[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: 14CFR1216.200]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          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

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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.