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kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 352.21"
title: "44"
number: "352.21"
heading: "Participating Federal agencies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/352.21"
---

# §352.21. Participating Federal agencies.

- (a) FEMA may call upon any Federal agency to participate in planning for the use of Federal facilities and resources in the licensee offsite emergency response plan.
- (b) FEMA may call upon the following agencies, and others as needed, to provide Federal technical assistance and Federal facilities and resources:
  - (1) Department of Commerce;
  - (2) Department of Defense;
  - (3) Department of Energy;
  - (4) Department of Health and Human Services;
  - (5) Department of Housing and Urban Development;
  - (6) Department of the Interior;
  - (7) Department of Transportation;
  - (8) Environmental Protection Agency;
  - (9) Federal Communications Commission;
  - (10) General Services Administration;
  - (11) National Communications System;
  - (12) Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
  - (13) United States Department of Agriculture; and
  - (14) **Department of Veterans Affairs.**
- (c) **FEMA is the Federal agency primarily responsible for coordinating Federal assistance.** FEMA may enter into Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) and other instruments with Federal agencies to provide technical assistance and to arrange for the commitment and utilization of Federal facilities and resources as necessary. FEMA also may use a MOU to delegate to another Federal agency, with the consent of that agency, any of the functions and duties assigned to FEMA. Following review and approval by OMB, FEMA will publish such documents in the Federal Register.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2251 et seq.; ) Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 9701; Executive Order 12657; Executive Order 12148; Executive Order 12127 and Executive Order 12241.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 31925, Aug. 2, 1989, unless otherwise noted.