---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 170.100"
title: "25"
number: "170.100"
heading: "What do the terms “consultation,” “collaboration,” and “coordination” mean?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/170.100"
---

# §170.100. What do the terms “consultation,” “collaboration,” and “coordination” mean?

- (a) Consultation means government-to-government communication, carried out in accordance with applicable Executive Orders, in a timely manner by all parties about a proposed or contemplated decision. The Departments' Consultation Policies and Plans can be found at http://www.indianaffairs.gov/WhoWeAre/AS-IA/Consultation/Templates/index.htm (DOI) or http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tribal/news/consultation.htm (DOT)
- (b) Collaboration means that all parties involved in carrying out planning and project development work together in a timely manner to achieve a common goal or objective.
- (c) Coordination means that each party:
  - (1) Shares and compares in a timely manner its transportation plans, programs, projects, and schedules with the related plans, programs, projects, and schedules of the other parties; and
  - (2) Adjusts its plans, programs, projects, and schedules to optimize the efficient and consistent delivery of transportation projects and services.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 112-141, Pub. L. 114-94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 78463, Nov. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted.