The state single point of contact shall:

1. (1) provide the primary point of receipt and serve as the review entity or the review coordinator, as appropriate, for state agency programs, plans, projects, or environmental impact statements; for applications with interstate or statewide impact; and for federal or state direct development proposals;
2. (2) assign a state application identifier (SAI) number to each notification of intent or application received, following standard procedures;
3. (3) notify relevant state and substate entities in a timely manner of statewide, multiregional, or interstate applications or direct federal or state development activities affecting their jurisdictions, and solicit comments thereon;
4. (4) review projects of special significance, at his or her discretion;
5. (5) attach to state review letters any written comments received from other jurisdictions, agencies, or parties that differ from the state single point of contact comments (supporting views may be attached at the state single point of contact's discretion);
6. (6) serve as the state's contact point for accommodation requests to state and federal agencies and responses therefrom;
7. (7) serve as liaison with the state single point of contact in contiguous states, as appropriate, on interstate projects and other review issues;
8. (8) maintain a list of the state single point of contact for contiguous states and provide the list to appropriate regional review agencies;
9. (9) monitor and, in cooperation with the regional review agencies, state agencies, and local governments, refine the Texas Review and Comment System (TRACS) procedures and program coverage;
10. (10) solicit from each state agency the name of its intergovernmental review coordinator and, in cooperation with the agencies, maintain a list of such individuals on a continuing basis;
11. (11) ensure, to the greatest degree practicable, that all reviews under TRACS are conducted in accordance with these rules and that comments are based on law, fact, or regulation; and
12. (12) provide, as appropriate, TRACS training and policy guidance.

Source Note:The provisions of this §5.211 adopted to be effective May 1, 1984, 9 TexReg 2195; amended to be effective November 1, 1988, 13 TexReg 5269.