[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1216.102]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1216--ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart 1216.1--Policy on Environmental Quality and Control
 
Sec. 1216.102  Policy.

    NASA policy is to:
    (a) Use all practicable means, consistent with NASA's statutory 
authority, available resources, and the national policy, to protect and 
enhance the quality of the environment;
    (b) Provide for proper attention to and ensure that environmental 
amenities and values are given appropriate consideration in all NASA 
actions, including those performed under contract, grant, lease, or 
permit;
    (c) Recognize the worldwide and long-range character of 
environmental concerns and, when consistent with the foreign policy of 
the United States and its own responsibilities, lend appropriate support 
to initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize 
international cooperation in anticipating and preventing a decline in 
the quality of the world environment;
    (d) Use systematic and timely approaches which will ensure the 
integrated use of the natural and social sciences and environmental 
design arts in planning and decisionmaking for actions which may have an 
impact on the human environment;
    (e) Pursue research and development, within the scope of NASA's 
authority or in response to authorized agencies, for application of 
technologies useful in the protection and enhancement of environmental 
quality;
    (f) Initiate and utilize ecological and other environmental 
information in the planning and development of resource-oriented 
projects; and
    (g) Invite cooperation, where appropriate, from Federal, State, 
local, and regional authorities and the public in NASA planning and 
decisionmaking processes.