[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 1774


Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and 
Households Program (SEARCH)

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: On June 24, 2010, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) issued a 
final rule to establish the regulation for the Special Evaluation 
Assistance for Rural Communities and Households Program (SEARCH) as 
authorized by Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (CONACT). Following final implementation of this final 
rule, RUS found that the wording for the definition of a rural area is 
inconsistent with the statute. This document corrects the final 
regulation.

DATES: Effective February 13, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaVonda Pernell, Acting Branch Chief, 
Portfolio Management Branch, Water and Environmental Programs, Rural 
Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 
Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 202-720-9635; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for Correction

    On June 24, 2010 (75 FR 35963), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) 
issued a final rule to establish the regulation for the Special 
Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households Program 
(SEARCH) (7 CFR part 1774) as authorized by Section 306(a) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT) 7 U.S.C. 
1926(a)(2)). Inadvertently, the wording for the definition of rural 
area, as it applies to the SEARCH program, was incorrectly recorded in 
the final regulation and is inconsistent with the statute. This 
document corrects the final regulation.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1774

    Community development, Grant programs, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirement, Rural areas, Waste treatment and disposal, Water supply.

    Accordingly, 7 CFR part 1774 is amended by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 1774--SPECIAL EVALUATION ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES AND 
HOUSEHOLDS PROGRAM (SEARCH)

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1. The authority citation for part 1774 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(C).


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2. Amend Sec.  1774.2 by revising the definition of ``Rural area'' to 
read as follows:


Sec.  1774.2  Definitions.

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    Rural area. For the purposes of this SEARCH program, any 
communities in a city, town, or unincorporated area with populations of 
2,500 or fewer inhabitants, according to the most recent decennial 
Census of the United States (decennial Census).
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    Dated: December 20, 2018.
Bette B. Brand,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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