Sec. 402. Functions of program
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The Significantly Impacted Federal Community Economic Adjustment Program shall— identify problems of counties, regions, metropolitan areas, Tribal governments or communities that result from major federally owned, in part or whole, energy infrastructure closures taking place on Federal lands. and that require Federal assistance; use and maintain a uniform socioeconomic impact analysis to justify the use of Federal economic adjustment resources; apply consistent policies, practices, and procedures in the administration of Federal programs that are used to assist significantly Federal affected counties, Tribal governments, regions, metropolitan areas, communities, and businesses; identify and strengthen existing agency mechanisms to coordinate employment opportunities for displaced agency personnel; identify and strengthen existing agency mechanisms to improve reemployment opportunities for dislocated Energy production industry personnel; assure timely consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, regional, Tribal, county, metropolitan, and community officials concerning Federal energy production-related impacts on affected communities’ problems; prepare, facilitate, and implement cost-effective strategies and action plans to coordinate interagency and intergovernmental economic adjustment efforts; encourage effective Federal, State, Tribal, county, regional, metropolitan, and community cooperation and concerted involvement of public interest groups and private sector organizations in economic adjustment activities; serve as a clearinghouse to exchange information among Federal, State, County, Tribal, regional, metropolitan, and community officials involved in the resolution of community economic adjustment problems.
Such information may include, for example, previous studies, technical information, and sources of public and private financing; assist in the diversification of local economies to lessen dependence on Federal activities; encourage and facilitate private sector and Tribal interim use of lands and buildings to generate jobs as Federal activities diminish; develop ways to streamline property disposal procedures to enable communities to acquire former energy production property to generate jobs as Federal energy production activities diminish; and encourage resolution of regulatory issues that impede encroachment prevention and local economic adjustment efforts.