44 CFR § 4.7 - How does the Administrator communicate with State and local officials concerning FEMA's programs and activities?
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Identifier
/us/cfr/t44/s4.7
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Authority
E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887); sec. 401, Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506); sec. 204, Demonstration Cities and Me... E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887); sec. 401, Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506); sec. 204, Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3334).
# 4.7 How does the Administrator communicate with State and local officials concerning FEMA's programs and activities?(a) For those programs and activities covered by a state process under § 4.6, 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 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 FEMA in its discretion deems appropriate.