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10 CFR 440.3 - Definitions. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 10 › Chapter II › Subchapter D › Part 440 › Section 440.3 10 CFR 440.3 - Definitions.
As used in this part: Act means the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6851et seq.
Base Allocation means the fixed amount of funds for each State as set forth in § 440.10(b)(1). Base temperature means the temperature used to compute heating and cooling degree days. The average daily outdoor temperature is subtracted from the base temperature to compute heating degree days, and the base temperature is subtracted from the average daily outdoor temperature to compute cooling degree days. Biomass means any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis, including agricultural crops and trees, wood and wood wastes and residues, plants (including aquatic plants), grasses, residues, fibers, and animal wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste materials.
CAA means a Community Action Agency. Capital-Intensive furnace or cooling efficiency modifications means those major heating and cooling modifications which require a substantial amount of funds, including replacement and major repairs, but excluding such items as tune-ups, minor repairs, and filters.
Children means dependents not exceeding 19 years or a lesser age set forth in the State plan. Community Action Agency means a private corporation or public agency established pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Pub. L. 88-452, which is authorized to administer funds received from Federal, State, local, or private funding entities to assess, design, operate, finance, and oversee antipoverty programs. Cooling Degree Days means a population-weighted annual average of the climatological cooling degree days for each weather station within a State, as determined by DOE. Deputy Assistant Secretary means the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical and Financial Assistance or any official to whom the Deputy Assistant Secretary's functions may be redelegated by the Assistant Secretary.
DOE means the Department of Energy. Dwelling Unit means a house, including a stationary mobile home, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as separate living quarters. Elderly Person means a person who is 60 years of age or older.
Electric base-load measures means measures which address the energy efficiency and energy usage of lighting and appliances. Family Unit means all persons living together in a dwelling unit.
Formula Allocation means the amount of funds for each State as calculated based on the formula in § 440.10(b)(3). Formula Share means the percentage of the total formula allocation provided to each State as calculated in § 440.10 (b)(3). Governor means the chief executive officer of a State, including the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
Household with a high energy burden means a low-income household whose residential energy burden (residential expenditures divided by the annual income of that household) exceeds the median level of energy burden for all low-income households in the State. Incidental Repairs means those repairs necessary for the effective performance or preservation of weatherization materials. Such repairs include, but are not limited to, framing or repairing windows and doors which could not otherwise be caulked or weather-stripped and providing protective materials, such as paint, used to seal materials installed under this program.
Non-Federal leveraged resources means those benefits identified by State or local agencies to supplement the Federal grant activities and that are made available to or used in conjunction with the DOE Weatherization Assistance Program for the purposes of the Act for use in eligible low-income dwelling units. Persons with Disabilities means any individual (1) who is a handicapped individual as defined in section 7(6) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (2) who is under a disability as defined in section 1614(a)(3)(A) or 223(d)(1) of the Social Security Act or in section 102(7) of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, or (3) who is receiving benefits under chapter 11 or 15 of title 38, U.S.C.
Program Allocation means the base allocation plus formula allocation for each State. Relevant Reporting Period means the Federal fiscal year beginning on October 1 and running through September 30 of the following calendar year. Renewable energy system means a system which when installed in connection with a dwelling - (1) Transmits or uses solar energy, energy derived from geothermal deposits, energy derived from biomass (or any other form of renewable energy which DOE subsequently specifies through an amendment of this part) for the purpose of heating or cooling such dwelling or providing hot water or electricity for use within such dwelling; or wind energy for nonbusiness residential purposes; and
(2) Which meets the performance and quality standards prescribed in § 440.21 (c) of this part.
Residential Energy Expenditures means the average annual cost of purchased residential energy, including the cost of renewable energy resources. Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Energy.
Separate Living Quarters means living quarters in which the occupants do not live and eat with any other persons in the structure and which have either direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall or complete kitchen facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements, and includes shelters for homeless persons. Shelter means a dwelling unit or units whose principal purpose is to house on a temporary basis individuals who may or may not be related to one another and who are not living in nursing homes, prisons, or similar institutional care facilities. Single-Family Dwelling Unit means a structure containing no more than one dwelling unit.
Support Office Director means the Director of the DOE Field Support Office with the responsibility for grant administration or any official to whom that function may be redelegated by the Assistant Secretary. Total Program Allocations means the annual appropriation less funds reserved for training and technical assistance. Tribal Organization means the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe or any legally established organization of Native Americans which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body.
Weatherization Materials mean: (1) Caulking and weatherstripping of doors and windows; (2) Furnace efficiency modifications including, but not limited to - (i) Replacement burners, furnaces, or boilers or any combination thereof; (ii) Devices for minimizing energy loss through heating system, chimney, or venting devices; and (iii) Electrical or mechanical furnace ignition systems which replace standing gas pilot lights; (3) Cooling efficiency modifications including, but not limited to - (i) Replacement air conditioners; (ii) Ventilation equipment; (iii) Screening and window films; and (iv) Shading devices. Weatherization Project means a project conducted in a single geographical area which undertakes to weatherize dwelling units that are energy inefficient.
[ 49 FR 3629, Jan. 27, 1984, as amended at 50 FR 712, Jan. 4, 1985; 50 FR 49917, Dec. 5, 1985; 55 FR 41325, Oct. 10, 1990; 58 FR 12525, Mar. 4, 1993; 60 FR 29480, June 5, 1995; 65 FR 77217, Dec. 8, 2000; 71 FR 35778, June 22, 2006; 74 FR 12539, Mar. 25, 2009]
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