In developing its LEP plan, each federal agency must balance the following four factors to ensure meaningful access to their services by LEP persons:

1. the number or proportion of LEP persons who would not receive the federal agency's services absent efforts to remove language barriers;
2. the frequency and number of contacts by LEP persons with the federal agency's services;
3. the nature and importance of the services provided by the federal agency to people's lives; and
4. the resources available to the federal agency (including cost- benefit analysis) to provide services to LEP persons.

After considering these four factors, federal agencies can determine whether it is reasonable to improve access to its services to LEP persons.