---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 40.140-1"
title: "40"
number: "40.140-1"
heading: "All applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/40.140-1"
---

# §40.140-1. All applications.

- (a) The relevancy of the proposed project to the objectives of the EPA research and demonstration program;
- (b) The availability of funds within EPA;
- (c) The technical feasibility of the project;
- (d) The seriousness, extent, and urgency of the environmental problems toward which the project is directed;
- (e) The anticipated public benefits to be derived from the project in relation to the costs of the project;
- (f) The competency of the applicant's staff and the adequacy of the applicant's facilities and available resources;
- (g) The degree to which the project can be expected to produce results that will have general application to pollution control problems nationwide;
- (h) Whether the project is consistent with existing plans or ongoing planning for the project area at the State, regional, and local levels;
- (i) The existence and extent of local public support for the project;
- (j) Whether the proposed project is environmentally sound;
- (k) **Proposed cost sharing.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2609 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1254 et seq. and 1443; 42 U.S.C. 241 et seq., 300f et seq., 1857 et seq., 1891 et seq., and 6901 et seq., 2 CFR part 200.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 12784, May 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted.