(a) Except for actions under sections 106(j), 164 (b) and (f), and
167 of the Act and the funding restrictions specified at Sec. 627.423 of
this part, Funding restrictions for ``high-risk'' recipients and
subrecipients, the Grant Officer shall utilize initial and final
determination procedures outlined in Sec. 627.606, Grant Officer
resolution, of this part to impose a sanction or corrective action.
(b) To impose a sanction or corrective action regarding a violation
of section 167 of the Act, the Department shall utilize the procedures
of 29 CFR part 34.
(c) To impose a sanction or corrective action for failure to meet
performance standards, where the recipient has not acted as required at
section 106(j)(4), the Grant Officer shall utilize the procedures set
forth at Sec. 627.470 (d) and (f).
(d) To impose a sanction or corrective action for noncompliance with
the procurement standards provisions set forth at Secs. 627.420 and
627.703 of this part, where the recipient has not acted, the Grant
Officer may utilize the procedures set forth at section 164(b) of the
Act.
(e) To impose a sanction or corrective action for the Governor's
failure to promptly take remedial action of a substantial violation as
required by Sec. 627.477 of this part, the Grant Officer shall utilize
the procedure set forth in Sec. 627.607 of this part.
(f) The recipient shall be held responsible for all funds under its
grant(s). The recipient shall hold subrecipients, including SDA's and
SSG's, responsible for JTPA funds received through the grant, and may
ultimately hold the units of local government which constitute the SDA
or the SSG responsible for such funds.
(g) Nothing in this section shall preclude the Grant Officer from
imposing a sanction directly against a subrecipient, as authorized in
section 164(e)(3) of the Act. In such a case, the Grant Officer shall
inform the recipient of such action.
