§ 440.14. State plans.
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/us/cfr/t10/s§ 440.14·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
(a)Before submitting to DOE an application, a State must provide at least 10 days notice of a hearing to inform prospective subgrantees, and must conduct one or more public hearings to receive comments on a proposed State plan. The notice for the hearing must specify that copies of the plan are available and state how the public may obtain them. The State must prepare a transcript of the hearings and accept written submission of views and data for the record.
(b)The proposed State plan must:
(1)Identify and describe proposed weatherization projects, including a statement of proposed subgrantees and the amount of funding each will receive;
(2)Address the other items contained in paragraph
(c)of this section; and
(3)Be made available throughout the State prior to the hearing.
(c)After the hearing, the State must prepare a final State plan that identifies and describes:
(1)The production schedule for the State indicating projected expenditures and the number of dwelling units, including previously weatherized units which are expected to be weatherized annually during the program year;
(2)The climatic conditions within the State;
(3)The type of weatherization work to be done;
(4)An estimate of the amount of energy to be conserved;
(5)Each area to be served by a weatherization project within the State, and must include for each area:
(i)The tentative allocation;
(ii)The number of dwelling units expected to be weatherized during the program year; and
(iii)Sources of labor.
(6)How the State plan is to be implemented, including:
(i)An analysis of the existence and effectiveness of any weatherization project being carried out by a subgrantee;
(ii)An explanation of the method used to select each area served by a weatherization project;
(iii)The extent to which priority will be given to the weatherization of single-family or other high energy-consuming dwelling units;
(iv)The amount of non-Federal resources to be applied to the program;
(v)The amount of Federal resources, other than DOE weatherization grant funds, to be applied to the program;
(vi)The amount of weatherization grant funds allocated to the State under this part;
(vii)The expected average cost per dwelling to be weatherized, taking into account the total number of dwellings to be weatherized and the total amount of funds, Federal and non-Federal, expected to be applied to the program;
(viii)The average amount of the DOE funds specified in § 440.18(c)(1) through
(9)to be applied to any dwelling unit;
(ix)[Reserved]
(x)The procedures used by the State for providing additional administrative funds to qualified subgrantees as specified in § 440.18(d);
(xi)Procedures for determining the most cost-effective measures in a dwelling unit;
(xii)The definition of “low-income” which the State has chosen for determining eligibility for use statewide in accordance with § 440.22(a);
(xiii)The definition of “children” which the State has chosen consistent with § 440.3; and
(xiv)The amount of Federal funds and how they will be used to increase the amount of weatherization assistance that the State obtains from non-Federal sources, including private sources, and the expected leveraging effect to be accomplished. [65 FR 77217, Dec. 8, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 58366, Nov. 21, 2001]