[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR93.156]

[Page 579]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 93--DETERMINING CONFORMITY OF FEDERAL ACTIONS TO STATE OR FEDERAL 
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--Determining Conformity of General Federal Actions to State or 
                      Federal Implementation Plans
 
Sec. 93.156  Public participation.

    (a) Upon request by any person regarding a specific Federal action, 
a Federal agency must make available for review its draft conformity 
determination under Sec. 93.158 with supporting materials which describe 
the analytical methods and conclusions relied upon in making the 
applicability analysis and draft conformity determination.
    (b) A Federal agency must make public its draft conformity 
determination under Sec. 93.158 by placing a notice by prominent 
advertisement in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the area 
affected by the action and by providing 30 days for written public 
comment prior to taking any formal action on the draft determination. 
This comment period may be concurrent with any other public involvement, 
such as occurs in the NEPA process.
    (c) A Federal agency must document its response to all the comments 
received on its draft conformity determination under Sec. 93.158 and 
make the comments and responses available, upon request by any person 
regarding a specific Federal action, within 30 days of the final 
conformity determination.
    (d) A Federal agency must make public its final conformity 
determination under Sec. 93.158 for a Federal action by placing a notice 
by prominent advertisement in a daily newspaper of general circulation 
in the area affected by the action within 30 days of the final 
conformity determination.