[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] [Page 397-398] 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 [[Page 398]] appropriate means, which the Department in its discretion deems appropriate.