40 CFR § 29.7 - How does the Administrator communicate with State and local officials concerning the EPA programs and activities?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s29.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 29.7 - How does the Administrator communicate with State and local officials concerning the EPA programs and activities?"
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "29.7"
section_name: "How does the Administrator communicate with State and local officials concerning the EPA programs and activities?"
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "29"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 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 Apr. 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887); sec. 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506); sec. 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3334)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 29300, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "29"
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# 29.7 How does the Administrator communicate with State and local officials concerning the EPA programs and activities?
(a) For those programs and activities covered by a State process under § 29.6, the Administrator, 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 Administrator provides notice of proposed Federal financial assistance or direct Federal development to directly affected State, areawide, regional, and local entities in a State 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 published in the *Federal Register* or issued by other means which EPA, in its discretion deems appropriate.