Subpart A_GeneralSec.10.1 Background and purpose.10.2 Applicability and scope.10.3 Definitions.10.4 Policy.
Subpart B_Agency Implementing Procedures10.5 Responsibilities.10.6 Making or amending policy.10.7 Planning.10.8 Determination of requirement for environmental review.10.9 Preparation of environmental assessments.10.10 Preparation of environmental impact statements.10.11 Environmental information.10.12 Pre-implementation actions.10.13 Emergencies.10.14 Flood plains and wetlands.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; E.O. 11514 of March 7, 1970, 35 FR 4247, as amended by E. O. 11991 of March 24, 1977, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 123; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 43 FR 41943, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127 of March 31, 1979, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376; E.O. 12148 of July 20, 1979, 44 FR 43239, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 412, as amended.
Source: 45 FR 41142, June 18, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
(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.
