[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: 10CFR440.15]

[Page 454-455]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 440_WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 440.15  Subgrantees.

    (a) The grantee shall ensure that:
    (1) Each subgrantee is a CAA or other public or nonprofit entity;
    (2) Each subgrantee is selected on the basis of public comment 
received during a public hearing conducted pursuant to Sec. 440.14(a) 
and other appropriate findings regarding:
    (i) The subgrantee's experience and performance in weatherization or 
housing renovation activities;
    (ii) The subgrantee's experience in assisting low-income persons in 
the area to be served; and
    (iii) The subgrantee's capacity to undertake a timely and effective 
weatherization program.
    (3) In selecting a subgrantee, preference is given to any CAA or 
other public or nonprofit entity which has, or is currently 
administering, an effective program under this part or under title II of 
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, with program effectiveness 
evaluated by consideration of factors including, but not necessarily 
limited to, the following:
    (i) The extent to which the past or current program achieved or is 
achieving weatherization goals in a timely fashion;
    (ii) The quality of work performed by the subgrantee;
    (iii) The number, qualifications, and experience of the staff 
members of the subgrantee; and
    (iv) The ability of the subgrantee to secure volunteers, training 
participants, public service employment workers, and other Federal or 
State training programs.
    (b) The grantee shall ensure that the funds received under this part 
will be allocated to the entities selected in accordance with paragraph 
(a) of this section, such that funds will be allocated to areas on the 
basis of the relative need for a weatherization project by low-income 
persons.
    (c) If DOE finds that a subgrantee selected to undertake 
weatherization activities under this part has failed to comply 
substantially with the provisions of the Act or this part and should be 
replaced, such finding shall be treated as a finding under Sec. 
440.30(i) for purposes of Sec. 440.30.
    (d) Any new or additional subgrantee shall be selected at a hearing 
in accordance with Sec. 440.14(a) and upon the basis of the criteria in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (e) A State may terminate financial assistance under a subgrant 
agreement for a grant period only in accordance

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with established State procedures that provide to the subgrantee 
appropriate notice of the State's reasons for termination and afford the 
subgrantee an adequate opportunity to be heard.

[49 FR 3629, Jan. 27, 1984, as amended at 55 FR 41326, Oct. 10, 1990; 58 
FR 12526, Mar. 4, 1993; 65 FR 77218, Dec. 8, 2000]