[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1216.103]

[Page 150-151]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          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 
positions

[[Page 151]]

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]