§79.9. How does the Secretary receive and respond to comments?
34 C.F.R. § 79.9
The Secretary follows the procedure in § 79.10 if:
A State office or official is designated to act as a single point of contact between a State process and all federal agencies, and
That office or official transmits a State process recommendation, and identifies it as such, for a program selected under § 79.6.
The single point of contact is not obligated to transmit comments from State, areawide, regional, or local officials and entities if there is no State process recommendation.
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.
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 to the Department.
If a program or activity is not selected for a State process, State, areawide, regional, and local officials and entities may submit comments to the Department. In addition, if a State process recommendation for a nonselected program or activity is transmitted to the Department by the single point of contact, the Secretary follows the procedures of § 79.10.
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 § 79.10, if those comments are provided by a single point of contact, or directly to the Department by a commenting party.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 20825, June 9, 1986; 89 FR 70343, Aug. 29, 2024]
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.
Amendments
[48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 20825, June 9, 1986; 89 FR 70343, Aug. 29, 2024]