[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: 7CFR1775.4]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVII--RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1775--TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1775.4  Definitions.

    Association. An entity, including a small city or town, that is 
eligible for Rural Utilities Service (RUS) water and waste financial 
assistance in accordance with Sec. 1780.7 of this chapter.
    Grantee. An entity with whom The Agency has entered into a grant 
agreement under this program to provide technical assistance and/or 
training to associations as defined in this section.
    Low income. Median household income below the poverty line for a 
family of four as defined in Section 673(2) of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), or below 80 percent of the 
Statewide nonmetropolitan median household income.
    Regional. For purposes of the Solid Waste Management grant program, 
as implemented through this part, regional is defined as any multi-
jurisdictional area including multi-State or any multi-jurisdictional 
area within a State.
    Rural area. For water and waste disposal facilities the terms rural 
or rural area will not include any area in a city or town with 
population in excess of 10,000 inhabitants according to the latest 
decennial census of the United States.
    State. Any of the fifty States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Western Pacific Territories, Marshall Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.