[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR1216.102]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1216_ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart 1216.1_Policy on Environmental Quality and Control

 

Sec. 1216.102  Policy.



    NASA policy is to:

    (a) Use all practicable means, consistent with NASA's statutory 

authority, available resources, and the national policy, to protect and 

enhance the quality of the environment;

    (b) Provide for proper attention to and ensure that environmental 

amenities and values are given appropriate consideration in all NASA 

actions, including those performed under contract, grant, lease, or 

permit;

    (c) Recognize the worldwide and long-range character of 

environmental concerns and, when consistent with the foreign policy of 

the United States and its own responsibilities, lend appropriate support 

to initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize 

international cooperation in anticipating and preventing a decline in 

the quality of the world environment;

    (d) Use systematic and timely approaches which will ensure the 

integrated use of the natural and social sciences and environmental 

design arts in planning and decisionmaking for actions which may have an 

impact on the human environment;

    (e) Pursue research and development, within the scope of NASA's 

authority or in response to authorized agencies, for application of 

technologies useful in the protection and enhancement of environmental 

quality;

    (f) Initiate and utilize ecological and other environmental 

information in the planning and development of resource-oriented 

projects; and

    (g) Invite cooperation, where appropriate, from Federal, State, 

local, and regional authorities and the public in NASA planning and 

decisionmaking processes.