[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR1.9]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 1--RULEMAKING; POLICY AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 1.9  Regulatory impact analyses.

    (a) FEMA shall, in connection with any major rule, prepare and 
consider a Regulatory Impact Analysis. Such analysis may be combined 
with the Regulatory Flexibility Analysis described in Sec.Sec. 1.12(f) 
and 1.16(c) of this part.
    (b) FEMA shall initially determine whether a rule it intends to 
propose or to issue is a major rule and, if a major rule, shall prepare 
Regulatory Impact Analyses and transmit them, along with all notices of 
proposed rulemaking and all final rules, to the Director, Office of 
Management and Budget, as follows:
    (1) If no notice of proposed rulemaking is to be published for a 
proposed major rule that is not an emergency rule, the agency shall 
prepare only a final Regulatory Impact Analysis, which shall be 
transmitted, along with the proposed rule, to the Director, Office of 
Management and Budget, at least 60 days prior to the publication of the 
major rule as a final rule;
    (2) With respect to all other major rules, FEMA shall prepare a 
preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis, which shall be transmitted, 
along with a notice of proposed rulemaking, to the Director, Office of 
Management and Budget, at least 60 days prior to the publication of a 
notice of proposed rulemaking, and a final Regulatory Impact Analysis, 
which shall be transmited along with the final rule at least 30 days 
prior to the publication of the major rule as a final rule;
    (3) For all rules other than major rules, FEMA shall, unless an 
exemption has been granted, submit to the Director, Office of Management 
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Budget, at least 10 days prior to publication, every notice of proposed 
rulemaking and final rule.
    (c) To permit each major rule to be analyzed in light of the 
requirements stated in section 2 of Executive Order 12291, each 
preliminary and final Regulatory Impact Analysis shall contain the 
following information:
    (1) A description of the potential benefits of the rule, including 
any beneficial effects that cannot be quantified in monetary terms, and 
the identification of those likely to receive the benefits;
    (2) A description of the potential costs of the rule, including any 
adverse effects that cannot be quantified in monetary terms, and the 
identification of those likely to bear the costs;
    (3) A determination of the potential net benefits of the rule, 
including an evaluation of effects that cannot be quantified in monetary 
terms;
    (4) A description of alternative approaches that could substantially 
achieve the same regulatory goal at lower cost, together with an 
analysis of this potential benefit and costs and a brief explanation of 
the legal reasons why such alternatives, if proposed, could not be 
adopted; and
    (5) Unless covered by the description required under paragraph 
(c)(4) of this section, an explanation of any legal reasons why the rule 
cannot be based on the requirements set forth in section 2 of Executive 
Order 12291.