---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 9.15"
title: "44"
number: "9.15"
heading: "Planning programs affecting land use."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/9.15"
---

# §9.15. Planning programs affecting land use.


The Agency shall take floodplain management into account when formulating or evaluating any water and land use plans. No plan may be approved unless it:

- (a) Reflects consideration of flood hazards and floodplain management and wetlands protection; and
- (b) Prescribes planning procedures to implement the policies and requirements of the Orders and this regulation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; E.O. 11988 of May 24, 1977, 42 FR 26951, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 117; E.O. 11990 of May 24, 1977, 42 FR 26961, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp. p. 121; E.O. 13690, 80 FR 6425; E.O. 14030, 86 FR 27967.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 59526, Sept. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.