[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR600.12]

[Page 90]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
              CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 600--FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RULES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 600.12  Generally applicable requirements.

    (a) Except as expressly exempted by Federal statute or program rule, 
recipients and subrecipients of DOE financial assistance shall comply 
with all generally applicable requirements to which they are subject. 
Generally applicable requirements include, but are not limited to, the 
requirements of this part, Federal statutes, the OMB Circulars and other 
Governmentwide guidance implemented by this part, Executive Orders, and 
the requirements identified in appendix A of this part.
    (b) Provisions shall be made to design and construct all buildings, 
in which DOE funds are used, to meet appropriate seismic design and 
construction standards. Seismic codes and standards meeting or exceeding 
the provisions of each of the model codes listed in this paragraph are 
considered to be appropriate for purposes of this part. These codes 
provide a level of seismic safety that is substantially equivalent to 
the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Recommended 
Provisions for the Development of Seismic Regulations for New Buildings, 
1988 Edition (Federal Emergency Management Administration 222 and 223). 
Revisions of these model codes that are substantially equivalent to or 
exceed the then current or immediately preceding edition of the NEHRP 
Recommended Provisions (which are updated triennially) shall be 
considered to be appropriate standards. The model codes are as follows:
    (1) 1991 Uniform Building Code, of the International Council of 
Building Officials,
    (2) 1992 Supplement to the National Building Code, of the Building 
Official and Code Administrators International.
    (3) 1992 Amendments to the Standard Building Code, of the Southern 
Building Code Congress International.