---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 776.6"
title: "39"
number: "776.6"
heading: "Design requirements for construction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/776.6"
---

# §776.6. Design requirements for construction.


If structures impact, are located in, or support development in a floodplain, construction must conform, at a minimum, to the standards and criteria of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), except where those standards are demonstrably inappropriate for postal purposes.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 401.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 56254, Oct. 19, 1999, unless otherwise noted.