[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: 7CFR1778.6]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVII--RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1778--EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1778.6  Eligibility.

    (a) Grants may be made to public bodies and private nonprofit 
corporations serving rural areas. Public bodies include counties, 
cities, townships, incorporated towns and villages, boroughs, 
authorities, districts, and other political subdivisions of a State. 
Public bodies also includes Indian tribes on Federal and State 
reservations and other Federally recognized Indian Tribal groups in 
rural areas.
    (b) In the case of grants made to alleviate a significant decline in 
quantity or quality of water available from the water supplies of rural 
residents, the applicant must demonstrate that the decline occurred 
within two years of the date the application was filed with the Agency. 
This would not apply to grants made for repairs, partial replacement, or 
significant maintenance on an established water system.