---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 30.8"
title: "28"
number: "30.8"
heading: "How does the Attorney General provide an opportunity to comment on proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/30.8"
---

# §30.8. How does the Attorney General provide an opportunity to comment on proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development?

- (a) Except in unusual circumstances, the Attorney General gives state processes or directly affected state, areawide, regional, and local officials and entities:
  - (1) At least 30 days from the date established by the Attorney General to comment on proposed federal financial assistance in the form of noncompeting continuation awards; and
  - (2) At least 60 days from the date established by the Attorney General to comment on proposed direct federal development or federal financial assistance other than noncompeting continuation awards.
- (b) This section also applies to comments in cases in which the review, coordination, and communication with the Department have been delegated.
- (c) Applicants for programs and activities subject to [section 204](/cfr/28/204.md) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Act shall allow areawide agencies a 60-day opportunity for review and comments.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Executive Order 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887); Sec. 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506); Sec. 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 as amended (42 U.S.C. 3334).

### Source

Source: Order No. 1018-83, 48 FR 29246, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted.