§ 79.9. How does the Secretary receive and respond to comments?
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/us/cfr/t34/s§ 79.9·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
(a)The Secretary follows the procedure in § 79.10 if:
(1)A State office or official is designated to act as a single point of contact between a State process and all federal agencies, and
(2)That office or official transmits a State process recommendation, and identifies it as such, for a program selected under § 79.6. (b)(1) The single point of contact is not obligated to transmit comments from State, areawide, regional, or local officials and entities if there is no State process recommendation.
(2)If a State process recommendation is transmitted by a single point of contact, all comments from State, areawide, regional, and local officials and entities that differ from it must also be transmitted.
(c)If a State has not established a process, or is unable to submit a State process recommendation, State, areawide, regional, and local officials and entities may submit comments to the Department.
(d)If a program or activity is not selected for a State process, State, areawide, regional, and local officials and entities may submit comments to the Department. In addition, if a State process recommendation for a nonselected program or activity is transmitted to the Department by the single point of contact, the Secretary follows the procedures of § 79.10.
(e)The Secretary considers comments which do not constitute a State process recommendation submitted under these regulations and for which the Secretary is not required to apply the procedures of § 79.10, if those comments are provided by a single point of contact, or directly to the Department by a commenting party. (Authority: E.O. 12372, Sec. 2) \[48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 20825, June 9, 1986; 89 FR 70343, Aug. 29, 2024\]