[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 24CFR52.7]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 52_INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  52.7  How does the Secretary communicate with state and local 

officials concerning the Department's programs and activities?



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

under Sec.  52.6, 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 Federal Register or other



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appropriate means, which the Department in its discretion deems 

appropriate.