[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR276.6]

[Page 879]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 276_STATE AGENCY LIABILITIES AND FEDERAL SANCTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 276.6  Good cause.

    (a) When a State agency has failed to comply with provisions of the 
Act, the regulations issued pursuant to the Act, or the FNS-approved 
State Plan of Operation, and, thus, is subject to the suspension/
disallowance and injunctive relief provisions in Sec. Sec. 276.4 and 
276.5, FNS may determine that the State had good cause for the 
noncompliance. FNS shall evaluate good cause in these situations on a 
case-by-case basis, based on any one of the following criteria:
    (1) Natural disasters or civil disorders that adversely affect 
Program operations;
    (2) Strikes by State agency staff;
    (3) Change in the Food Stamp Program or other Federal or State 
programs that result in a substantial adverse impact upon a State 
agency's management of the Program; and
    (4) Any other circumstances in which FNS determines good cause to 
exist.
    (b) If FNS determines that food cause existed for a State agency's 
failure to comply with required provisions and standards, FNS shall not 
suspend or disallow administrative funds nor seek injunctive relief to 
compel compliance with the provisions and standards.

[Amdt. 168, 45 FR 77263, Nov. 21, 1980]