---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 801.8"
title: "18"
number: "801.8"
heading: "Flood plain management and protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/801.8"
---

# §801.8. Flood plain management and protection.

- (a) **Periodic inundation of lands along waterways has not discouraged development of flood hazards areas.** Major floods cause loss of life, extensive damages, and other conditions not in the public interest. A balanced flood plain management and protection program is needed to reduce the flood hazard to a minimum.
- (b) The Commission may regulate the use of flood prone lands with approval of the appropriate signatory party, to safeguard public health, welfare, safety and property, and to sustain economic development.
- (c) To foster sound flood plain controls, as an essential part of water resources management, the Commission shall:
  - (1) Encourage and coordinate the efforts of the signatory parties to control modification of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries by encroachment.
  - (2) Plan and promote implementation of projects and programs of a structural and nonstructural nature for the protection of flood plains subject to frequent flooding.
  - (3) Assist in the study and classification of flood prone lands to ascertain the relative risk of flooding, and establish standards for flood plain management.
  - (4) **Promote the use of flood insurance by helping localities qualify for the national program.**
  - (5) **Assist in the development of a modern flood forecasting and warning system.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 3.1, 3.4, 3.5(1), 15.1 and 15.2, Pub. L. 91-575 (84 Stat. 1509 et seq. ).

### Source

Source: 38 FR 4662, Feb. 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted.