>Date:         Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:20:56 -0500
>From:       Dan Snyder <xxxxxx@SAY.ACNATSCI.ORG>
>Subject:      Federal Executive Order 12372
>To:         xxxxxx@albnydh2.health.state.ny.us
>
>Application for Federal Assistance (Form 424) has an interesting box, #16,
>asking whether the application is "...subject to review by state executive
>order 12372 process", and directing applicants to contact their "State
>Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for this order".
>
>I'm not familiar with the executive order, or the SPOC.  Can someone provide
>a reference or explanation?  Thanks.
>
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Specifically, this is Executive Order 12372, as amended by Executive Order
12416, the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966,
204 (42 USC 3334); the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, 401(a)
(42 USC 4231(a)); and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
102(2)(c) (42 USC 4332(2)(c)).

The Presidential executive order issued July 14, 1982, rescinding OMB
Circular A-95 and providing states an opportunity to structure, in
consultation with local officials, their own intergovernmental review and
comment procedures.  The executive order requires Federal agencies to
accept state of local views or excplain why not.  It also allows states to
simplify, substitute, or consolidate plans required of the estate by
Federal agencies.  OMB A-95, issued in 1969, prescribed procedures for
state and local review and comment on specific Federal assistance programs.
Executive Order 12372, as amended by E.O. 12416, rescinded A-95 on 9/30/83.

The puprose of the order is to provide state and local officials
opportunities to review and to comment upon State plans, applications for
federal or state assistance, and environmental impact statements related to
projects or programs that affect their jurisdiction before the proposals
are approved or funded.  Comments made during the review process are for
the applicant's use in improving the project, if necessary, and for the
funding agency's use in deciding whether to approve the application.  The
order designates the regional review agencies and the SPOC; lists programs
for which reviews will be required (by CFDA number); delineates the
respective responsibilities of applicants, state agencies, and review
agencies; establishes uniform review procedures and criteria; and describes
procedures for seeking accommodation of review comments.

In Texas the primary SPOC is Tom Adams in the Office of State & Federal
Relations in Austin.  There are regional SPOCs around the State to expedite
the process.  I do not have a list of state SPOCs.  Perhaps someone from
Pennsylvania can tell you who the primary SPOC is for your state, who you
should contact for a copy of the specific procedures for compliance in PA.

Good luck!

Jean N. Humphries
Director, Research Services
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
The Texas A&M University System

006 Wisenbaker Engineering Research Center - MS 3406
College Station TX 77843-3406

Phone:  (409) 845-1264
Fax:    (409) 845-9643
Email:  xxxxxx@tamu.edu
URL:    http://engineer.tamu.edu/tees/trs/

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