§17.6. What procedures apply to the selection of programs and activities under these regulations? — Inbound Citations

(a) For those programs and activities covered by a state process under § 17.6, the Secretary, to the extent permitted by law:

(1) Uses the state process to determine views of state and local elected officials; and,

(2) Communicates with state and local elected officials, through the state process, as early in a program planning cycle as is reasonably feasible to explain specific plans and actions.

(2) That office or official transmits a state process recommendation for a program selected under § 17.6.