[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: 14CFR1216.103]



[Page 148-149]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1216_ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart 1216.1_Policy on Environmental Quality and Control

 

Sec. 1216.103  Responsibilities of NASA officials.



    (a) The Associate Administrator for Management or designee shall:

    (1) Coordinate the formulation and revision of NASA policies and 

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on matters pertaining to environmental protection and enhancement;

    (2) Represent NASA in working with other governmental agencies and 

interagency organizations to formulate, revise, and achieve uniform 

understanding and application of governmentwide policies relating to the 

environment;

    (3) Develop and ensure the implementation of agencywide standards, 

procedures, and working relationships for protection and enhancement of 

environmental quality and compliance with applicable laws and 

regulations;

    (4) Develop, as an integral part of NASA's basic decision processes, 

procedures to ensure that environmental factors are properly considered 

in all proposals and decisions;

    (5) Establish and maintain working relationships with the Council on 

Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, and other 

national, state, and local governmental agencies concerned with 

environmental matters;

    (6) Acquire information for and ensure the preparation of 

appropriate NASA reports on environmental matters.

    (b) Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices and NASA Field 

Installation Directors are responsible for:

    (1) Identifying matters under their cognizance which may affect 

protection and enhancement of environmental quality and for employing 

the proper procedures to ensure that necessary actions are taken to meet 

the requirements of applicable laws and regulations;

    (2) Coordinating environmental quality-related activities under 

their cognizance with the Associate Administrator for Management; and

    (3) Supporting and assisting the Associate Administrator for 

Management on request.

    (c) Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices are additionally 

responsible for:

    (1) Giving high priority, in the pursuit of program objectives, to 

the identification, analysis, and proposal of research and development 

which, if conducted by NASA or other agencies, may contribute to the 

achievement of beneficial environmental objectives; and

    (2) In coordination with the Associate Administrator for Management, 

making available to other parties, both governmental and 

nongovernmental, advice and information useful in protecting and 

enhancing the quality of the environment.

    (d) NASA Field Installation Directors are additionally responsible 

for:

    (1) Implementing the NASA policies, standards and procedures for the 

protection and enhancement of environmental quality and supplementing 

them as appropriate in local circumstances;

    (2) Specifically assigning responsibilities for environmental 

activities under the installation's cognizance to appropriate 

subordinates, while providing for the coordination of all such 

activities; and

    (3) Establishing and maintaining working relationships with 

national, state, regional and governmental agencies responsible for 

environmental regulations in localities in which the field installations 

conduct their activities.



[44 FR 44485, July 30, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 9760, Mar. 25, 1988]