| (a) Health and Safety expenditures at the end of the
Contract Term for DOE WAP and LIHEAP WAP may not exceed the amount
equal to the Health and Safety budget, divided by the sum of Materials/Program
Support/Labor budget and the Health and Safety budget. The budget
line items are identified in the Budget and Performance Statement
of the DOE WAP and LIHEAP WAP Contracts.
(b) Subrecipient shall provide Weatherization services
with the primary goal of energy efficiency. The Department considers
establishing a healthy and safe home environment to be important to
ensuring that energy savings result from Weatherization work.
(c) Subrecipient must test for high carbon monoxide
(CO) levels and bring CO levels to acceptable levels before Weatherization
work can start. The Department has defined maximum acceptable CO readings
in its Standard Work Specifications.
(d) A Dwelling Unit shall not be weatherized when there
is a potentially harmful situation that may adversely affect the occupants
or the Subrecipient's Weatherization crew and staff, or when a Dwelling
Unit is found to have structural concerns that render the Dwelling
Unit unable to benefit from Weatherization. The Subrecipient must
declare their intent to defer Weatherization on an eligible unit on
the assessment form. The assessment form should include the customer's
name and address, dates of the assessment, and the date on which the
customer was informed of the issue in writing. The written notice
to the customer must include a clear description of the problem, conditions
under which Weatherization could continue, the responsibility of all
parties involved, and any rights or options the customer has. A copy
of the notice must be given to the customer, and a signed copy placed
in the customer application file. Only after the issue has been corrected
to the satisfaction of the Subrecipient shall Weatherization work
begin.
(e) If structural concerns or health and safety issues
identified (which would be exacerbated by any Weatherization work
performed) on an individual Dwelling Unit cannot be abated within
program rules or within the allowable WAP limits, the Dwelling Unit
exceeds the scope of this program.
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