§1022.11. Floodplain or wetland determination.
10 C.F.R. § 1022.11
Concurrent with its review of a proposed action to determine appropriate NEPA or CERCLA process requirements, DOE shall determine the applicability of the floodplain management and wetland protection requirements of this part.
DOE shall determine whether a proposed action would be located within a base or critical action floodplain consistent with the most authoritative information available relative to site conditions from the following sources, as appropriate:
Flood Insurance Rate Maps or Flood Hazard Boundary Maps prepared by FEMA;
Information from a land-administering agency (e.g., Bureau of Land Management) or from other government agencies with floodplain-determination expertise (e.g., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Natural Resources Conservation Service);
Information contained in safety basis documents as defined at 10 CFR part 830; and
DOE environmental documents, e.g., NEPA and CERCLA documents.
DOE shall determine whether a proposed action would be located within a wetland consistent with the most authoritative information available relative to site conditions from the following sources, as appropriate:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “Wetlands Delineation Manual,” Wetlands Research Program Technical Report Y-87-1, January 1987, or successor document;
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory or other government-sponsored wetland or land-use inventories;
U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Local Identification Maps;
U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps; and
DOE environmental documents, e.g., NEPA and CERCLA documents.
A floodplain assessment for any proposed floodplain action in the base floodplain or for any proposed floodplain action that is a critical action located in the critical action floodplain; or
A wetland assessment for any proposed wetland action.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; E.O. 11988, 42 FR 26951, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 117; E.O. 11990, 42 FR 26961, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 121; E.O. 12372, 47 FR 30959, 3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 197.
Source
Source: 68 FR 51432, Aug. 27, 2003, unless otherwise noted.