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Letter to Robert P. Mayo from William G. Colman. ( 1969-01-30 )
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Letter to Robert P. Mayo from William G. Colman. ( 1969-01-30 )
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U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1967-1977. ACIR Correspondence 1969: January-March. (Farris Bryant Papers)
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Jonuory so. 1969

looorohh Robert P. Mayo
Dirootor

harm of tho ludgot

lrocotivo Offico of tho Pruidont
'Joohington. D. C. 20503

Door hr. Mayo:

Mount to aoctioo 6b of room of tho Wt Circular A-BS.
"Consultation with hoodo of no and bell [worn-onto in dovoloponot
of Moroi ruloo. rogulotiuo. nod-do, wocodurOI. lad guido1iuoo."
um ooh-it tho following report oo oporotiooo ado! tho Circulor (or tho
yoor coding Docodor 31. 1960.

ol 8 oo! oi

Droft rogulotiooo trnomittod to tho public iutoroot groups for
co-oot totolod 136 in BOO-moo ovoro of 11.3 por math. Thio caporod
with o totol of 18 trooooittod duriq ch fivo ooutho tho procodmo woo
in oporotioo in 1961" ovorogo of 3.6 yor oooth. Tohlo 1 ottochod
u-oriooo roiovoat dot- tor tho ouhiooiooo for 1967 ond 1968.

The 136 drott diroctivoo ooro diotrihotod by doport-nt or
qoncy oo (anon: Ioolth. Maui. and Bolton -- 65, loosing and
[thou Dovolopnoot -- 3. Oico d Icooonic Opportunity - 13. Intorior
-- 12, Agriculturo -- 7. Lohor -- 6. tron-permits -- S. luroou of tho
Mgot -- 2. out! Uotor home Council -- 1. Monti which voro ox-
poctod to ho iovoivod in tho proraduro but did not ouhnit on, droft
diroctivoo in 1968 voro Cc-orco, Dofuoo, Juotico. and the Office of
l-rgoooy Proporodaooo. In tho ton of at looot ooo of thou ogoncioo
(Jutico). it io hoov- thot moo-1n dirott coooultotiooo voro hold on
propoood rogulotiooo for o oov progr- (Orin Control ood Soto Strooto
Act). ohviotiu tho oood for uoo of tho A-BS procodu'o.

Extggt 9! Public morogt 25w! Ema;

For 131 of tho 136 diroctivoo olittod in 1968. the ouhnitting
minty roquootod o roopoaoo hoforo at h, noco-bor 31. 168 (the ronoiniog
fivo voro duo in January). Tho 131 romtod o total of 655 opportuni-
ties for co-oot by tho fivo public intoroot groupo. Written cox-lento

Hr. luyo

intranlo, 1969 .

procaaaed thaqh the ma ared 161. or about one-fourth of the
caaae--a alightly a-llar proportion than in 1967. lo couante were
rocaivad fro. ally palic intareat group in regard to 30 directivaa.
Thaae figuraa do not neceaaarily provide a wholly accurate reflection
of the public interest groupa' reapoaaa inaaauch ea in cone ot the

caeaa (for axaqle, Plenum Adviacy Service for Localitiaa (IUD)
and Public laaringa on Location .1 Daaign [or Federal Aid nigl-eya

(001)). the aaaociationa had been conaultad directly on draft regula-
tiona and node their cm. orally to departmental officiala.

tots! of mi.

Table 2 attached awe-aria th nunher of chaagee node in final

iaauancea along linaa auggaatad by the public intareat grmpa under the
A-OS procedure. l'he table ahoue a for both 1967 and 1968. haaed on

an analyaia o! the initial and Oil drafta of the directivaa. By the
and of 1968 note than halt of the draft regulatioa had not yet been
iaaued in final (on, no that tho full pictue of 1968 activity will

not be known until Ion $1. in 196.

The totala for th two yeara are at folloua:

or of Mar of

co-enta a node
l? 99 33
1968 322 79

Interpretation of theae liguree ahould he approached with
caution. Iirat. dataraination of what conatituted a aeparate co-nent
m a judgment of the Meier: ate: in acne caaaa the matter on
not clear-cut. cued. individual co-nta vary in their aignificenca.
Thua. acceptance of five aqgaatione night he laaa naaningful to a
public interaat group th- re1ectioe a! one. in tar-a of policy inpact.
lhird, it ia not alveya a einpla nattar to relate all or even part of a
final iaauanoa to th iaauance in draft (one. Sonatina a draft regula-
tion ie entirely rewritten or codined with other regulationa before it
appaara aa a final iaauanca. 'ourth. it ia i-poaaihle to know-abort of
direct taatinony by the agency people reaponeihla for final docieione on
the directivea--to what extent chargaa appearing in a final iaauance
were attributable to cmta by the public lntaraat groupa. Finally,
in the long run thia kind of quantitative evaluation nay he tin-that

Hr. Mayo
January 30. 1969
Pogo Tbroo .

canplioatal it tho procoduro can. cbo agoncioo and part-onto to think
abaatl about what tho intaraovorual iaplicationa I111 ha. and thua
draft choir directina an ao to-uticipato c-aato no criticiaao iron
tho public intaraat grown. or Mortaka auto fraquont informal con-ulta-
tion with than bolorobnd. Thu "anticipation" offact would probably
mean that many of the coat iaportaat goo ataing fro- tbo A-IS pro-
codnto would nevor abo- up in the amiotica. And thin. of tour-o. la

ono of the purposaa of tho procoduro.

Accepting all tbaao qualications. it in atill cloar that a
largo proportion of tbo ca-ata node by tho public intoroat groupo to
date have not found a racopciva oar in tho notation cnncarnod. to noth
balov. tho public intoroat m bow voicad a concarn about this aitua-
tion. and particularly about th lack of any oxplanation (rm the noncioo
on tho rooaona tho canto voro not accoptod. Tho AC!) baa rocoivod
docuaontation of only tbroa caaoa ao tar nboro tba agoncy roopandad in
writing tn a public intoroat poop ovation (than an aatoriobod on
Table 2). Othar raaponaaa nay ban ba- nado varballyuupon tbo initiation
of tho agency at tho public intoraat pour-but 'a bava no ldoa of their
volma.

hart Daadlinca laxd la a

Undo: Section 5 of tho Circular. 21 daya 1a praooribod on tho not
in vbicb tho public intoroat m not cub-1t tboir cal-onto. "mlooo
an aarlior raaponaa 1a roquirad. Ibo need for an oarliar roaponao ia
decidad by tho lamina agony "if opaciol lo'al or otbor circtnatancoo do
not pox-nit aufctant tiaa for tho nor-a1 roopoaao pariod". Thorn van
1.9 ouch coooa in 1968, diatributod nun; tho dapattuata and agoncioa as
follow:

" tt-d co
Dopartnant or total Amqa daya allovad
alone: m m {or room"
mm A] 16 13.2
(0 15 S 12.2
I!" 65 5 16.6
Interior 12 2 17.0

Labor 6 1 12.0

Hr. Hiya
Joonory 30. WW
Pogo Four .

Vat thou port. tho but tototoot groupo voro loto with tho
toopoooooufot om ounboto of doyoulo ohout two-thltdo of tho coooo.
(Ao would ho oxpoctod, thoy Into loto to o highor poportlou of tho
"ohott-doodlloo" toouoacoo.) Tho m of ttooo tordy ood tho Iodton
loath of tordtoooo. to doyo. lo ohm- holoo foo tho vo you:

Mot of Noun lmth
Public tutoroot tooponooo of tordlnooo
Em tug]
tom 92 7
IAOO u 5
[LC 7, 5
mac 73 2
BC 101 S

Tho rothot chronic toohlllty of tho pohllc lototoot groupo to
out tho 21 doy doodltOo to no of tho Vooh potato to tho oporottoo of
MOS. 'l'ho doportoooto ond ogoocloo hovo Iodo too cuplolnto ohout tho
lotonooo. hut (toquootly thoy how collod tho ocn to loquito ohout
ovorduo coopouooo. 9o do not kno- tho oxtont to which tho tordioooo hoo

offoctod tho cooouorotlao tho ogooouo hon 31m to tho public toteroot
group roopooooo.

AR lo

Punuoot to tho Circulor. tho am oomo oo tho clottcol ood
odolotrottvo tutor-duty. troooottttq droft togolotlaoo tron tho
ogooctoo to tho public totoroot poop ood tho lottoro' cmto hock to
tho loouln; ogoocloo. ood doing x it could to opood tho popor flour in
both dltocttooo. LCII otoff hot not dolly catoct vtth tho public
lotoroot group to ptocoootng diroctlvoo. and tr:- ttno to tile mo in

touch with soot of tho doolpotod roproooototlvoo of tho doportnooto ood
oooctoo.

to July tho Mill oto voo roqnootod by tho o'oocy cootoct in
mm (tho lotonovoruoontol Iolotlooo ood Plowing Aoototooco Offlco) to
dlocuoo tho wocodmo'o oporotlono with tho poroooo to chorgo of tho
omrol HUD lloo o'ooctoo. Moo. coooldorohlo dlolo'oo woo corned on

Hr. Mayo

January 10. 196! .

Page Five

throughout the year with EU officiela relative to their internal pro-
cedurea, ea noted eore fully below.

ACIR alao advieaa agencieee-nhen requeeted--aa to whether pro-
poaed ilauancel fell within the purview of the coneultetion procedure.

During 1968 auch advice wae luht a number of tinoa Eran AgriCulture.
Interior. and particularly HIV.

Section 5: of the Circular providee that a Federal agency or a
State or local government aaeociation nay requaat the ACIR to arrange
a meeting bntwean repreeentativea of the agency and the aaaociation to
conaider modifications of a propoeed regulation. No ouch requests were
received in 1968.

Agencien' Obeervggge of A-O} [goredgse

During l968, AC on was in frequent consultation with KEN
officiale relative to uae of the A-BS procedure and the internal arrange-
mente within the Depart-ant for handling it. A particular problem
concerned the publication of draft regulationa in the Inderal Reliater
before circulation in draft for. through A-OS. Significant inprovenente
during the year were the appointment of a regulationa officer in H!"
whoa. responaibilitiea apeeifically include monitoring the A-BS procedure;
the reviaion of the Depart-ent'a regulations to incorporate the procedure
in the early atagee of the proceaaing of new regulatione; and the
Secretary's ieeuancu of a monorandun naking it clear that the A-85
procena applies to unite of the Office of the Secretary as well as
to the tent of the Depart-ant. HEW put 65 draft iaeuancea through the
A-BS procedure in 1968 conpered to none in 1967.

In early October, tho ACIR received conplainte tron the public
interest groupe that the Departngnt of Iraneportation. without prior
coneultation. had pronulgated an important policy change with reapect
to prioritiea to be followed in State expendituree of grant funds for
highway eatery, and that ieeuance of aeveral other significant regula-
tiona waa inndnent without any apparent depart-ental intention of
referring the. for consent. The AC1! con-unicated ite concern to DO!
end offered help in eatahliehing e workable depart-ental procedure for
A-BS referral. 37 the end of the year nor'. procedure canned to be
functioning more effectiVely.

In lowenber the Secretary of HUD ieeued an order to the effect
that conetituent agenciee in the Department would not be required
thereafter to eubait final ieeuancea of all regulationa to AC! for

Hr. Maya
January 30. 1969
. Page Six .

eonitorin. pnrpoaae. hut only than which were auhadtted in draft fon-
idiile thia ruling la in accord with the .9! Circular. it Wive- AC"

of a eourca of unitorin' M'a nerd conformance with the Circular ao
far ea incloaiona and mluaiona are concerned. it ahould be noted. 139'
ever. that am wee the only depart-ant following thin liberal policy of
trananittin; final regulation.

Honith final iaanancea to one that all drain of relay-t
regulation are being tranenitted throh A-IS will alwaya he a problem
ainca the agenciea have the final deciaion on whether to aead a draft
issuance thrmh the procaaa. Inch dependa on the public interest groupa'
calling to the attention of tilt A01! and the agenciea concerned inetencea
of pertinent new or reviaed regulation that failed to clear through the
procedure.

Public Inter-gt Grmf noggga :2! Me

The Mill ataff net with reyreaentativaa of the public intereat
groups at their requeat on October 31 to diacuaa experience with the A-BS
protedure and aqgeetiona for inuowenant. The public intereat groupa
were in maniaoua agreenent that the procedure ia worthwhile and ahould
he continuad but with certain changea. they propoaed theae rewieion- in
lo! Circular A-832

(l) "legulationa" aubjoct to the coneultation procedure
lhould include intereganny reuenta and chanson in federal
agency organiution. in addition to "rulea. regulationa. stand-
arda. procedurea, and 'uid-zllntl" having an intergovernuental
inpatt.

(2) lelevent "regulation" should he defined to include
tnoae "affecting State and local governant operationa". rather
than aieply thoae "applicable to federal aaaiatance program".

(3) The nor-a1 tine for reeponae ahould be extended frne 21
to

(3) Agencies should he required to anpply ACII with 65.
inatead of air, copiea of propoaed regulationa for dietrihution
to the public intereat groupa. and ahould he prepared to provide
an additional 100 topiea if needed.

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(5) If a Federal agency decides to reject changes euggeeted
by a State or local govern-out aeociatioo. it should be required
to notify the association in $318. with lte reasons. The

association should then be gay. an opportunity to request a hear-
ing with the agency. the Mn. and Bob to consider modifications
of the proposed raguletima.

(6) The Iureeu o! the Budget should be more closely involved
in the day-to-day operation of the procedure. by being supplied with
copies of all draft iseunces .d public interest group responses.
and by particlpatil. ia neetinge to consider Iodificatioos in
draft regulations sqgaeted by those raspooeae.

(7) part-eats d agencies should be urged as a aatter of
general principle to consult directly with the State and local

associations in developing inle-ntiog regulations for new
progr-sa.

The public interest groups luggaetod that theae proposed changes
be incorporated in a revised version of circular e-es and transaitted to

the Bureau of the Budget. The men staff prepared such a revision and
trenaaitted it to Mr. Howard Schnoer. Director, Coven-ant Organization
Staff, Office of lucutiwa meant. it. Schnoor indicated that a
meeting would be called early in the year with agency and public interest

group representatives to discuss the proposed changee and any other
problem arising under the A-OS procedure.

gm Observatng

The first full year of operations of the A45 pocedure witnessed
a naked acceleration of the volt-e oi' issuancce admitted for cement--
an average aonthly rate of 11.3 in 1968 compared to 3.6 in 1967. This

reflected nainly a continued high rate of subaieeioaa fro- and G0.
the effective "gearing up" of Elli, and generally lore activity by coat
of the agencies. The increased flow. as well as the steady pace of

inquiry and Consultation fro. the nannies. appears to evidence a willing-
oeee mg the depart-ants and agencies at leaet to submit regulations

for cement. The actual iapact of the co-ente received trots the public
interest groups is still problematicsl.

Hr. Mayo
January 30. 1969
Page light .

The public intereat groupe' reactiona to the procedure to date
were cryetallitad in their ameaud reviaiona to the Circular. unearned
above. Theee need ecu to be diacueaed thoroughly with the Bureau of the
314! 3" 50 WM lad gauche. Acceptance or rejection of ease
or all of the" meatioue could veil have e significant effect on the
ultinete value of the canaultatiou Focedwa.

Sine erely youra .

lb 0. Cohen
Executive Director

Euc loauraa

bx'c: Hon. unrris; Bryant




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