777.12 Eligibility.

1777.13 Project priority.

1777.14-1777.20 \[Reserved\]

1777.21 Use of funds.

1777.22-1777.30 \[Reserved\]

1777.31 Rates.

1777.32-1777.40 \[Reserved\]

1777.41 Individual loans and grants.

1777.42 Delegation of authority.

1777.43 Bulletins.

1777.44-1777.99 \[Reserved\]

1777.100 OMB control number.

**1778 EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE**

**GRANTS**

1778.1 General.

1778.2 \[Reserved\]

1778.3 Objective.

1778.4 Definitions.

1778.5 \[Reserved\]

1778.6 Eligibility.

1778.7 Project priority.

1778.8 \[Reserved\]

1778.9 Uses.

1778.10 Restrictions.

1778.11 Maximum grants.

1778.12 \[Reserved\]

1778.13 Set-aside.

1778.14 Other considerations.

1778.15-1778.20 \[Reserved\]

1778.21 Application processing.

1778.22 Planning development and procurement.

1778.23 Grant closing and disbursement of funds.

1778.24-1778.30 \[Reserved\]

1778.31 Performing development.

1778.32 Grant cancellation.

1778.33 \[Reserved\]

1778.34 Grant servicing.

1778.35 Subsequent grants.

1778.36 \[Reserved\]

1778.37 Forms, instructions and bulletins.

1778.38-1778.99 \[Reserved\]

1778.100 OMB control number.

**Part Section Subject**

**1779 WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAMS**

**GUARANTEED LOANS**

1779.1 General.

1779.2 Definitions.

1779.3 Full faith and credit.

1779.4 Conditions of guarantee.

1779.5-1779.7 \[Reserved\]

1779.8 Access to lender's records.

1779.9 Environmental requirements.

1779.10-1779.11 \[Reserved\]

1779.12 Inspections.

1779.13 Appeals.

1779.14-1779.16 \[Reserved\]

1779.17 Exception authority.

1779.18-1779.19 \[Reserved\]

1779.20 Eligibility.

1779.21-1779.23 \[Reserved\]

1779.24 Eligible loan purposes.

1779.25 Ineligible loan purposes.

1779.26 \[Reserved\]

1779.27 Eligible lenders.

1779.28 Transfer of lenders or borrowers (prior

to issuance of Loan Note Guarantee).

1779.29 Fees and charges by lender.

1779.30 Loan guarantee limitations.

1779.31-1779.32 \[Reserved\]

1779.33 Interest rates.

1779.34 Terms of loan repayment.

1779.35-1779.36 \[Reserved\]

1779.37 Insurance and fidelity bonds.

1779.38-1779.41 \[Reserved\]

1779.42 Design and construction requirements.

1779.43 Other Federal, State, and local requirements.

1779.44-1779.46 \[Reserved\]

1779.47 Economic feasibility requirements.

1779.48 Security.

1779.49-1779.51 \[Reserved\]

1779.52 Processing.

1779.53 Evaluation of application.

1779.54-1779.58 \[Reserved\]

1779.59 Review of requirements.

1779.60-1779.62 \[Reserved\]

1779.63 Conditions precedent to issuance of the

Loan Note Guarantee.

1779.64 Issuance of Lender's Agreement, Loan

Note Guarantee, and Assignment

Guarantee Agreement.

1779.65 Lender's sale or assignment of the

guaranteed portion of loan.

1779.66-1779.68 \[Reserved\]

1779.69 Loan servicing.

1779.70-1779.72 \[Reserved\]

1779.73 Replacement of loss, theft, destruction,

mutilation, or defacement of Loan Note

Guarantee or Assignment Guarantee

Agreement.

1779.74 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject**

1779.75 Defaults by borrower.

1779.76-1779.77 \[Reserved\]

1779.78 Repurchase of loan.

1779.79 \[Reserved\]

1779.80 Interest rate changes after loan closing.

1779.81 Liquidation.

1779.82 \[Reserved\]

1779.83 Protective advances.

1779.84 Additional loans or advances.

1779.85 Bankruptcy.

1779.86-1779.87 \[Reserved\]

1779.88 Transfer and assumptions.

1779.89 Mergers.

1779.90 Disposition of acquired property.

1779.91-1779.93 \[Reserved\]

1779.94 Determination and payment of loss.

1779.95 Future recovery.

1779.96 Termination of Loan Note Guarantee.

1779.97-1779.99 \[Reserved\]

1779.100 OMB control number.

**1780 WATER AND WASTE LOANS AND GRANTS**

**Subpart A General Policies and Requirements**

1780.1 General.

1780.2 Purpose.

1780.3 Definitions and grammatical rules

of construction.

1780.4 Availability of forms and regulations.

1780.5 \[Reserved\]

1780.6 Application information.

1780.7 Eligibility.

1780.8 \[Reserved\]

1780.9 Eligible loan and grant purposes.

1780.10 Limitations.

1780.11 Service area requirements.

1780.12 \[Reserved\]

1780.13 Rates and terms.

1780.14 Security.

1780.15 Other Federal, State, and local requirements.

1780.16 \[Reserved\]

1780.17 Selection priorities and process.

1780.18 Allocation of program funds.

1780.19 Public information.

1780.20-1780.23 \[Reserved\]

1780.24 Approval authorities.

1780.25 Exception authority.

1780.26-1780.30 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Loan and Grant Application Processing**

1780.31 General.

1780.32 Timeframes for application processing.

1780.33 Application requirements.

1780.34 \[Reserved\]

1780.35 Processing office review.

1780.36 Approving official review.

1780.37 Applications determined ineligible.

1780.38 \[Reserved\]

1780.39 Application processing.

1780.40 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject**

1780.41 Loan or grant approval.

1780.42 Transfer of obligations.

1780.43 \[Reserved\]

1780.44 Actions prior to loan or grant closing or start

of construction, whichever occurs first.

1780.45 Loan and grant closing and delivery of funds.

1780.46 \[Reserved\]

1780.47 Borrower accounting methods, management

reporting and audits.

1780.48 Regional commission grants.

1780.49 Rural or Native Alaskan villages.

1780.50-1780.52 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Planning, Designing, Bidding, Contracting,**

**Constructing and Inspections**

1780.53 General.

1780.54 Technical services.

1780.55 Preliminary engineering reports and

Environmental Reports.

1780.56 \[Reserved\]

1780.57 Design policies.

1780.58-1780.60 \[Reserved\]

1780.61 Construction contracts.

1780.62 Utility purchase contracts.

1780.63 Sewage treatment and bulk water

sales contracts.

1780.64-1780.66 \[Reserved\]

1780.67 Performing construction.

1780.68 Owner's contractual responsibility.

1780.69 \[Reserved\]

1780.70 Owner's procurement regulations.

1780.71 \[Reserved\]

1780.72 Procurement methods.

1780.73 \[Reserved\]

1780.74 Contracts awarded prior to applications.

1780.75 Contract provisions.

1780.76 Contract administration.

1780.77-1780.79 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D Information Pertaining to Preparation of**

**Notes or Bonds and Bond Transcript**

**Documents for Public Body Applicants**

1780.80 General.

1780.81 Policies related to use of bond counsel.

1780.82 \[Reserved\]

1780.83 Bond transcript documents.

1780.84-1780.86 \[Reserved\]

1780.87 Permanent instruments for Agency loans.

1780.88 \[Reserved\]

1780.89 Multiple advances of Agency funds using

permanent instruments.

1780.90 Multiple advances of Agency funds using

temporary debt instruments.

1780.91-1780.93 \[Reserved\]

1780.94 Minimum bond specifications.

1780.95 Public bidding on bonds.

1780.97-1780.100 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject**

**1781 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT**

**(RCD) LOANS AND WATERSHED (WS) LOANS AND**

**ADVANCES**

1781.1 Purpose.

1781.2 Policy.

1781.3 Authorities, responsibilities, and delegation

of authority.

1781.4 Definitions.

1781.5 Eligibility.

1781.6 Loan purposes.

1781.7 Loan and advance limitations and obligations

incurred before loan closing.

1781.8 Rates and terms-WS loans and WS advances

and RCD loans.

1781.9 Security, feasibility, evidence of debt, title,

insurance, and other requirements.

1781.10 \[Reserved\]

1781.11 Other considerations.

1781.12 Preapplication and application processing.

1781.13 \[Reserved\]

1781.14 Planning, options, and appraisals.

1781.15 Planning and performing development.

1781.16 \[Reserved\]

1781.17 Docket preparation and processing.

1781.18 Feasibility.

1781.19 Approval, closing, and cancellation.

1781.20 Disbursement of WS and RCD loan funds

and WS advance funds.

1781.21 Borrower accounting methods, management,

reporting, and audits.

1781.22 Subsequent loans.

1781.23 Servicing.

1781.24 State supplements and availability of bulletins,

instructions, forms, and memorandums.

1781.25-1781.100 \[Reserved\]

**1785 LOAN ACCOUNT COMPUTATIONS, PROCEDURES**

**AND POLICIES FOR ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE**

**BORROWERS**

**Subpart A {Reserved}**

**Subpart B RUS Cushion of Credit Account**

**Computations and Procedures**

1785.66 General.

1785.67 Definitions.

1785.68 Establishing an RUS cushion of credit

payment account.

1785.69 Cushion of credit payment account

computations.

1785.70 Application of RETRF cushion of

credit payments.

**1786 PREPAYMENT OF RUS GUARANTEED AND INSURED**

**LOANS TO ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE BORROWERS**

**Subpart A General \[Reserved\]**

1786.1-1786.24 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Prepayment of RUS Guaranteed Federal**

**Financing Bank Loans Pursuant to**

**Section 306(A) of the RE Act**

1786.25 Purpose.

**Part Section Subject**

1786.26 Policy.

1786.27 Definitions and rules of construction.

1786.28 Qualifications.

1786.29 Prepayment authority, program allocations,

categories of prepayment applications and

financially distressed borrowers' reserve.

1786.30 Processing procedure.

1786.31 Application procedure.

1786.32 Settlement procedure.

1786.33 Forms.

1786.34 Access to records of lenders, servicers,

and trustees.

1786.35 Loss, theft, destruction, mutilation, or

defacement of RUS guarantee.

1786.36 Other prepayments.

1786.37 Application of regulation to previous

prepayments.

1786.38 Judicial review.

1786.39-1786.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Special Discounted Prepayments on**

**RUS Direct/Insured Loans**

1786.50 Purpose.

1786.51 Definitions.

1786.52 Prepayment.

1786.53 Discounted present value.

1786.54 Eligibility criteria.

1786.55 Application procedure.

1786.56 Approval of applications.

1786.57 Prepayment agreement.

1786.58 Security.

1786.59 Loan fund audit.

1786.60 Closing.

1786.61 Other prepayments.

1786.62-1786.74 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart E Discounted Prepayments on RUS Notes**

**in the Event of a Merger of Certain RUS**

**Electric Borrowers**

1786.95 Purpose.

1786.96 Definitions.

1786.97 Prepayment.

1786.98 Discounted present value.

1786.99 Eligibility criteria.

1786.100 Application procedure.

1786.101 Approval of applications.

1786.102 Prepayment agreement.

1786.103 Security.

1786.104 Loan fund audit.

1786.105 Closing.

1786.106 Other prepayments.

APPENDIX A -- LISTING OF ELIGIBLE

BORROWERS

APPENDIX B -- FEDERAL RESERVE

STATISTICAL RELEASE

**Subpart F Discounted Prepayments on RUS**

**Electric Loans**

1786.150 Purpose.

**Part Section Subject**

1786.151 Definitions and rules of construction.

1786.152 Prepayments of RUS loans.

1786.153 Discounted present value.

1786.154 Qualified Notes.

1786.155 Eligible borrower.

1786.156 Application procedure.

1786.157 Approval of application.

1786.158 Terms and conditions of prepayment

agreement.

1786.159 Initial closing.

1786.160 Subsequent closings.

1786.161 Return of Qualified Notes and

release of lien.

1786.162 Outstanding loan documents.

1786.163 Existing wholesale power contracts.

1786.164 Loan fund audit.

1786.165 Reporting.

1786.166 Approvals.

1786.167 Restrictions to additional RUS

financing.

1786.168 Borrowers who prepaid under this

part prior to October 21, 1992.

1786.169 Liability.

1786.170 Prepayment of loans approved after

December 20, 1993. \[Reserved\]

1786.171-1786.199 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart G Refinancing and Prepayment of**

**RUS Guaranteed FFB Loans**

**Pursuant to Section 306(C) of**

**The RE Act**

1786.200 Purpose.

1786.201 Definitions and rules of construction.

1786.202 Prepayment and refinancing of RUS

guaranteed FFB loans.

1786.203 Special considerations.

1786.204 Limitations.

1786.205 Application procedure.

1786.206 Refinancing note.

1786.207 Prepayment premium.

1786.208 Increased principal.

1786.209 Outstanding loan documents.

1786.210 Approvals.

**1788 RUS FIDELITY AND INSURANCE**

**REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC AND**

**TELECOMMUNICATIONS BORROWERS**

**Subpart A Borrower Insurance Requirements**

1788.1 General and definitions.

1788.2 General insurance requirements.

1788.3 Flood insurance.

1788.4 Disclosure of irregularities and illegal acts.

1788.5 RUS endorsement required.

1788.6 RUS right to place insurance.

1788.7-1788.10 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Insurance for Contractors, Engineers,**

**and Architects, Electric Borrowers**

1788.11 Minimum insurance requirements for

contractors, engineers, and architects.

**Part Section Subject**

1788.12 Contractors' bonds.

**Subpart C Insurance for Contractors, Engineers,**

**and Architects, Telecommunications**

**Borrowers**

1788.46 General.

1788.47 Policy requirements.

1788.48 Contract insurance requirements.

1788.49 Contractors' bond requirements.

1788.50 Acceptable sureties.

1788.51-1788.53 \[Reserved\]

1788.54 Compliance with contracts.

1788.55 Providing RUS evidence.

**1789 USE OF CONSULTANTS FUNDED BY BORROWERS**

**Subpart A Policy and Procedures With Respect to**

**Consultant Services Funded by**

**Borrowers-General**

1789.150 Purpose.

1789.151 Definitions.

1789.152 Policy.

1789.153 Borrower funding.

1789.154 Eligible borrowers.

1789\. 155 Approval criteria.

1789.156 Proposal procedure.

1789.157 Consultant contract.

1789.158 Implementation.

1789.159 Contract administration.

1789.160 Access to information.

1789.161 Conflicts of interest.

1789.162 Indemnification agreement.

1789.163 Waiver.

1789.164-1789.165 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart B Escrow Account Funding and Payments**

1789.166 Terms and conditions of funding agreement.

1789.167 Terms and conditions of escrow agreement.

1789.168-1789.175 \[Reserved\]

**1792 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER FEDERAL STATUES,**

**REGULATIONS, AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS**

**Subpart A \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart B \[Reserved\]**

**Subpart C Seismic Safety of Federally Assisted**

**New Building Construction**

1792.101 General.

1792.102 Definitions.

1792.103 Seismic design and construction standards

for new buildings.

1792.104 Seismic acknowledgments.

**1794 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES**

**Subpart A General**

1794.1 Purpose.

1794.2 Authority.

1794.3 Actions requiring environmental review.

1794.4 Metric units.

1794.5 Responsible officials.

1794.6 Definitions.

1794.7 Guidance.

1794.8-1794.9 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject**

**Subpart B Implementation of the National**

**Environmental Policy Act**

1794.10 Applicant responsibilities.

1794.11 Apply NEPA early in the planning

process.

1794.12 Considerations of alternatives.

1794.13 Public involvement.

1794.14 Interagency involvement and

coordination.

1794.15 Limitations on actions during the NEPA

process.

1794.16 Tiering.

1794.17 Mitigation.

1794.18-1794.19 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart C Classification of Proposals**

1794.20 Control.

1994.21 Categorically excluded proposals without

an ER.

1794.22 Categorically excluded proposals requiring

an ER.

1794.23 Proposals normally requiring an EA.

1794.24 Proposals normally requiring an EA

with scoping.

1794.25 Proposals normally requiring an EIS.

1794.26-1794.29 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart D Procedure for Categorical Exclusions**

1794.30 General.

1794.31 Classification.

1794.32 Environmental report.

1794.33 Agency action.

1794.34-1794.39 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E Procedure for Environmental**

**Assessments**

1794.40 General.

1794.41 Document requirements.

1794.42 Notice of availability.

1794.43 Agency finding.

1794.44 Timing of agency action.

1794.45-1794.49 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart F Procedure for Environmental**

**Assessments With Scoping**

1794.50 Normal sequence.

1794.51 Preparation for scoping.

1794.52 Scoping meetings.

1794.53 Environmental analysis.

1794.54 Agency determination.

1794.55-1794.59 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart G Procedure for Environmental**

**Impact Statements**

1794.60 Normal sequence.

1794.61 Environmental impact statement.

1794.62 Supplemental EIS.

1794.63 Record of decision.

1794.64 Timing of agency action.

1794.65-1794.69 \[Reserved\]

**Part Section Subject**

**Subpart H Adoption Of Environmental Documents**

1794.70 General.

1794.71 Adoption of EA.

1794.72 Adoption of EIS.

1794.73 Timing of agency action.

1794.74 Incorporation of environmental materials.

1794.75-1794.79 \[Reserved\]