---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 79.11"
title: "34"
number: "79.11"
heading: "What are the Secretary's obligations in interstate situations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/79.11"
---

# §79.11. What are the Secretary's obligations in interstate situations?

- (a) **The Secretary is responsible for—**
  - (1) Identifying proposed federal financial assistance that has an impact on interstate areas;
  - (2) Notifying appropriate officials and entities in States which have adopted a process and which select the Department's program or activity.
  - (3) Making efforts to identify and notify the affected State, areawide, regional, and local officials and entities in those States that have not adopted a process under the Order or do not select the Department's program or activity;
  - (4) Responding under [§ 79.10](/cfr/34/79.10.md) if the Secretary receives a recommendation from a designated areawide agency transmitted by a single point of contact, in cases in which the review, coordination, and communication with the Department have been delegated.
- (b) In an interstate situation subject to this section, the Secretary uses the procedures in [§ 79.10](/cfr/34/79.10.md) if a State process provides a State process recommendation to the Department through a single point of contact.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 6506; 42 U.S.C. 3334; and E.O. 12372, unless otherwise noted. Section 79.2 also issued under E.O. 12372.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted.