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among Federa!, State, areawide ~,nd local covernmen~s :~.~:::::.'- within a given area in an ~ttempt to eliminate duplication ~:::::::::: and 9rovide g~eater coherence among programs. OMB Circular No. k_95 sets forth procedures for Federal ac~encies and a~Z~canks ~or ~odera[ assistance ~o determine [he o}" their proposais to exist~n~ 8~ate and local ~Zans and ........... ~he clearinghouses review and evaluate proposed pro~ec~s to determine their impact on area or co,unity development and other factors o~ concern to States and localities. The clearinghouses also serve as liaison between the · ~3~::::::::: .......... applicants and State or local agencies. All corette .~ ~%:... and advisory reco~endations made by the clearinghouse become part of the applicant's completed proposal when . ~[~jj3[:[~'~. it is submitted to a Federal or State agency for funding. OMB Circular No. A-95 promulgates regulations in accordance with Section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and ~etropolitan Development Act of 1966, which stipulates that: :~%-2{::~'-, "all applications made a~ter June 30, 1961 for Federal loans or ~rants ~o assist in carrying .......... ou5 o~en-space land projects or for the planning :v:::::::: or construction of hospitals, airports, libraries, water supply and distribution facili%ies, sewerage ~.~. ~acilities and waste treatment works, highways, transportation facilities, l~w enforcement ~.::...~:~;v. "' facilities, and water development and land ............ conservation projects within any metropolitan area shall be submitted for review to any areawide agency which is designated to per~orm metropolitan .. :v..:::::::::~ o~ regional planning for the area within which the assistance is used." ~.' Section 204 authorizes OMB to designate metropolitan areawide clearinghouses to perform this review function. In practice, OMB designates these clearinghouses on the :li~}3[-[-}}..m~ ....... reco~endation of the State and local governments involved. With the ~ossible exception of some New England areas, the metropolitan area encompassed by each clearinghouse designated by OMB corresponds ~o one complete SMSA or ~. :~:..~::~ a multiple of SMSA's. ~n addition to metropolitan clearinghouses, ' State clearinghouses are designated by Governors and ~:. are usually State comprehensive planning a~encies. Governors .. may also designate nonmetropolitan areawide clearinghouses , ~-~:~.~3~'~:~ and most have done so. Eighty-five percent of the area of the contiguous 48 States and 95 percent of the population is served by a metropolitan or nonmetropolitan areawide c!ear inghouse. ~:.~:::::::::.;~: