[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: 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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