---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 63.1"
title: "28"
number: "63.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/63.1"
---

# §63.1. Purpose.


These guidelines set forth procedures to be followed by the Department of Justice to implement Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management) and Executive Order 11990 (Protection of Wetlands). (The Orders.)


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, Executive Order No. 11988 of May 24, 1977, and Executive Order No. 11990 of May 24, 1977.

### Source

Source: Order No. 902-80, 45 FR 50565, July 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.