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<br />Learn-Assess <br /> <br />resource throughout its natural range. <br /> <br />Regulations <br /> <br />Home Leamioe Center Back <br /> <br />Regulatory measures are among the most widely <br />used and most effective means of helping to <br />protect the natural and cultural resources of <br />floodplains; they are employed at all levels of <br />government. There are several drawbacks to using <br />them, however. Restrictions on the use of private <br />land in order to pro-tect natural resources are <br />generally viewed less favorably by the public and <br />the courts than are restrictions to protect human <br />lives or property Because of this, regulations must <br />be well designed to avoid being ruled <br />unconstitutional takings. Finally, protective <br />regulations sometimes conflict with flood loss <br />reduction measures, especially with structural <br />works. <br /> <br />Many federal environmental regulatory programs <br />directly or indirectly protect floodplain natural <br />resources. These include programs established to <br />implement the Clean Water Act; the Safe Drinking <br />Water Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and <br />Rodenticide Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act; <br />the Endangered Species Act; the Natural Historic <br />Preservation Act; and others. <br /> <br />Statewide floodplain, wetland protection, or similar <br />regulations may be applied directly by a state or; <br />as is more often the case, by local communities <br />according to state-established standards. Any <br />alteration of the natural topog-raphy or habitat, or <br />any damage to flora or fauna requires a permit in <br />some states. Cumulative impacts are considered <br />during the permit review process in a few states, <br />and mitigation of the loss of natural resources is <br />often a con-dition for permit issuance. Several <br /> <br />Page 31 of36 <br />