[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: 24CFR55.27]

[Page 404-405]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 55_FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management
 
Sec. 55.27  Documentation.

    (a) For purposes of compliance with Sec. 55.20, the responsible HUD 
official who would approve the proposed action (or the Certifying 
Officer for a grant recipient subject to 24 CFR part 58) shall require 
that the following actions be documented: (1) Under Sec. 55.20(c), 
practicable alternative sites have been considered outside the 
floodplain, but within the local housing market area, the local public 
utility service area, or the jurisdictional boundaries of a recipient 
unit of general local government (as defined in 24 CFR 570.3), whichever 
geographic area is more appropriate to the proposed HUD action. Actual 
sites under review must be identified and the reasons for the non-
selection of those sites as practicable alternatives must be described; 
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    (2) Under Sec. 55.20(e), measures to minimize the potential adverse 
impacts of the proposed action on the affected floodplain as identified 
in Sec. 55.20(d) have been applied to the design for the proposed 
action.

    (b) For purposes of compliance with Sec. 55.24, Sec. 55.25, or 
Sec. 55.26 (as appropriate), the responsible HUD official (or the 
Certifying Officer for a grant recipient subject to 24 CFR part 58) who 
would approve the proposed action shall require documentation of 
compliance with the required conditions.

    (c) Documentation of compliance with this part (including copies of 
public notices) must be attached to the environmental assessment, the 
environmental impact statement or the compliance record and be 
maintained as a part of the project file. In addition, for environmental 
impact statements, documentation of compliance with this part must be 
included as a part of the record of decision (or environmental review 
record for grant recipients subject to 24 CFR part 58).