---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 970.13"
title: "24"
number: "970.13"
heading: "Environmental review requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/970.13"
---

# §970.13. Environmental review requirements.

- (a) Activities under this part (including de minimis demolition pursuant to [§ 970.27](/cfr/24/970.27.md)) are subject to HUD environmental regulations in [24 CFR part 58](/cfr/24/part58.md). However, HUD may make a finding in accordance with [24 CFR 58.11(d)](/cfr/24/58.11.md?p=d) of this title and may itself perform the environmental review under the provisions of [24 CFR part 50](/cfr/24/part50.md) if a PHA objects in writing to the responsible entity performing the review under [24 CFR part 58](/cfr/24/part58.md).
- (b) The environmental review is limited to the demolition or disposition action and any known re-use, and is not required for any unknown future re-use. Factors that indicate that the future site reuse can reasonably be considered to be known include the following:
  - (1) Private, Federal, state, or local funding for the site reuse has been committed;
  - (2) A grant application involving the site has been filed with the Federal government or a state or local unit of government;
  - (3) The Federal government or a state or unit of local government has made a commitment to take an action, including a physical action, that will facilitate a particular reuse of the site; and
  - (4) **Architectural, engineering, or design plans for the reuse exist that go beyond preliminary stages.**
- (c) In the case of a demolition or disposition made necessary by a disaster that the President has declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, [42 U.S.C. 5121](/usc/42/5121.md) et seq., or a disaster that has been declared under state law by the officer or entity with legal authority to make such declaration, pursuant to 24 CFR [50.43](/cfr/24/50.43.md) and [24](/cfr/24/24.md) CFR 58.33, the provisions of [40 CFR 1506.11](/cfr/40/1506.11.md) will apply.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437p and 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 71 FR 62362, Oct. 24, 2006, unless otherwise noted.