[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR650.103]

[Page 228]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 650_BRIDGES, STRUCTURES, AND HYDRAULICS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart A_Location and Hydraulic Design of Encroachments on Flood Plains
 
Sec. 650.103  Policy.

    It is the policy of the FHWA:
    (a) To encourage a broad and unified effort to prevent uneconomic, 
hazardous or incompatible use and development of the Nation's flood 
plains,
    (b) To avoid longitudinal encroachments, where practicable,
    (c) To avoid significant encroachments, where practicable,
    (d) To minimize impacts of highway agency actions which adversely 
affect base flood plains,
    (e) To restore and preserve the natural and beneficial flood-plain 
values that are adversely impacted by highway agency actions,
    (f) To avoid support of incompatible flood-plain development,
    (g) To be consistent with the intent of the Standards and Criteria 
of the National Flood Insurance Program, where appropriate, and
    (h) To incorporate ``A Unified National Program for Floodplain 
Management'' of the Water Resources Council into FHWA procedures.