[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR440.23]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 440--WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 440.23  Oversight, training, and technical assistance.

    (a) The Secretary and the appropriate Support Office Director, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall 
monitor and evaluate the operation of projects carried out by CAA's 
receiving financial assistance under this part through on-site 
inspections, or through other means, in order to ensure the effective 
provision of weatherization assistance for the dwelling units of low-
income persons.
    (b) DOE shall also carry out periodic evaluations of a program and 
weatherization projects that are not carried out by a CAA and that are 
receiving financial assistance under this part.
    (c) The Secretary and the appropriate Support Office Director, the 
Comptroller General of the United States, and for a weatherization 
project carried out by a CAA, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access to 
any books, documents, papers, information, and records of any 
weatherization project receiving financial assistance under the Act for 
the purpose of audit and examination.
    (d) Each grantee shall ensure that audits by or on behalf of 
subgrantees are conducted with reasonable frequency, on a continuing 
basis, or at scheduled intervals, usually annually, but not less 
frequently than every two years, in accordance with 10 CFR part 600, and 
OMB Circular 110, Attachment F, as applicable.
    (e) The Secretary may reserve from the funds appropriated for any 
fiscal year an amount not to exceed 10 percent to provide, directly or 
indirectly, training and technical assistance to

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any grantee or subgrantee. Such training and technical assistance may 
include providing information concerning conservation practices to 
occupants of eligible dwelling units.

[49 FR 3629, Jan. 27, 1984, as amended at 58 FR 12529, Mar. 4, 1993]