[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR440.14]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 440_WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 440.14  State plans.

    (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

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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 Sec. 
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 Sec. 
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 Sec. 
440.22(a);
    (xiii) The definition of ``children'' which the State has chosen 
consistent with Sec. 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]