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§ 778. Management oversight review; report to Admin- 

 istrator. 

 The Administrator may, for a period not to exceed 

 thirty days in any one calendar year, provide for 

 the exercise or performance of a management over- 

 sight review with respect to the conduct of any 

 Federal or State (with consent of the Governor) 

 energy program conducted pursuant to this chapter. 

 Such review may be conducted by contract or by 

 any Federal department or agency. A written report 

 shall be submited to the Administrator concerning 

 the findings of the review. (Pub. L. 93-275, § 19, 

 May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 111.) 



§779. Coordination with, and technical assistance to, 

 State governments. 



(a) Report to CoiiRress and State governments: or- 

 ganization of .Admini.'stration; report to the pub- 

 lic. Congress and State governments: scope of 

 nontech.iical report; comments of State govern- 

 ments respecting rules, regulations, or policies 

 and programs; energy shortages, status reports; 

 information clearing house. 

 The Administrator shall — 



(1) coordinate Federal energy programs and 

 policies with such programs and policies of State 

 governments by providing — 



(A) within sixty days of the effective date of 

 this chapter, the Congress and State govern- 

 ments with a report on the manner in which he 

 has organized the Administration based upon 

 the functions delegated by the President or as- 

 signed to the Administrator by this chapter or 

 under the authority of other .^cts; and 



(B) within one hundred and twenty days of 

 the effective date of this chapter, the public. 

 State governments, and all Members of the 

 Congress with a report in nontechnical language 

 which — 



(i) describes the functions performed by the 

 Administration; 



(ii) sets forth in detail the organization of 

 the Administration, the location of its offices 

 (including regional. State, and local offices) , 

 the names and phone numbers of Administra- 

 tion officials, and other appropriate informa- 

 tion concerning the operation of the Admin- 

 istration; 



(iii) delineates the role that State, and 

 Federal governments will or may perform in 

 achieving the purposes of this chapter; and 



(iv) provides the public with a clear under- 

 standing of their duties and obligations, 

 rights, and re.sponsibilitiss under any of the 

 programs or functions of the Administration; 

 (2) before promulgating any rules, regulations, 

 or policies, and before establishing any programs 

 under the authority of this chapter, provide, where 

 practicable, a reasonable period in which State 

 governments may provide written comments if 

 such rules, regulations, policies, or programs sub- 

 stantially affect the authority or responsibility of 

 such State governments; 



(3) provide, in accordance with the provisions 



of this chapter, upon request, to State governments 

 all relevant information he possesses concerning 

 the status and impact of energy shortages, the 

 extent and location of available supplies and 

 shortages of crude oil, petroleum products, natural 

 gas. and coal, within the distribution area serving 

 that particular State government; and 



(4) provide for a central clearinghouse for Fed- 

 eral agencies and State governments seeking 

 energy information and assistance from the Fed- 

 eral Government. 



(b) Technical assistance; task forces; conferences: 

 expenses of participation; model legislation; uni- 

 form criteria, procedures, and forms for grant or 

 contract applications for State government energy 

 proposals. 

 Pursuant to his responsibility under this section, 



the Administrator shall — 



(1) provide technical assistance— including ad- 

 vice and consultation relating to State programs, 

 and. where necessary, the use of task forces of 

 public officials and private persons assigned to 

 work with State governments — to assist State gov- 

 ernments in dealing with energy problems and 

 shortages and their impact and in the develop- 

 ment of plans, programs, and policies to meet the 

 problems and shortages so identified; 



(2) convene conferences of State and Federal 

 officials, and such other persons as the Adminis- 

 trator designates, to promote the purposes of this 

 chapter, and the Administrator is authorized to 

 pay reasonable expenses incurred in the participa- 

 tion of individuals in such conferences; 



(3) draft and make available to State govern- 

 ments model legislation with respect to State 

 energy programs and policies; and 



(4) promote the promulgation of uniform 

 criteria, procedures, and forms for grant or con- 

 tract applications for energy proposals submitted 

 by State governments. 



(Pub. L. 93-275, § 20, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 111.) 



§ 780. Office of Private Grievances and Redress. 



(a) Establishment; director; statement of purpose. 



The Administrator shall establish and maintain 

 an Office of Private Grievances and Redress, headed 

 by a director, to receive and evaluate petitions filed 

 in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, 

 and to make recommendations to the Administrator 

 for appropriate action. 



(b) Petition for special redress, relief, or other ex- 

 traordinary assistance; nature of remedy. 



Any person, adversely affected by any order, rule, 

 or regulation 'ssued by the Administrator in carry- 

 ing out the functions assigned to him under this 

 chapter, may petition the Administrator for special 

 redress, relief, or other extraordinary assistance, 

 apart from, or in addition to, any right or privilege 

 to seek redress of grievances provided in section 766 

 of this title. 



(c) Report and recommendations to Congress. 



The Administrator shall report quarterly to the 



