[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 11]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1753.66]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVII--RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1753--TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart H--Purchase and Installation of Special Equipment
 
Sec. 1753.66  General.

    Source: 54 FR 39267, Sept. 25, 1989, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 55 FR 39397, Sept. 27, 1990.


    (a) This subpart implements and explains the provisions of the Loan 
Documents setting forth the requirements and the procedures to be 
followed by borrowers in purchasing and installing special equipment 
financed with loan funds.
    (b) Terms used in this subpart are defined in Sec. 1753.2 and RUS 
Contract Forms 397 and 398.
    (c) Special equipment purchased with loan funds must be included in 
the List of Materials Acceptable for Use on Telephone Systems of RUS 
Borrowers (See Bulletin 344-2) and meet RUS's standards and 
specifications (See 7 CFR part 1755) unless otherwise approved by RUS.
    (d) Borrowers must obtain RUS review and approval of the LD for 
their telephone systems. Applications of special equipment not included 
in an approved LD must conform to the modernization plan as required by 
7 CFR part 1751, subpart B, and must be submitted to RUS for review and 
approval.
    (e) RUS Form 397 and applicable specifications shall be used for the 
purchase of special equipment for major construction on a furnish and 
install basis.
    (f) RUS Form 398 and applicable specifications shall be used for the 
purchase of equipment for major construction on a furnish only basis. 
The procedures provided in subpart I, if applicable, or a FAP approved 
by RUS may be used for the installation of special equipment purchased 
with a Form 398 contract.
    (g) For special equipment purchases for minor construction, the 
borrower may at its option use the Methods of Minor Construction 
procedures contained in subpart I or the purchase procedures contained 
in this subpart H.
    (h) Some types of special equipment contain software. See subpart E 
for RUS software licensing requirements.

[54 FR 39267, Sept. 25, 1989. Redesignated at 55 FR 39397, Sept. 27, 
1990, and amended at 58 FR 66259, Dec. 20, 1993; 59 FR 17464, Apr. 13, 
1994]