§1311.7. How does TVA communicate with state, regional, and local officials concerning TVA's programs and activities?
18 C.F.R. § 1311.7
For those programs and activities covered by a state process under § 1311.6, TVA, to the extent permitted by law:
Uses the official state process to determine views of state and local elected officials, and
Communicates with state and local elected officials, through the official state process, as early in a program planning cycle as is reasonably feasible to explain specific plans and actions.
TVA provides notice to directly affected state, areawide, regional, and local entities in a state of proposed Federal financial assistance or direct federal development if:
The state has not adopted a process under the Order;
The assistance or development involves a program or activity not selected for the state process; or
The particular government entity is not part of or involved in the state process.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, 48 Stat. 58, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 831-831dd (1976; Supp. V, 1981); E. O. 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30,959), amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15,887); sec. 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended.
Source
Source: 48 FR 29399, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted.