[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR55.10]

[Page 399]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 55_FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B_Application of Executive Order on Floodplain Management
 
Sec. 55.10  Environmental review procedures under 24 CFR parts 50 and 58.


    (a) Where an environmental review is required under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332, and 24 CFR part 
50 or part 58, compliance with this part shall be completed before the 
completion of an environmental assessment (EA) including a finding of no 
significant environmental impact (FONSI), or an environmental impact 
statement (EIS), in accordance with the decision points listed in 24 CFR 
50.17 (a) through (h), or before the preparation of an EA under 24 CFR 
58.40 or an EIS under 24 CFR 58.36. For types of proposed actions that 
are categorically excluded from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
requirements under 24 CFR part 50 (or part 58), compliance with this 
part shall be completed before the Department's initial (SAMA, 
conditional, etc.) approval (or the conditional commitment or approval 
by a grant recipient subject to 24 CFR part 58) of proposed actions in a 
floodplain.
    (b) The categorical exclusion of certain proposed actions from 
environmental review requirements under NEPA and 24 CFR parts 50 and 58 
(see 24 CFR 50.20 and 58.35) does not exclude those actions from 
compliance with this part.