[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR570.480]

[Page 105]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 570_COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart I_State Community Development Block Grant Program
 
Sec. 570.480  General.

    Source: 57 FR 53397, Nov. 9, 1992, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) This subpart describes policies and procedures applicable to 
states that elect to receive Community Development Block Grant funds for 
distribution to units of general local government in the state's 
nonentitlement areas under the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974. Other subparts of part 570 are not applicable to the State CDBG 
Program, except as expressly provided otherwise.
    (b) HUD's authority for the waiver of regulations and for the 
suspension of requirements to address damage in a Presidentially-
declared disaster area is described in 24 CFR part 5 and in section 122 
of the Act, respectively.
    (c) In exercising the Secretary's obligation and responsibility to 
review a state's performance, the Secretary will give maximum feasible 
deference to the state's interpretation of the statutory requirements 
and the requirements of this regulation, provided that these 
interpretations are not plainly inconsistent with the Act and the 
Secretary's obligation to enforce compliance with the intent of the 
Congress as declared in the Act. The Secretary will not determine that a 
state has failed to carry out its certifications in compliance with 
requirements of the Act (and this regulation) unless the Secretary finds 
that procedures and requirements adopted by the state are insufficient 
to afford reasonable assurance that activities undertaken by units of 
general local government were not plainly inappropriate to meeting the 
primary objectives of the Act, this regulation, and the state's 
community development objectives.
    (d) Administrative action taken by the Secretary that is not 
explicitly and fully part of this regulation shall only apply to a 
specific case or issue at a specific time, and shall not be generally 
applicable to the state-administered CDBG program.

[57 FR 53397, Nov. 9, 1992, as amended at 61 FR 11477, Mar. 20, 1996; 61 
FR 54921, Oct. 22, 1996]