[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR10.4]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 10_ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 10.4  Policy.

    (a) FEMA shall act with care to assure that, in carrying out its 
responsibilities, including disaster planning, response and recovery and 
hazard mitigation and flood insurance, it does so in a manner consistent 
with national environmental policies. Care shall be taken to assure, 
consistent with other considerations of national policy, that all 
practical means and measures are used to protect, restore, and enhance 
the quality of the environment, to avoid or minimize adverse 
environmental consequences, and to attain the objectives of:
    (1) Achieving use of the environment without degradation, or 
undesirable and unintended consequences;
    (2) Preserving historic, cultural and natural aspects of national 
heritage and maintaining, wherever possible, an environment that 
supports diversity and variety of individual choice;
    (3) Achieving a balance between resource use and development within 
the sustained carrying capacity of the ecosystem involved; and
    (4) Enhancing the quality of renewable resources and working toward 
the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources.
    (b) FEMA shall:
    (1) Assess environmental consequences of FEMA actions in accordance 
with Sec. Sec. 10.9 and 10.10 of this part and parts 1500 through 1508 
of the CEQ regulations;
    (2) Use a systematic, interdisciplinary approach that will ensure 
the integrated use of the natural and social sciences, and environmental 
considerations, in planning and decisionmaking where there is a 
potential for significant environmental impact;
    (3) Ensure that presently unmeasured environmental amenities are 
considered in the decisionmaking process;
    (4) Consider reasonable alternatives to recommended courses of 
action in any proposal that involves conflicts concerning alternative 
uses of resources; and
    (5) Make available to States, counties, municipalities, institutions 
and individuals advice and information useful in restoring, maintaining, 
and enhancing the quality of the environment.

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