[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: 14CFR1216.200]



[Page 149-150]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1216_ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart 1216.2_Floodplain and Wetlands Management

 

Sec. 1216.200  Scope.



    Authority: E.O. 11988 and E.O. 11990, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 

2473(c)(1).



    Source: 44 FR 1089, Jan. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted.





    This subpart 1216.2 prescribes procedures to:

    (a) Avoid long- and short-term adverse impacts associated with the 

occupancy and modification of floodplains and wetlands;

    (b) Avoid direct or indirect support of floodplain and wetlands 

development wherever there is a practicable alternative;

    (c) Reduce the risk of flood loss;

    (d) Minimize the impact of floods on human health, safety and 

welfare;

    (e) Restore, preserve and protect the natural and beneficial values 

served by floodplains and wetlands;

    (f) Develop an integrated process to involve the public in the 

floodplain and



[[Page 150]]



wetlands management decision-making process;

    (g) Incorporate the Unified National Program for Flood Plain 

Management; and,

    (h) Establish internal management controls to monitor NASA actions 

to assure compliance with the Orders.