administrative provisions

administrative provisions Sec. 507. (a) The Director shall promulgate such regulations and directives as may be necessary to carry out the functions and projects of the Service. (b) The Director shall consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Community Services Administration (and its Institute for Appropriate Technology), the Secretary of Commerce (and the Regional Centers of the Economic Development Administration in the Department of Commerce), the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the heads of other Federal agencies administering energy-related programs, with a view toward achieving maximum coordination with such other programs, and for the purpose of insuring to the maximum extent possible that all energy conservation and new energy technology information disseminated by or through Federal programs in a given area are consistent and are fully coordinated in order to minimize duplication of effort and to maximize public confidence in the credibility of Federal or federally assisted programs. It shall be the responsibility of the Director to promote the coordination of programs under this title with other public or private programs or projects of a similar nature. (c) Federal agencies described in subsection (b) shall cooperate with the Director in disseminating information with respect to the availability of assistance under this title, and in promoting the identification and interests of individuals, groups, or business and commercial establishments eligible for assistance through programs funded under this title. (d) At such time as the Energy Resources Council is terminated, pursuant to section 108 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5818), there shall be established an Interagency Advisory Group, consisting of the Director (as Chairman) and the heads of the Federal agencies described in subsection (b) or their delegates, to assist the Director in carrying out his responsibilities 91 STAT. 199under this section and to provide a mechanism for use by the Director and the heads of such agencies in the performance of their functions under subsections (b) and (c).