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ments should, in addition, provide as follows:

(i) Where the owner or landlord pays for heating or cooling the dwelling, the agreement should provide either (a) that the owner or landlord shall reduce the rent over a stated period of time by an amount equal to the value of the weatherization materials supplied, and agrees not to raise the rental on the property beyond the preweatherization level for a stated period thereafter; or (b) that the owner or landlord shall repay to the administering agency or grantee over a stated period of time an amount equal to the value of the materials supplied, and agrees not to raise the rental on the property for such period of time and for a stated period of time thereafter:

(ii) Where the tenant pays for heating and cooling the dwelling, the agreement may provide merely that the owner or landlord agrees not to raise the rental on the property for a stated period of time.

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(4) Any exceptions must be approved by the Administering Agency Grantee on a case by case basis, on the recommendation of the Project Advisory Committee and based on documented need. Agreements obtained should be maintained in the files of the Administering Agency or Grantee, and shall be made for inspection upon request.

(5) For each building on which weatherization work is done, a Building Weatherization Plan, CSA Form 481, must be completed, in accordance with directions provided in the Community Planning Guide to Weatherization, Part VI, pp. 16-26. Copies of the Building Weatherization Plan must be filed in accordance with Paragraph 11 of this Instruction.

(6) In any case where a Building Weatherization Plan indicates expenditures of more than $250 on any building in a project funded in Federal Region IV, VI, or IX, or more than $350 on any building in a program funded in Federal Region I, II, III, V, VII, VIII, or X, the expenditure must be justified in writing and approved by the Project Advisory Committee. Documentation of such justification and

approval shall be made available to CSA upon request.

(7) Of funds allocated to weatherization activities, at least ninety percent shall be expended for materials costs. Beginning with FY 1975 funds, costs incurred by grantees for materials may include costs of delivery to work site and reasonable costs of tools and equipment required for installation, including blower equipment required for cellulose fiber or other loose fill insulation. Purchase of materials will be made in accordance with current CSA regulations governing such activities.

(8) Where administering agencies have documented bona fide attempts to secure labor, supervision, and/or transportation costs from other sources without success adequate to their needs, grantees may seek relief through their proposals or through a request for a work program amendment.

(d) Crisis intervention. (1) This immediate, short-term assistance, consisting of intervention to prevent hardship or danger to health due to utility shut-off or lack of fuel, should be followed with program efforts that will have a long-range effect on the individual's ability to conserve energy and pay fuel bills. Crisis intervention should not be used to provide help to persons having access to direct assistance through other supportive service networks such as welfare; rather, the administering agency should take all appropriate measures to assure the responsiveness of such networks to the energy needs of clients. Help from this Crisis Intervention Program should be provided only in cases of extreme crisis when other service networks cannot respond.

(2) In any case, actual payment of utility or fuel bills by this program should be a one-time crisis intervention resource to be considered only as a last resort after negotiation with utility or fuel companies; and care must be taken to avoid having the grants looked upon as a source of ongoing subsidy for energy costs of the poor.

(e) Consumer information, education, and legal assistance. (1) Studies indicate that residential use of energy is in large measure of function of the

lifestyle of the residents of any particular dwelling; and consequently grantees should where possible conduct programs of energy conservation education in conjunction with weatherization projects.

(2) In addition, escalating costs of energy are causing increasing numbers of states and local communities to review utility rate structures and regulatory policies with interest in bringing relief to certain classes of customers. Wherever such reviews are taking place, whether in formal proceedings of regulatory commissions or merely informally, grantees should seek to involve themselves in order to insure that the interests of the poor are adequately represented, and that low income persons have the same high level of legal and technical expertise at their service as the utility companies and the other classes of energy users participating in these proceedings.

(3) Finally, as the need for energy conservation becomes more generally recognized there will be some who enter the field with the intent of exploiting those without technical knowledge or understanding of effective conservation techniques. Grantees should be aware of these dangers and work closely with state and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies to curb abuses and provide redress for victimized consumers.

(f) Transportation. Projects undertaking transportation activities supported with section 222(a)(12) funds shall assure (1) that such activities address the energy-related increased costs of transportation for the poor, (2) that projects designed to provide assistance in the purchasing of fuel shall do so only as a last resort, thereby minimizing the subsidy of high cost fuel, and (3) that maximum use is made of existing transportation re

sources.

(g) Alternate energy sources. Because of the more diffuse nature of alternate energy sources such as the sun, they should only be used on buildings which have been thoroughly weatherized through stopping of infiltration and installation of the optimal combination of energy conserving improvements.

(h) Program Support: Research and Demonstration Programs. (1) Section 232 provides the authority to conduct R&D projects to further the mandate of Title II, including section 222(a)(12). R&D projects in the area of emergency energy conservation shall directly contribute to the accomplishment of the ends of the Emergency Energy Conservation Services Program and shall conform to one or more of the following standards and definitions:

(i) Development of new approaches and/or methods that will aid in overcoming special problems of poverty through:

(A) Support of projects designed to provide conclusive information concerning the usefulness of a program or technique thought to have potential of major impact on an identified special problem. The generation of persuasive knowledge is the central goal of such efforts; the major criterion of success is the utility of the knowledge produced in designing projects which meet carefully defined needs of the poor.

(B) Support of individual projects or series of projects which test specific program strategies or techniques to deal with special problems of poverty. Such demonstrations are designed to (1) provide an experience base sufficient to determine the applicability of the strategy or technique; and (2) provide exposure for strategies and techniques to increase their acceptance and application by funding sources and policymakers.

(C) Support of projects which (1) directly intervene to change established institutions or (2) establish alternative institutions or mechanisms to serve poor people.

(ii) Collection and maintenance of appropriate data which is adequate to produce dissemination and utilization of project results.

§ 1061.30-11 Funding.

(a) Funding Offices. CSA Regional Offices will receive grant applications for operating projects including eligible activities set forth under §§ 1061.30-7(a) through 1061.30-7(d), above, and for Training and Technical

Assistance to operating projects within their geographical area. CSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., will receive grant applications for the development of Alternative Energy Sources described in § 1061.30(7(e), above, and Program Support Activities national in character, including Research and Demonstration Programs and Evaluation. All applicants submitting proposals to CSA Headquarters shall notify the appropriate Regional Office by means of the regional checkpoint procedures (OEO Form 394).

(b) Non-Federal Share. The non-Federal Share requirement is waived for Crisis Intervention and Program Support as defined in paragraph 7f (Training and Technical Assistance, Research and Demonstration, and Evaluation).

[41 FR 29125, July 15, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 9818, Mar. 10, 1978]

§ 1061.30-12 Application requirements.

(a) Research and Demonstration Proposals should be submitted in accordance with Instruction 7570-1. All other applications should meet the following requirements:

(1) Required forms—(i) OEO Form 419. Summary of Work Program and Budget (See OEO Instruction 6710-1) (Note: Goals and Activities must be consistent with the standards of effectiveness for section 222(a)(12) projects and the General Standards for Title II Programs outlined in CSA instruction 7850-1a and Form 419 must reflect these standards).

(ii) OEO Form 25. Program Account Budget (See OEO Instruction 6710-1). (iii) SF-424 (Complete Sections I and II). Federal Assistance (See CSA Instruction 6710-3a).

(iv) OEO Form 25a. Program Account Budget Support Sheet (See OEO Instruction 6710-1).

(v) OEO Form 301. Summary of Grant Application (See OEO Instruction 6710-1) For new grantees only.

(vi) CAP Form 5. Application for CAP-Community Information (See OEO Instruction 6710-1) For uncapped areas except for CDCs funded under Title VII.

(vii) CAP Form 84. Participant/ Characteristics Plan (See OEO Instruction 6710-1) Require for un

capped areas except for CDCs funded under Title VII.

(viii) CAP Form 11. Assurance of Compliance with Regulations under Civil Rights Act (for new grantees only).

(ix) OEO Form 394. Checkpoint Procedure for Coordination. (Note: This is optional and may be used by the funding official under circumstances detailed in CSA Instruction 6710-3a).

(x) Narrative Proposal (See Section b, below).

(2) Contents of narrative proposal. The narrative proposal should include a brief narrative of each energy project in terms of:

(i) Description of problems addressed and the numbers affected, as reflected in Building Weatherization Plan and Energy Data Form, where available.

(ii) Past efforts in this project area and capacity to expand those efforts.

(iii) Given local community priorities, why this proposed solution is both feasible and most relevant.

(iv) Non-CSA resource opportunities available for this project include coordination with other Federal agencies such as HUD, EDA, Title X, FmHA, CETA, AoA, RSVP, Title XX Emergency Assistance for families under HEW, and mobilization of state and local resources.

(v) Projected results for each project effort with a unit cost estimate where appropriate.

§ 1061.30-13 Reporting requirements.

(a) To avoid duplication of reporting procedures, CSA is establishing a uniform data collection and reporting system for all energy conservation activities. In addition, selected grantees and agencies may from time to time be requested to submit additional project information.

(b) Each funded grantee and delegate agency will be required to submit to the appropriate CSA Regional Office two copies of the Energy Data Form quarterly, based upon the grantee's or delegate agency's program year and concurrently with the submission of CSA forms 315 and 315a. Energy Data Forms are to be submitted to the appropriate Regional Office by the

20th day following the end of the report quarters. In the case of statewide grantees, or other grantees which delegate to more than one delegate agency, Energy Data Forms must be completed by each administering or delegate agency for their project and target area, and submitted concurrently with that agency's CSA Forms 315 and 315a. Each funded grantee will also be required to submit to the appropriate Regional Office on a monthly basis, by the tenth day of the succeeding month, two copies of the completed Building Weatherization Plan for each dwelling on which work has been carried out during the month.

NOTE: To comply with the Privacy Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-579, grantees should delete name and address of householder from the Building Weatherization Plan on copies submitted, making sure that a job number is assigned to each Plan.

§ 1061.30-14 Additional requirements.

(a) Administrative costs. All program funds under section 222(a)(12) are subject to a limitation of ten percent for administrative costs as defined in OEO Instruction 6807-1.

(b) Evaluation. It is anticipated that the evaluation of energy programs will be twofold in nature. The first will be self-evaluation by the funded grantees, as required in OEO Instruction 7031-1. The second will be national in character and based on the data to be reported in accordance with Paragraph 11.

(c) Checkpoint coordination. Applicants must follow the Project Notification and Review System procedures outlined in CSA Instruction 6710-3a. Exception: Applications or portions of applications for training and technical assistance, research and evaluation.

Subpart 1061.31-Emergency Energy Conservation Program (CSA Instruction 6143-2)

SOURCE: 41 FR 52876, Dec. 2, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

§ 1061.31-1 Applicability.

This subpart is applicable to all grantees (or administering agencies)

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(c) "Migrant farmworker" mean a seasonal farmworker who performs or has performed during the preceding twelve months agricultural labor which requires travel such that the worker is unable to return to his/ her domicile (accepted place of residence) within the same day.

(d) "Handicapped" means those individuals who meet the definition of "handicapped" individuals as defined in section 7(6) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, or who are under a disability as defined in section 1614(3)(A) or 223(d)(1) of the Social Security Act or in section 102(7) of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Act of 1970, as amended, or who are receiving benefits under Chapter 11 or 15 of Title 38, United States Code.

(e) "Indian Tribe" means any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Pub. L. 92-203; 85 Stat. 688) which (A) is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians; or (B) is located on, or in proximity to, a Federal or State reservation or rancheria.

§ 1061.31-3 Purpose.

The purpose of this subpart is to require grantees who conduct projects under section 222(a)(12) to periodically submit CSA Form 488 Energy Data Form. This form will accomplish the following:

(a) It will provide CSA with a quarterly picture of grantee provision of services through eligible activities in Energy programming, as defined in CSA Instruction 6143-1a, with data on services to significant populations, indication of known universe of need, and an estimate of planned activities for the next quarterly reporting period;

(b) It will provide a quarterly financial profile of grantee energy programming including all relevant financial data needed to assess the grantee's fiscal position.

§ 1061.31-4 Policy.

Each grantee conducting projects under Section 222(a)(12) of the Community Services Act shall submit CSA Form 488, Energy Data Form, to CSA on a quarterly basis.

§ 1061.31-5 General instructions.

(a) When to Report. CSA Form 488 (EDF) shall be submitted quarterly based on the grantee's program year, and in conjunction with the submission of CSA Forms 315 and 315a. For example, if the program year starts on February 1, EDF reports would be prepared for the quarters ending April 30, July 31, and October 31, and would be due in the appropriate offices 20 days after each of the quarterly ending dates.

(b) Reporting delegate agency (administering agency) data. Each delegate or administering agency shall submit a completed CSA Form 488 to its grantee who, in turn, shall submit a consolidated report to the funding office(s) as required above.

(c) Number of copies to prepare. Each grantee shall prepare sufficient copies of CSA Form 488 (EDF) for each quarter of a program year to make the distribution shown below.

(d) Where to send reports. (1) Each grantee shall submit 2 copies of CSA Form 488 to the funding office from

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(a) Section I: Identifying information. (1) Name of grantee (or administering agency). Self-explanatory.

(2) Staff assigned to energy. Enter the numbers of full and part-time staff engaged in energy programming during the quarterly reporting period. Include subsidized labor, such as CETA or Title X workers, but not volunteers.

(3) Quarter ending (month and year). Enter the appropriate number of the month ending the quarter, and last 2 digits of the calendar year. (For example, a report for the quarter ending April 30, 1976 should be identified as: 04/76.)

(4) Grantee No. Enter five-digit number assigned by CSA to each agency. It should not include action numbers or fund source code letters.

(5) State. State identification should be reported as the two-letter postal abbreviation.

(6) Service area. If the geographical area in which energy activities are carried out is the same as the CAA-coverage area, check the space in front of that phrase. If, in addition you provide energy services to some non-CAA areas, that space should be checked, and the non-CAA areas should be listed.

(b) Section II: Services. (1) The ability to report the specialized information requested in the following categories depends on the accuracy of a grantee's intake system. Many grantees have devised locally efficient intake forms that provide us this kind of

'The CSA Form 488 (EDF) published at 41 FR 42876, Dec. 2, 1976, is not carried in this volume and is available from Community Services Administration at 1200 19th Street, Washington, D.C. 20506.

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