---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 101.403"
title: "13"
number: "101.403"
heading: "What are the notice and comment procedures?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/101.403"
---

# §101.403. What are the notice and comment procedures?

- (a) The Administrator provides notice to directly affected state, area-wide, regional, and local entities in a state of proposed SBA financial assistance or direct SBA development if—
  - (1) The state has not adopted a process under Executive Order 12372 ([3 CFR](/cfr/3.md), 1982 Comp., p. 197), as amended by Executive Order 12416 ([3 CFR](/cfr/3.md), 1983 Comp., p. 186); or
  - (2) **The assistance or development involves a program or activity not selected for the state process.**
- (b) Notice may be made by publication in the Federal Register or other means as SBA deems appropriate.
- (c) Except in unusual circumstances the Administrator gives state processes or directly affected state, area-wide, regional, and local officials and entities at least 60 days to comment on proposed SBA financial assistance or direct SBA development.
- (d) In cases where SBA delegates the review, coordination, and communication authority under this subpart, this section also applies.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 and App. 3, secs. 2, 4(a), 6(a), and 9(a)(1)(T); 15 U.S.C. 633, 634, 687; 31 U.S.C. 6506; 44 U.S.C. 3512; 42 U.S.C. 6307(d); 15 U.S.C. 657h; E.O. 12372 (July 14, 1982), 47 FR 30959, 3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 197, as amended by E.O. 12416 (April 8, 1983), 48 FR 15887, 3 CFR, 1983 Comp., p. 186.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 2394, Jan. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.