{"data":{"id":"us/18-cfr-1311.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 CFR 1311.7","heading":"How does TVA communicate with state, regional, and local officials concerning TVA's programs and activities?","body":"(a) For those programs and activities covered by a state process under § 1311.6, TVA, to the extent permitted by law:\n(1) Uses the official state process to determine views of state and local elected officials, and\n(2) Communicates with state and local elected officials, through the official state process, as early in a program planning cycle as is reasonably feasible to explain specific plans and actions.\n(b) TVA provides notice to directly affected state, areawide, regional, and local entities in a state of proposed Federal financial assistance or direct federal development if:\n(1) The state has not adopted a process under the Order;\n(2) The assistance or development involves a program or activity not selected for the state process; or\n(3) The particular government entity is not part of or involved in the state process.\nThis notice may be made by a publication widely available in the potentially affected area or other appropriate means, which TVA in its discretion deems appropriate.","path":["Title 18—Conservation of Power and Water Resources","CHAPTER XIII—TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY","PART 1311—INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND DIRECT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-18.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:34Z","sha256":"e0d6f7deda6c97d9cce574194bfc5155c9f3bbc52c946de070a65e62a3d714e9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-cfr-1311.6","next":"us/18-cfr-1311.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}