[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR10.1]

[Page 102]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 10_ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  10.1  Background and purpose.


    (a) This part implements the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 
regulations (National Environmental Policy Act Regulations, 43 FR 55978 
(1978)) and provides policy and procedures to enable Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) officials to be informed of and take into 
account environmental considerations when authorizing or approving major 
FEMA actions that significantly affect the environment in the United 
States. The Council on Environmental Quality Regulations implement the 
procedural provisions, section 102(2), of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended (hereinafter NEPA) (Pub. L. 91-190, 42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and Executive Order 11991, 42 FR 26967 (1977).
    (b) Section 1507.3, Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
(National Environmental Policy Act Regulations, 43 FR 55978 (1978)) 
directs that Federal agencies shall adopt procedures to supplement the 
CEQ regulations. This regulation provides detailed FEMA implementing 
procedures to supplement the CEQ regulations.
    (c) The provisions of this part must be read together with those of 
the CEQ regulations and NEPA as a whole when applying the NEPA process.