[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: 7CFR1778.9]

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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. 1778.9  Uses.

    Grant funds may be used for the following purposes:
    (a) Waterline extensions from existing systems.
    (b) Construction of new waterlines.
    (c) Repairs to an existing system.
    (d) Significant maintenance to an existing system.
    (e) Construction of new wells, reservoirs, transmission lines, 
treatment plants, and other sources of water.
    (f) Equipment replacement.
    (g) Connection and/or tap fees.
    (h) Pay costs that were incurred within six months of the date an 
application was filed with the Agency to correct an emergency situation 
that would have been eligible for funding under this part.
    (i) Any other appropriate purpose such as legal fees, engineering 
fees, recording costs, environmental impact analyses, archaeological 
surveys, possible salvage or other mitigation measures, planning, 
establishing or acquiring rights associated with developing

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sources of, treating, storing, or distributing water.
    (j) Assist rural water systems to comply with the requirements of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (FWPCA) 
or the SDWA when such failure to comply is directly related to a recent 
decline in quality of potable water. This would not apply to changes in 
the requirements of FWPCA or SDWA.