---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 440.14"
title: "10"
number: "440.14"
heading: "State plans."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/440.14"
---

# §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)](#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 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 [§ 440.18(c)(1) through (9)](/cfr/10/440.18.md?p=c-1..c-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 [§ 440.18(d)](/cfr/10/440.18.md?p=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 [§ 440.22(a)](/cfr/10/440.22.md?p=a);
    - (xiii) The definition of “children” which the State has chosen consistent with [§ 440.3](/cfr/10/440.3.md); 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 77217, Dec. 8, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 58366, Nov. 21, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 3629, Jan. 27, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 77217, Dec. 8, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 58366, Nov. 21, 2001]