7 CFR § 1780.55 - Preliminary engineering reports and environmental review documentation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1780.55"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 1780.55 - Preliminary engineering reports and environmental review documentation."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1780.55"
section_name: "Preliminary engineering reports and environmental review documentation."
chapter_name: "RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1780"
part_name: "WATER AND WASTE LOANS AND GRANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1989; 16 U.S.C. 1005."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 33478, June 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1780"
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# 1780.55 Preliminary engineering reports and environmental review documentation.
Preliminary engineering reports (PERs) must conform to customary professional standards. PER guidelines for water, sanitary sewer, solid waste, and storm sewer are available from the Agency. Environmental review documentation must comply with the environmental review requirements in accordance with 7 CFR part 1970.
[81 FR 11028, Mar. 2, 2016]