10 CFR § 440.1 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s440.1"
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title: "10 CFR § 440.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "440.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
part_number: "440"
part_name: "WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 6861  42 U.S.C. 7101"
regulatory_source: "49 FR 3629, Jan. 27, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "440"
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# 440.1 Purpose and scope.

This part implements a weatherization assistance program to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income persons or to provide such persons renewable energy systems or technologies, reduce their total residential expenditures, and improve their health and safety, especially low-income persons who are particularly vulnerable such as the elderly, persons with disabilities, families with children, high residential energy users, and households with high energy burden.

[65 FR 77217, Dec. 8, 2000, as amended at 71 FR 35778, June 22, 2006]