---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 276.6"
title: "7"
number: "276.6"
heading: "Good cause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/276.6"
---

# §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 §§ [276.4](/cfr/7/276.4.md) and [276.5](/cfr/7/276.5.md), 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 SNAP 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2011-2036.

### Amendments

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