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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 7 - Agriculture |
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Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
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Chapter XLII - Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture |
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Part 4280 - Loans and Grants |
| Subpart A - Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Programs |
| § 4280.1 - Purpose. |
| § 4280.2 - Policy. |
| § 4280.3 - Definitions. |
| § 4280.13 - Applicant eligibility. |
| § 4280.14 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.15 - Ultimate Recipient Projects eligible for Rural Economic Development Loan funding. |
| § 4280.16 - REDL and REDG Loan terms. |
| § 4280.17 - Additional REDL terms. |
| § 4280.18 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.19 - REDG Grants. |
| § 4280.20 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.21 - Eligible REDG Ultimate Recipients and Projects. |
| § 4280.22 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.23 - Requirements for lending from Revolving Loan Fund. |
| § 4280.24 - Revolved funds. |
| § 4280.25 - Revolving Loan Fund Plan. |
| § 4280.26 - Administration and operation of the Revolving Loan Fund. |
| § 4280.27 - Ineligible purposes. |
| § 4280.28 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.29 - Supplemental financing required for the Ultimate Recipient Project. |
| § 4280.30 - Restrictions on the use of REDL or REDG funds. |
| § 4280.36 - Other laws that contain compliance requirements for these Programs. |
| § 4280.37 - Application forms and filing dates. |
| § 4280.38 - Maximum amount of loans or Grants. |
| § 4280.39 - Contents of an application. |
| § 4280.40 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.41 - Environmental review of the application. |
| § 4280.42 - Application evaluation and selection. |
| § 4280.43 - Discretionary points. |
| § 4280.44 - Limitation on number of loans or Grants to an Intermediary. |
| § 4280.47 - Non-selection of applications. |
| § 4280.48 - Post selection period. |
| § 4280.49 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.50 - Disbursement of Zero-Interest Loan funds. |
| § 4280.53 - Loan payments. |
| § 4280.54 - Construction procurement requirements. |
| § 4280.55 - Monitoring responsibilities. |
| § 4280.56 - Submission of reports and audits. |
| § 4280.62 - Appeals. |
| § 4280.63 - Exception authority. |
| § 4280.100 - OMB control number. |
| §§ 4280.31--4280.35 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.51--4280.52 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.4--4280.12 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.64--4280.99 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.45--4280.46 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.57--4280.61 - [Reserved] |
| Subpart B - Rural Energy for America Program General |
| § 4280.101 - Purpose. |
| § 4280.102 - Organization of subpart. |
| § 4280.103 - Definitions. |
| § 4280.104 - Exception authority. |
| § 4280.105 - Review or appeal rights. |
| § 4280.106 - Conflict of interest. |
| § 4280.107 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.108 - U.S. Department of Agriculture departmental regulations and laws that contain other compliance requirements. |
| § 4280.109 - Ineligible applicants, grantees, and owners. |
| § 4280.110 - General applicant, application, and funding provisions. |
| § 4280.111 - Notifications. |
| Renewable Energy System and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants |
| § 4280.112 - Applicant eligibility. |
| § 4280.113 - Project eligibility. |
| § 4280.114 - Ineligible projects. |
| § 4280.115 - RES and EEI grant funding. |
| § 4280.116 - Grant applications - general. |
| § 4280.117 - Determination of technical merit. |
| § 4280.118 - Grant applications for RES and EEI projects with total project costs of $200,000 and greater. |
| § 4280.119 - Grant applications for RES and EEI projects with total project costs of less than $200,000, but more than $80,000. |
| § 4280.120 - Grant applications for RES and EEI projects with total project costs of $80,000 or less. |
| § 4280.121 - Scoring RES and EEI grant applications. |
| § 4280.122 - Selecting RES and EEI grant applications for award. |
| § 4280.123 - Awarding and administering RES and EEI grants. |
| § 4280.124 - Servicing RES and EEI grants. |
| § 4280.125 - Construction planning and performing development. |
| §§ 4280.126--4280.136 - [Reserved] |
| Renewable Energy System and Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans |
| § 4280.126 - Guarantee/annual renewal fee. |
| § 4280.127 - Borrower eligibility. |
| § 4280.128 - Project eligibility. |
| § 4280.129 - Guaranteed loan funding. |
| § 4280.130 - Loan processing. |
| § 4280.131 - Credit quality. |
| § 4280.132 - Financial statements. |
| § 4280.133 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.134 - Personal and corporate guarantees. |
| § 4280.135 - Scoring RES and EEI guaranteed loan-only applications. |
| § 4280.136 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.138 - Evaluation of RES and EEI guaranteed loan applications. |
| § 4280.139 - Selecting RES and EEI guaranteed loan-only applications for award. |
| § 4280.140 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.141 - Changes in borrower. |
| § 4280.142 - Conditions precedent to issuance of loan note guarantee. |
| § 4280.143 - Requirements after project construction. |
| § 4280.144 - Transfer of lenders. |
| § 4280.145 - Changes in borrower. |
| § 4280.146 - Conditions precedent to issuance of Loan Note Guarantee. |
| § 4280.147 - Issuance of the guarantee. |
| § 4280.148 - Refusal to execute Loan Note Guarantee. |
| § 4280.160 - Termination of guarantee. |
| §§ 4280.161--4280.164 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.153--4280.164 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.144--4280.151 - [Reserved] |
| Section C. Direct Loans |
| § 4280.161 - Direct Loan Process. |
| §§ 4280.162--4280.192 - [Reserved] |
| General |
| Section D. Combined Funding |
| §§ 4280.194--4280.199 - [Reserved] |
| Section B. Guaranteed Loans |
| Combined Funding for Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements |
| § 4280.137 - Combined grant and guaranteed loan funding requirements. |
| § 4280.165 - Combined grant and guaranteed loan funding requirements. |
| §§ 4280.166--4280.169 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.166--4280.185 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.138--4280.148 - [Reserved] |
| Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance (REDA) Grants |
| § 4280.186 - Applicant eligibility. |
| § 4280.187 - Project eligibility. |
| § 4280.188 - Grant funding for Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance. |
| § 4280.189 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.190 - Energy Audit and REDA grant applications - content. |
| § 4280.191 - Evaluation of Energy Audit and REDA grant applications. |
| § 4280.192 - Scoring Energy Audit and REDA grant applications. |
| § 4280.193 - Selecting Energy Audit and REDA grant applications for award. |
| § 4280.194 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.195 - Awarding and administering Energy Audit and REDA grants. |
| § 4280.196 - Servicing Energy Audit and REDA grants. |
| § 4280.200 - OMB control number. |
| §§ 4280.197--4280.199 - [Reserved] |
| Section A. Grants |
| §§ 4280.118--4280.120 - [Reserved] |
| Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grants |
| § 4280.149 - Applicant eligibility. |
| § 4280.150 - Project eligibility. |
| § 4280.151 - Ineligible projects. |
| § 4280.152 - Grant funding for Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance. |
| § 4280.153 - EA and REDA grant applications - content. |
| § 4280.154 - Evaluation of EA and REDA grant applications. |
| § 4280.155 - Scoring EA and REDA grant applications. |
| § 4280.156 - Selecting EA and REDA grant applications for award. |
| § 4280.157 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.158 - Awarding and administering EA and REDA grants. |
| § 4280.159 - Servicing EA and REDA grants. |
| §§ 4280.160--4280.165 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.166 - OMB control number. |
| Renewable Energy System Feasibility Study Grants |
| § 4280.170 - Applicant eligibility. |
| § 4280.171 - Project eligibility. |
| § 4280.172 - Application eligibility provisions. |
| § 4280.173 - Grant funding for feasibility studies. |
| § 4280.176 - Feasibility study grant applications—content. |
| § 4280.177 - Evaluation of feasibility study grant applications. |
| § 4280.178 - Scoring feasibility study grant applications. |
| § 4280.179 - Selecting feasibility study grant applications for award. |
| § 4280.180 - Actions prior to grant closing. |
| § 4280.181 - Awarding and administering feasibility study grants. |
| § 4280.182 - Servicing feasibility study grants. |
| §§ 4280.183--4280.185 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.174--4280.175 - [Reserved] |
| Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 4280 - Technical Reports for Energy Efficiency Improvement (EEI) Projects |
| Appendix B to Subpart B of Part 4280 - Technical Reports for Renewable Energy System (RES) Projects With Total Project Costs of Less Than $200,000, but More Than $80,000 |
| Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 4280 - Technical Reports for Renewable Energy System (RES) Projects With Total Project Costs of $200,000 and Greater |
| Appendix D to Subpart B of Part 4280 - Feasibility Study Components |
| Appendix E to Subpart B of Part 4280 - Feasibility Study Content |
| Subpart C - XXX |
| Subpart D - Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program |
| § 4280.301 - Purpose and scope. |
| § 4280.302 - Definitions and abbreviations. |
| § 4280.303 - Exception authority. |
| § 4280.304 - Review or appeal rights and administrative concerns. |
| § 4280.305 - Nondiscrimination and compliance with other Federal laws. |
| § 4280.306 - Forms, regulations, and instructions. |
| § 4280.310 - Program requirements for MDOs. |
| § 4280.311 - Loan provisions for Agency loans to microlenders. |
| § 4280.312 - Loan approval and closing. |
| § 4280.313 - Grant provisions. |
| § 4280.314 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.315 - MDO application and submission information. |
| § 4280.316 - Application scoring. |
| § 4280.317 - Selection of applications for funding. |
| § 4280.320 - Grant administration. |
| § 4280.321 - Grant and loan servicing. |
| § 4280.322 - Loans from the microlenders to microentrepreneurs. |
| § 4280.323 - Ineligible microloan purposes and uses. |
| § 4280.400 - OMB control number. |
| §§ 4280.324--4280.399 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.307--4280.309 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.318--4280.319 - [Reserved] |
| Subpart E - Rural Business Development Grants |
| Processing and Scoring Applications |
| § 4280.434 - General processing and scoring provisions. |
| § 4280.435 - Scoring criteria. |
| §§ 4280.436--4280.438 - [Reserved] |
| Post Award Activities and Requirements |
| § 4280.443 - Grant monitoring and servicing. |
| § 4280.448 - Transfers and assumptions. |
| § 4280.500 - OMB control number. |
| §§ 4280.444--4280.447 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.449--4280.499 - [Reserved] |
| General |
| § 4280.401 - Purpose. |
| § 4280.402 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.403 - Definitions. |
| § 4280.404 - Exception authority. |
| § 4280.405 - Review or appeal rights. |
| § 4280.406 - Conflict of interest. |
| § 4280.407 - Statute and regulation references. |
| § 4280.408 - U.S. Department of Agriculture departmental regulations and laws that contain other compliance requirements. |
| § 4280.409 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.410 - Other laws and regulations that contain compliance requirements for this program. |
| § 4280.411 - Forms, guides, and attachments. |
| §§ 4280.412--4280.414 - [Reserved] |
| Funding Provisions |
| § 4280.421 - Term requirement. |
| § 4280.422 - Joint funding. |
| § 4280.423 - Ineligible uses of grant funds. |
| §§ 4280.424--4280.426 - [Reserved] |
| Rural Business Development Grants |
| § 4280.415 - Rural Business Development Grants. |
| Applying for a Grant |
| § 4280.427 - Application. |
| § 4280.428 - Strategic economic and community development. |
| § 4280.429 - [Reserved] |
| § 4280.430 - Notification of decision. |
| §§ 4280.431--4280.433 - [Reserved] |
| §§ 4280.428--4280.429 - [Reserved] |
| Grant Awards and Agreement |
| § 4280.439 - Grant awards and agreements. |
| §§ 4280.440--4280.442 - [Reserved] |
| Eligibility |
| § 4280.416 - Applicant eligibility. |
| § 4280.417 - Project eligibility. |
| §§ 4280.418--4280.420 - [Reserved] |