---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3570.66"
title: "7"
number: "3570.66"
heading: "Determining the maximum grant assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3570.66"
---

# §3570.66. Determining the maximum grant assistance.

- (a) **Responsibility.** State Directors are responsible for determining the applicant's eligibility for grant assistance.
- (b) **Maximum grant assistance.** Grant assistance cannot exceed the lower of:
  - (1) Qualifying percentage of eligible project cost determined in accordance with [§ 3570.63(b)](/cfr/7/3570.63.md?p=b);
  - (2) Minimum amount sufficient to provide for economic feasibility as determined in accordance with [§ 3570.61(d)](/cfr/7/3570.61.md?p=d); or
  - (3) Either 50 percent of the annual State allocation or $50,000, whichever is greater, unless an exception is made by the RHS Administrator in accordance with [§ 3570.90](/cfr/7/3570.90.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 64 FR 32388, June 17, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1989.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 16469, Apr. 7, 1997, unless otherwise noted.