§ 1740.10 Eligible projects.

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Title 7—Agriculture > Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XVII—RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > PART 1740—RURAL ECONNECTIVITY PROGRAM > Subpart B—Eligibility Requirements

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To be eligible for funding assistance under the part, the Applicant must:

(a) Submit a complete application and provide all supporting documentation including unqualified, audited financial statements from the date the application is submitted as detailed in § 1740.63.

(b) Demonstrate that the project can be completely built out within five years from the date funds are first made available.

(c) Demonstrate that the project is technically feasible as detailed in § 1740.64.

(d) Demonstrate that all project costs can be fully funded or accounted for as detailed in § 1740.63.

(e) Submit documentation which enables RUS to determine that the project is financially feasible and sustainable as detailed in § 1740.61.

(f) Demonstrate that the following service requirements will be met:

(1) Facilities funded with grant funds will provide broadband service proposed in the application for the composite economic life of the facilities, as approved by RUS, or as provided in the Award Documents.

(2) Facilities funded with loan funds must provide broadband service through the amortization period of the loan.

[86 FR 11609, Feb. 26, 2021, as amended at 88 FR 5726, Jan. 30, 2023]

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