---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1787.10"
title: "7"
number: "1787.10"
heading: "Applications for specific waivers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1787.10"
---

# §1787.10. Applications for specific waivers.


RUS borrowers may request a specific waiver of the Buy American requirement through a written, detailed explanation showing that:

- (a) The cost between the nondomestic product and domestic product is unreasonable;
- (b) There is a non-availability of domestic products; or
- (c) **It is not in the public interest or impractical for the RUS Borrower to purchase a domestic product.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 903.

### Source

Source: 83 FR 60730, Nov. 27, 2018, unless otherwise noted.