---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 40.140"
title: "40"
number: "40.140"
heading: "Criteria for award."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/40.140"
---

# §40.140. Criteria for award.


In determining the desirability and extent of funding for a project and the relative merit of an application, consideration will be given to the following criteria:


## 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.