[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: 7CFR1794.6]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVII--RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1794--ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 1794.6  Definitions.

    The following definitions, as well as the definitions contained in 
40 CFR part 1508 of the CEQ regulations, apply to the implementation of 
this part:
    Applicant. The organization applying for financial assistance or 
other approval from either the Electric or Telecommunications programs 
or the organization applying for a loan or grant from the Water and 
Waste program.
    Construction Work Plan (CWP). The document required by 7 CFR part 
1710.
    Emergency situation. A natural disaster or system failure that may 
involve an immediate or imminent threat to public health, safety, or the 
human environment.
    Environmental Analysis (EVAL). The document submitted by the 
applicant for proposed actions subject to compliance with Sec. 1794.24 
and under special circumstances Sec. 1794.25.
    Environmental Report (ER). The environmental documentation normally 
submitted by applicants for proposed actions subject to compliance with 
Secs. 1794.22 and 1794.23. An ER for the Water and Waste Program refers 
to the environmental review documentation normally included as part of 
the Preliminary Engineering Report.
    Environmental review. Any one or all of the levels of environmental 
analysis described under subpart C of this part.
    Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU). Level of water or waste service 
provided to a typical rural residential dwelling.
    Important land resources. Defined pursuant to the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture's Departmental Regulation 9500-3, Land Use Policy, as 
important farmland, prime forestland, prime rangeland, wetlands, and 
floodplains. Copies of this Departmental Regulation are available from 
USDA, Rural Utilities Service, Washington, DC 20250.
    Loan design. Document required by 7 CFR part 1737.
    Multiplexing center. A field site where a telecommunications 
provider houses a device that combines individual subscriber circuits 
onto a single system for economical connection with a switching center. 
The combiner, or ``multiplexer,'' may be mounted on a pole, on a 
concrete pad, or in a partial or full enclosure such as a shelter, or 
small building.
    Natural Resource Management Guide. Inventory of natural resources, 
land uses, and environmental factors specified by Federal, State, and 
local authorities as deserving some degree of protection or special 
consideration. The guide describes the standards or types of protection 
that apply.
    Preliminary Engineering Report (PER). Document required by 7 CFR 
part 1780 for Water and Waste Programs. A PER is prepared by an 
applicant's engineering consultant documenting a proposed action's 
preliminary engineering plan and design and the applicable environmental 
review activities as required in this part. Upon approval by RUS, the 
PER, or a portion thereof, shall serve as the RUS environmental 
document.
    Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA). Electronic 
monitoring and control equipment installed at electric substations and 
switching stations.
    Third party consultant. A party selected by RUS to prepare the EIS 
for proposed actions described in Sec. 1794.25 where the applicant 
initiating the proposal agrees to fund preparation of the document in 
accordance with the provisions of 7 CFR Part 1789, ``Use of Consultants 
Funded by Borrowers'' and Section 759A of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 2204b(b)).

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