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 104 STAT. 4006 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 "(viii) consolidate water and waste systems and utilize management efficiencies in new systems. " (4) PRIORITY RANKING FOR PROJECTS ADDRESSING HEALTH EMERGENCIES.— To give priority in reviewing and ranking, notwithstanding the criteria established in paragraph (3), to applications for projects designed to address a health emergency declared to be such by the appropriate Federal or State government agency. "(5) PRIORITY BASED ON NEED. —If in ranking applications pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4), 2 or more applications are determined to have comparable strengths in their feasibility and potential for growth, to give priority to the applications for projects for which there is the greatest need. " (6) TRANSMIT UST OF RANKED APPLICATIONS. — To transmit to the State coordinator a list of all applications received and indicate on the list— "(A) for all applications accepted, the rank of such applications in accordance with paragraphs (3), (4) and (5); and "(B) for all applications returned, the fact that the application was returned pursuant to paragraph (2) and instruct the State coordinator to transmit the list to the Secretary. "(7) AVAILABILITY OF UST OF RANKED APPLICATIONS.—To make available to the public the list of ranked applications submitted under paragraph (6) and to provide a brief explanation and justification of why the project applications received their prioritization. "(8) ESTABLISHMENT AND REVIEW OF WRITTEN POLICY AND CRI- TERIA FOR EVALUATING AND RANKING APPLICATIONS. —To establish and annually review the written policy and criteria used by the panel in evaluating and ranking applications in accordance with this subsection to ensure that the policy and criteria are consistent with current rural developmental needs, and to provide for public input during the development of the initial policy and criteria. " (c) MEMBERSHIP. — "(1) VOTING MEMBERS. —The panel must be composed of not more than sixteen voting members who are representatives of rural aresis— "(A) one of whom is the Governor of the State or the person designated by the Governor to serve on the panel on behalf of the Governor for that year; "(B) one of whom is the director of the State agency responsible for economic and community development or the person designated by the director to serve on the panel on behalf of the director for that year; "(C) one of whom is appointed by a statewide association of beuiking organizations; "(D) one of whom is appointed by a statewide association of investor-owned utilities; "(E) one of whom is appointed by a statewide association of rural telephone cooperatives; "(F) one of whom is appointed by a statewide association of noncooperative telephone companies; "(G) one of whom is appointed by a statewide association of rural electric cooperatives;

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