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<br />J:~::':Cl;'i':L'i:": 0:~'JJ:!t <br /> <br />\:...l-" ""\00 <br /> <br />~'-"'---- <br /> <br />FJ,()()~) P i..~\J.:; :.:.:..:;:.... S :::::-::::;'i' <br /> <br />By virtue of ti~~ 2.'.:::-:::lri,ty '/c!;t:'.:d i~),!"ac by the' <br /> <br />C()ils:',i::'.:~:.on iJ.!1c1 !.;t:iJ.tli;:..;.':; 0'::: ,t~'~ United St.t'ltu~,o[.rlmr:rica, <br /> <br />a~~ as ?rc~id2n~ <br /> <br />Oc tlj'-) ;....~~."'d ("_:,J'r,'" oc': 1',-,nl"'l'C'1 "n <br />... . - ~..........~- ""_<'<1.;-'" ...l,,-,_ ~,... <br /> <br />iurth~~~r.sc' of th2 ~~tio~~l Znvi~oilw(:nt2l Policy Act of <br /> <br />1969, ,!S a:r,cnd2G. ,(42 U.S.C. t1321 ct !';co.) t th~ Natio:nl <br /> <br />Flo~c1 Insur':::'Llc2 Act oI:.1963, as u!1lC:1C}CC \.12 V.S.C. 4001 <br />, <br /> <br />.s:.E. ~.), and the Flood Disuster i?rotcction Act of 1973 <br /> <br />(Public ~aw 93-23~, 87 Stat. '975), in order to 2.voic1 to <br /> <br />the extent p~ssibl'2 the long ilnd short tc:rZ'1 adve.r-se iniJac~~ <br /> <br />associv.tccl ...,ith the OCCllp2:lCY and Il1oclificatio:1 of flood- <br /> <br />plains and to avoid direct or indirect support of flood~luin <br /> <br />dev~lop~e~t wherever there is a prcctic2ble alterna~iv~, it <br /> <br />is hereby ordered as follows: <br /> <br />Section 1, Each agency shall provide leadership and <br /> <br />sheilJ. take action to reduce, the risk of flood 10S51 to <br /> <br />Ii1ini.~ize the ir:~pact of floods on hu.~an' saf2ty, heal th <br /> <br />and \\'elfare, c:lnd to restore and pre.servC:! the natural Cl:ld <br /> <br />ben~ficial values served by floodplains in carryir.s o~t its <br /> <br />responsibilities for (1) acquiring, m~nagir.g, and disposing <br /> <br />~ of Federal lands and facilities; (2) providing Federally <br /> <br />undertaken,' financed, or assisted construction 2.nd imp:-ovc-'" <br /> <br />mentSj and (3) conducting E'cderul activities and programs <br /> <br />affecting land use,' including but not lir.titcc. to "later and <br /> <br />related ~and resources pl~nning, regulating, and liccr..sing <br />nctivities, <br /> <br />Sec. 2. In carrying out the .:lctivitic.::> dc~c:rib~G. in <br /> <br />Section 1 of this Order, cueh i\gcncy lilts '2 rc~ponGibilit,Y to <br /> <br />evaluate tile potc:ntit'll cff.ccb; or iln~' actions' it In.J.j! tuke in. <br /> <br />n flooapl~il~; to cn!;ur6 til~lt it:; pJn:l1lil)g progrl1rns and <br />, <br /> <br />b\l(10ct re{jlle~:t~ reflecl: cO:lni.dc'ratioll of Elclo<1 h~z.:\rc1!; ~llH.1 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />.' ': <br /> <br /> <br />