Communication with state and local officials concerning the Department's programs and activities.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 15

(a) For those programs and activities covered by a state process under § 13.6, the Secretary, to the extent permitted by law: (1) Uses the state process to determine views of state and local elected officials; and, (2) Communicates with state and local elected officials, through the state process, as early in a program planning cycle as is reasonably feasible to explain specific plans and actions. (b) The Secretary provides notice to directly affected state, areawide, regional, and local entities in a state of proposed Federal financial assistance or direct Federal development if: (1) The state has not adopted a process under the Order; or (2) The assistance or development involves a program or activity not selected for the state process. This notice may be made by publication in the

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 15:§ 13.7