---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 224.51"
title: "25"
number: "224.51"
heading: "What is a pre-application consultation between a Tribe and the Secretary?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/224.51"
---

# §224.51. What is a pre-application consultation between a Tribe and the Secretary?

- (a) A Tribe interested in entering into a TERA should request a pre-application consultation by writing to the Secretary. The request should include the name and contact information for the Designated Tribal Official who will coordinate scheduling with the Secretary.
- (b) Upon receiving a pre-application consultation request, the Secretary will contact the Designated Tribal Official within 30 days to schedule a pre-application consultation meeting. The Secretary may also initiate pre-application discussions with the Tribal governing body.
- (c) At the pre-application consultation meeting, the Tribe and the Secretary may discuss any of the matters related to a future application including, but not limited to:
  - (1) The application process;
  - (2) The potential scope of the Tribe's future application, including any regulatory or administrative activities that the Tribe anticipates exercising;
  - (3) The required content of an application for a TERA;
  - (4) The energy resource the Tribe anticipates developing;
  - (5) The Tribe's capacity to manage and regulate the energy resource development the Tribe identifies;
  - (6) Potential opportunities for funding capacity-building and other activities related to the energy resource the Tribe anticipates developing under a TERA; and
  - (7) **Any other matters applicable to this part, the Act, and the Tribe.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, as amended at 84 FR 69611, Dec. 18, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; 25 U.S.C. 3501-3504; Pub. L. 109-58; Pub. L. 115-325.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, as amended at 84 FR 69611, Dec. 18, 2019]