[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR29.1] [Page 311] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PART 29_INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents Sec. 29.1 What is the purpose of these regulations? Sec. 29.1 What is the purpose of these regulations? 29.2 What definitions apply to these regulations? 29.3 What programs and activities of the Environmental Protection Agency are subject to these regulations? 29.4 What are the Administrator's general responsibilities under the Order? 29.5 What is the Administrator's obligation with respect to Federal interagency coordination? 29.6 What procedures apply to the selection of programs and activities under these regulations? 29.7 How does the Administrator communicate with State and local officials concerning EPA programs and activities? 29.8 How does the Administrator provide States an opportunity to comment on proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development? 29.9 How does the Administrator receive and respond to comments? 29.10 How does the Administrator make efforts to accommodate intergovernmental concerns? 29.11 What are the Administrator's obligations in interstate situations? 29.12 How may a State simplify, consolidate, or substitute federally required State plans? 29.13 May the Administrator waive any provision of these regulations? 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: 48 FR 29300, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted. (a) The regulations in this part implement Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,'' issued July 14, 1982, and amended, on April 8, 1983. These regulations also implement applicable provisions of section 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended and section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended. (b) These regulations are intended to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened federalism by relying on State processes and on State, areawide, regional and local coordination for review of proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development. (c) These regulations are intended to aid the internal management of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and are not intended to create any right or benefit enforceable at law by a party against EPA or its officers.