[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: 7CFR1792.103]

[Page 1129-1130]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVII--RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1792--COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER FEDERAL STATUTES, REGULATIONS, AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart C--Seismic Safety of Federally Assisted New Building 
                              Construction
 
Sec. 1792.103  Seismic design and construction standards for new buildings.

    (a) In the design and construction of federally assisted buildings, 
the borrowers and grant recipients must utilize the seismic provisions 
of the most recent edition of those standards and practices that are 
substantially equivalent to or exceed the seismic safety level in the 
most recent or immediately preceding edition of the NEHRP Recommended 
Provisions for the Development of Seismic Regulation for New Buildings.
    (b) Each of the following model codes or standards has been found to 
provide a level of seismic safety substantially equivalent to that 
provided by the use of the 1994 NEHRP Recommended Provisions and 
appropriate for federally assisted new building construction:
    (1) 1997 International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) 
Uniform Building Code. Copies are available from ICBO, Austin Regional 
Office, 9300 Jollyville Road, Suite 101, Austin, Texas 78759-7455.
    (2) 1995 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 7, Minimum 
Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures.

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Copies are available from ASCE, 345 East 47th Street, New York, New York 
10017-2398.
    (c) The NEHRP Recommended Provisions for the Development of Seismic 
Regulations for New Buildings is available from the Office of 
Earthquakes and Natural Hazards, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.

[65 FR 76916, Dec. 8, 2000]