[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: 44CFR9.3]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 9--FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF WETLANDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9.3  Authority.

    The authority for these regulations is (a) Executive Order 11988, 
May 24, 1977, which replaced Executive Order

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11296, August 10, 1966, (b) Executive Order 11990, May 24, 1977, (c) 
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (43 FR 41943); and (d) Executive Order 
12127, April 1, 1979 (44 FR 1936). E.O. 11988 was issued in furtherance 
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Pub. L. 90-
488); the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (Pub. L. 93-
234); and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (Pub. L. 
91-190). Section 2(d) of Executive Order 11988 requires issuance of new 
or amended regulations and procedures to satisfy its substantive and 
procedural provisions. E.O. 11990 was issued in furtherance of NEPA, and 
at section 6 required issuance of new or amended regulations and 
procedures to satisfy its substantive and procedural provisions.

[45 FR 59526, Sept. 9, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 44543, Sept. 29, 1983]