There are some specific requirements for multi-jurisdictional planning. Each tribe seeking plan approval must:

• Participate in the planning process

The plan should explain how each participating jurisdiction (who, what, when) shared in the overall planning process at the larger scale with all the jurisdictions, as well as describe how the overall planning team representatives worked with jurisdiction-specific personnel/staff/etc. to make decisions for the specific Tribal community. A multi-jurisdictional plan should clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the jurisdictional representatives on the multi-jurisdictional planning team and local jurisdictional supporting planning participants.

• Assess its unique risks
   
• Identify specific mitigation activities
   
• Provide the public with an opportunity to comment
   
• Adopt the plan

For multi-jurisdictional plans, it is important that the participating jurisdictions coordinate the timing of plan adoption so that the plan is adopted by each jurisdiction around the same time, as much as practicable. With multi-jurisdictional plans, the first participating jurisdiction (usually the lead jurisdiction, but not always) to adopt the plan starts the plan update cycle clock and determines the plan’s expiration date, which all participating jurisdictions will follow.