---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 C.F.R. § 415.11"
title: "2"
number: "415.11"
heading: "Processing comments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/415.11"
---

# §415.11. Processing comments.

- (a) The Secretary follows the procedures in [§ 415.12](/cfr/2/415.12.md) if:
  - (1) A State office or official is designated to act as a single point of contact between a State process and all Federal agencies; and
  - (2) That office or official transmits a State process recommendation for a program selected under [§ 415.8](/cfr/2/415.8.md).
- (b)
  - (1) The single point of contact is not obligated to transmit comments from State, areawide, regional or local officials and entities where there is no State process recommendation.
  - (2) If a State process recommendation is transmitted by a single point of contact, all comments from State, areawide, regional and local officials and entities that differ from it must also be transmitted.
- (c) If a State has not established a process, or is unable to submit a State process recommendation, State, areawide, regional and local officials and entities may submit comments either to the applicant or to the Department.
- (d) If a program or activity is not selected by a State process, State, areawide, regional and local officials and entities may submit comments either to the applicant or to the Department. In addition, if a State process recommendation for a non-selected program or activity is transmitted to the Department by the single point of contact, the Secretary follows the procedures of [§ 415.12](/cfr/2/415.12.md).
- (e) The Secretary considers comments which do not constitute a State process recommendation submitted under these regulations and for which the Secretary is not required to apply the procedures of [§ 415.12](/cfr/2/415.12.md), when such comments are provided by a single point of contact by the applicant, or directly to the Department by a commenting party.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 901-903; 2 CFR part 200; 7 CFR 2.28.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 68323, Aug. 26, 2024, unless otherwise noted.