7 CFR § 1703.310 - Environmental considerations.

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title: "7 CFR § 1703.310 - Environmental considerations."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1703.310"
section_name: "Environmental considerations."
chapter_name: "RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1703"
part_name: "RURAL DEVELOPMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 901"
regulatory_source: "54 FR 6870, Feb. 15, 1989, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 55 FR 39394, Sept. 27, 1990."
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# 1703.310 Environmental considerations.

Prospective recipients of funds received from the deferment of loan payments are encouraged to consider the potential environmental impact of their proposed projects at the earliest planning stage and plan development in a manner that reduces, to the extent practicable, the potential to affect the quality of the human environment adversely.