# Section 306C Water and Waste Disposal (WWD) Loans and Grants
> **Rural Utilities Service** · Final rule with request for comment. · Published 2023-02-01 · Effective 2023-05-02 · 88 FR 6609
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-01126
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Rural Utilities Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 6609
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1777
- **Publication date:** 2023-02-01
- **Effective date:** 2023-05-02
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. RUS-21-WATER-0017
## Abstract

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the Rural Development mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), hereinafter referred to as the Agency or RUS, is issuing a final rule with comment to revise the Section 306C WWD Loans and Grants program regulations to implement changes recommended by Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audit Report GAO 18-309, "Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Opportunities Exist to Enhance Federal Agency Needs Assessment and Coordination on Tribal Projects" (Audit Report) issued on May 15, 2018, and available at: https://www.gao.gov/ products/gao-18-309. The Agency is also implementing other changes to clarify terminology and policies, update scoring criteria, and allow the program to run more efficiently.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/01/2023-01126/section-306c-water-and-waste-disposal-wwd-loans-and-grants)
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