(a) The Secretary is responsible for:
(1) Identifying proposed Federal financial assistance that have 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 pursuant to Sec. 17.10 of this part 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) The Secretary uses the procedures in Sec. 17.10 if a state
process provides a state process recommendation to the Department
through a single point of contact.
