33 CFR § 384.7 - How does the Corps of Engineers communicate with state and local officials concerning its programs and activities?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s384.7"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 384.7 - How does the Corps of Engineers communicate with state and local officials concerning its programs and activities?"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "384.7"
section_name: "How does the Corps of Engineers communicate with state and local officials concerning its programs and activities?"
chapter_name: "CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
part_number: "384"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887); and sec. 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 29153, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "384"
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# 384.7 How does the Corps of Engineers communicate with state and local officials concerning its programs and activities?

(a) For those programs and activities covered by a state process under § 384.6, the responsible Corps official, 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, throught the state process, as early in a program planning cycle as is reasonably feasible to explain specific plans and actions.

(b) The District Engineer 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 District Engineer in his discretion deems appropriate.