[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 20CFR667.645]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 667--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
Subpart F--Grievance Procedures, Complaints, and State Appeals Processes
 
Sec. 667.645  What procedures apply to the appeals of non-designation of local areas?

    (a) A unit or combination of units of general local government or 
rural concentrated employment program grant recipient (as described in 
WIA section 116(a)(2)(B)) whose appeal of the denial of a request for 
automatic or temporary and subsequent designation as a local workforce 
investment area to the State Board has not resulted in designation may 
appeal the denial of local area designation to the Secretary.
    (b) Appeals made under paragraph (a) of this section must be filed 
no later than 30 days after receipt of written notification of the 
denial from the State Board, and must be submitted by certified mail, 
return receipt requested, to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Washington, DC 20210, Attention: ASET. A copy of the appeal must be 
simultaneously provided to the State Board.
    (c) The appellant must establish that it was not accorded procedural 
rights under the appeal process set forth in the State Plan, or 
establish that it meets the requirements for designation in WIA section 
116(a)(2) or (a)(3). The Secretary may consider any comments submitted 
in response by the State Board.
    (d) If the Secretary determines that the appellant has met its 
burden of establishing that it was not accorded procedural rights under 
the appeal process set forth in the State Plan, or that it meets the 
requirements for designation in WIA section 116(a)(2) or (a)(3), the 
Secretary may require that the area be designated as a local workforce 
investment area.
    (e) The Secretary must issue a written decision to the Governor and 
the appellant.