[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 10CFR420.14]

[Page 86]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 420_STATE ENERGY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Formula Grant Procedures
 
Sec. 420.14  Review and approval of annual State applications and 
amendments to State plans.

    (a) After receipt of an application for financial assistance under 
this subpart and for approval of an amendment, if any, to a State plan, 
the cognizant Regional Office Director may request the State to submit 
within a reasonable period of time any revisions necessary to make the 
application complete and to bring the application into compliance with 
the requirements of subparts A and B of this part. The cognizant 
Regional Office Director shall attempt to resolve any dispute over the 
application informally and to seek voluntary compliance. If a State 
fails to submit timely appropriate revisions to complete an application 
or to bring it into compliance, the cognizant Regional Office Director 
may reject the application in a written decision, including a statement 
of reasons, which shall be subject to administrative review under Sec. 
420.19 of subparts A and B of this part.
    (b) On or before 60 days from the date that a timely filed 
application is complete, the cognizant Regional Office Director shall--
    (1) Approve the application in whole or in part to the extent that--
    (i) The application conforms to the requirements of subparts A and B 
of this part;
    (ii) The proposed program activities are consistent with a State's 
achievement of its energy conservation goals in accordance with Sec. 
420.13; and
    (iii) The provisions of the application regarding program activities 
satisfy the minimum requirements prescribed by Sec. 420.15 and Sec. 
420.17 as applicable;
    (2) Approve the application in whole or in part subject to special 
conditions designed to ensure compliance with the requirements of 
subparts A and B of this part; or
    (3) Disapprove the application if it does not conform to the 
requirements of subparts A and B of this part.

[61 FR 35895, July 8, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 26727, May 14, 1997; 64 
FR 46114, Aug. 24, 1999]