# 1784.2 Definitions.
The following definitions apply to subparts A through E of this part.
*ANTHC* means the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
*CONACT* means the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
*DEC* means the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation.
*Dire sanitation conditions* means:
(1) Recurring instances of illness reasonably attributed to waterborne communicable disease have been documented or insufficient access to clean water creates a persistent threat of water-washed diseases; or
(2) No community-wide water and sewer system exists and individual residents must haul water to or human waste from their homes and/or use pit privies; or
(3) An appropriate federal agency (such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) or regulatory Agency of the State of Alaska determines that the drinking water and/or sewer system does not meet current regulatory requirements.
*Grant recipient* means an applicant that has been awarded a Rural Alaskan Village Grant under this part.
*IHS* means the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service.
*Native Villages in Alaska* means a Native village in Alaska which meets the definition of a village as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
*Owner* means Grant recipient.
*RAVG* means Rural Alaskan Village Grant, a grant awarded by RUS, DEC, and/or ANTHC to a grant recipient under this part.
*RD* means Rural Development, a federal agency mission area delivering the United States Department of Agriculture's programs to rural communities.
*Recipient community* means a community that has been awarded a grant under this part.
*RUS* means the Rural Utilities Service, a federal agency mission area delivering the United States Department of Agriculture's rural utilities programs.
*Short-lived assets* means repair and replacement items expended each year that are not included in the annual Operational and Maintenance expenses as annual repair and maintenance.
*Statewide nonmetropolitan median household income (SNMHI)* means the median household income of the State's nonmetropolitan counties and portions of metropolitan counties outside of cities, towns or places of 50,000 or more population.
*USDA* means the United States Department of Agriculture.
*VSW* means Village Safe Water Program authorized under the Village Safe Water Act, Alaska Statute Title 46, Chapter 7 (AS 46.07).
[80 FR 52609, Sept. 1, 2015, as amended at 85 FR 23212, Apr. 27, 2020]