# Seismic Safety
> **Rural Utilities Service** · Direct final rule. · Published 2006-10-16 · Effective 2006-11-30 · 71 FR 60657
## Document
- **Document number:** E6-17065
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Rural Utilities Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 60657
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1792
- **Publication date:** 2006-10-16
- **Effective date:** 2006-11-30
## Abstract

The Rural Utilities Service, an agency which administers the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Programs (hereinafter "USDA Rural Development" or the "Agency,") is amending its regulations to update the seismic safety requirements of the Agency. These amendments will provide Agency borrowers (including Rural Telephone Bank borrowers), grant recipients, and the public with updated rules for compliance with seismic safety requirements for new building construction using loan, grant, or guaranteed funds of the Agency, or funds provided through lien accommodations or subordinations approved by the Agency.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/10/16/E6-17065/seismic-safety)
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