7 CFR 1900.53 : Agriculture (§ 1.1 To Parts 4291-4299) — (Parts 1758-1766 To Parts 1931-1939) — Regulations Of The Department Of Agriculture (Continued) (Parts 1758-1766 To Parts 1931-1939) — Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Utilities Service, And Farm Service Agency, Department Of Agriculture (Parts 1800-1805 To Parts 1931-1939) — Program Regulations (§ 1900.1 To Parts 1931-1939) — General (§ 1900.1 To §§ 1900.157-1900.200) — Adverse Decisions And Administrative Appeals (§ 1900.51 To § 1900.57) — Applicability.

(a) Appeals of adverse decisions covered by this subpart will be governed by 7 CFR part 11.

(b) The provisions of this subpart apply to adverse decisions concerning direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants under the following programs: RUS Water and Waste Disposal Facility Loans and Grants Program; RHS Housing and Community Facilities Loan Programs; RBS Loan, Grant, and Guarantee Programs and the Intermediary Relending Program; and determinations of the Rural Housing Trust 1987-1 Master Servicer.

(c) This subpart does not apply to decisions made by parties outside an agency even when those decisions are used as a basis for decisions falling within paragraph (b) of this section, for example: decisions by state governmental construction standards-setting agencies (which may determine whether RHS will finance certain houses); Davis-Bacon wage rates; flood plain determinations; archaeological and historical areas preservation requirements; and designations of areas inhabited by endangered species.