[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR660.7]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 660_INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 660.7  How does the Director communicate with state and local 

officials concerning the Foundation's programs and activities?



    (a) For those programs and activities covered by a state process 

under Sec. 660.6, the Director, 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 Director 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 Federal Register or other 

appropriate means, which the Foundation in its discretion deems 

appropriate.