[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR10.1]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 10--ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 10.1  Background and purpose.


    (a) This part implements the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 
regulations (National Environmental Policy Act Regulations, 43 FR 55978 
(1978)) and provides policy and procedures to

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enable Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials to be 
informed of and take into account environmental considerations when 
authorizing or approving major FEMA actions that significantly affect 
the environment in the United States. The Council on Environmental 
Quality Regulations implement the procedural provisions, section 102(2), 
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended 
(hereinafter NEPA) (Pub. L. 91-190, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and 
Executive Order 11991, 42 FR 26967 (1977).
    (b) Section 1507.3, Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
(National Environmental Policy Act Regulations, 43 FR 55978 (1978)) 
directs that Federal agencies shall adopt procedures to supplement the 
CEQ regulations. This regulation provides detailed FEMA implementing 
procedures to supplement the CEQ regulations.
    (c) The provisions of this part must be read together with those of 
the CEQ regulations and NEPA as a whole when applying the NEPA process.