Relocation Assistance to Persons Displaced Prior to Award of Federal Grant

A decision was requested regarding the application of the Relocation Act in situations where land acquisition and consequent displacement of occupants of the site occurred before the award of a federal waste treatment facilities grant. The right of displaced persons to assistance under the act was not limited to cases where the displacement occurred after the commitment of federal assistance. Assistance must be provided to persons displaced after January 2, 1971, from a site which, at the time of acquisition, was planned as the site of a federally assisted waste treatment facility.