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USDA/RUS RIN: 0572-AC07 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Electric System Operations and Maintenance, Interconnection of Distributed Resources 
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service, an agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or the Agency, will amend 7 CFR part 1730 by adding a subpart C entitled "Interconnection of Distributed Resources." It would require that borrowers will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a written standard policy relating to the interconnection of distributed resources (IDR). The final rule will allow owners of distributed resources to know what the requirements of the borrower electric cooperatives are regarding connection of their facilities. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 1730   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 901   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/13/2008  73 FR 47101   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/14/2008    
Final Action  04/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Michele L. Brooks
Director, Regulations Management Team, RD Innovation Center
Department of Agriculture
Rural Utilities Service
Room 5159 South Building, STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 690-1078
Email: michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov