[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: 44CFR9.3]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
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 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]