---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 29.8"
title: "40"
number: "29.8"
heading: "How does the Administrator provide States an opportunity to comment on proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/29.8"
---

# §29.8. How does the Administrator provide States an opportunity to comment on proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development?

- (a) Except in unusual circumstances, the Administrator 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 Administrator 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 Administrator 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 Environmental Protection Agency have been delegated.
- (c) Applicants for programs and activities subject to [section 204](/cfr/40/204.md) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act shall allow areawide agencies a 60-day opportunity for review and comment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended Apr. 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: 48 FR 29300, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted.