[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR1.2]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 1_RULEMAKING; POLICY AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 1.2  Definitions.



    (a) Rule or regulation means the whole or a part of any agency 

statement of general applicability and future effect designed to (1) 

implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy, or (2) describe 

procedures or practice requirements. It includes any rule of general 

applicability governing Federal grants to State and local governments 

for which the agency provides an opportunity for notice and public 

comment, except that the term rule does not include a rule of particular 

applicability relating to rates, wages, prices, facilities, appliances, 

services, or allowances therefor or to valuations, costs or accounting, 

or practices relating to such rates, wages, structures, prices, 

appliances, services, or allowances. For purposes of this part the term 

rule does not include regulations issued with respect to a military or 

foreign affairs function of the United States.



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    (b) Rulemaking means the FEMA process for considering and 

formulating the issuance, amendment or repeal of a rule.

    (c) Director means the Director, FEMA, or an official to whom the 

Director has expressly delegated authority to issue rules.

    (d) FEMA means Federal Emergency Management Agency.

    (e) Major rule means any regulation that is likely to result in:

    (1) An annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more;

    (2) A major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual 

industries, Federal, State, or local government agencies, or geographic 

regions; or

    (3) Significant adverse effects on competition, employment, 

investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United 

States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in 

domestic or export markets.



[46 FR 32584, June 24, 1981, as amended at 49 FR 38118, Sept. 27, 1984]