[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: 24CFR570.400]

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                 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 E_Special Purpose Grants
 
Sec. 570.400  General.


    (a) Applicability. The policies and procedures set forth in subparts 
A, C, J, K, and O of this part shall apply to this subpart, except to 
the extent that they are specifically modified or augmented by the 
contents of this subpart, including specified exemptions described 
herein. The HUD Environmental Review Procedures contained in 24 CFR part 
58 also apply to this subpart, unless otherwise specifically provided 
herein.
    (b) Data. Wherever data are used in this subpart for selecting 
applicants for assistance or for determining grant amounts, the source 
of such data shall be the most recent information available from the 
U.S. Bureau of the Census which is referable to the same point or period 
of time.
    (c) Review of applications for discretionary assistance--(1) Review 
components. An application for assistance under this subpart shall be 
reviewed by HUD to ensure that:
    (i) The application is postmarked or received on or before any final 
date established by HUD;
    (ii) The application is complete;
    (iii) Required certifications have been included in the application; 
and
    (iv) The application meets the specific program requirements listed 
in the Federal Register Notice published in connection with a 
competition for funding, and any other specific requirements listed 
under this subpart for each of the programs.
    (2) Timing and review. HUD is not required by the Act to review and 
approve an application for assistance or a contract proposal within any 
specified time period. However, HUD will attempt to complete its review 
of any application/proposal within 75 days.
    (3) Notification to applicant/proposer. HUD will notify the 
applicant/proposer in writing that the applicant/proposal has been 
approved, partially approved, or disapproved. If an application/proposal 
is partially approved or disapproved, the applicant/proposer will be 
informed of the basis for HUD's decision. HUD may make conditional 
approvals under Sec. 570.304(d).
    (d) Program amendments. (1) Recipients shall request prior written 
HUD approval for all program amendments involving changes in the scope 
or the location of approved activities.
    (2) Any program amendments, whether or not they require HUD 
approval, must be fully documented in the recipient's records.
    (e) Performance reports. Any performance report required of a 
discretionary assistance recipient shall be submitted in the form 
specified in this subpart, in the award document, or (if the report 
relates to a specific competition for an assistance award) in a form 
specified in

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a Notice published in the Federal Register.
    (f) Performance reviews and findings. HUD may review the recipient's 
performance in carrying out the activities for which assistance is 
provided in a timely manner and in accordance with its approved 
application, all applicable requirements of this part and the terms of 
the assistance agreement. Findings of performance deficiencies may be 
cause for appropriate corrective and remedial actions under Sec. 
570.910.
    (g) Funding sanctions. Following notice and opportunity for informal 
consultation, HUD may withhold, reduce or terminate the assistance where 
any corrective or remedial actions taken under Sec. 570.910 fail to 
remedy a recipient's performance deficiencies, and the deficiencies are 
sufficiently substantial, in the judgment of HUD, to warrant sanctions.
    (h) Publication of availability of funds. HUD will publish by Notice 
in the Federal Register each year the amount of funds available for the 
special purpose grants authorized by each section under this subpart.

[50 FR 37525, Sept. 16, 1985, as amended at 56 FR 18968, Apr. 24, 1991]