1739.16—Review of grant applications.
(a)
All applications for grants must be delivered to the Agency at the address and by the date specified in the NOFA (see § 1739.2) to be eligible for funding. The Agency will review each application for conformance with the provisions of this part. The Agency may contact the applicant for additional information or clarification.
(b)
Incomplete applications as of the deadline for submission will not be considered. If an application is determined to be incomplete, the applicant will be notified in writing and the application will be returned with no further action.
(c)
Applications conforming with this part will then be evaluated competitively by a panel of the Agency's employees selected by the Administrator of the Agency, and will be awarded points as described in the scoring criteria in § 1739.17. Applications will be ranked and grants awarded in rank order until all grant funds are expended.
(d)
Regardless of the score an application receives, if the Agency determines that the Project is technically or financially infeasible, the Agency will notify the applicant, in writing, and the application will be returned with no further action.