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<br />Learn-Assess <br /> <br />states specifically protect wetlands with programs <br />that outline minimal criteria for permit issuance <br />and prohibit all other development. <br /> <br />Local regulations, such as zoning and subdivision <br />regulations, building codes, housing codes, and <br />sanitary and well codes, may directly or indirectly <br />manage natural resources by including provisions <br />for protecting habitat, water quality, and open <br />space. Relevant provisions include setbacks from <br />the shore, limited density in coastal areas, <br />restrictions or prohibitions on certain kinds of <br />development in such sensitive areas as barrier <br />beaches and sand dunes, arid specification of uses <br />that will not degrade the natural resources of the <br />site. <br /> <br />Home Leamine Center Back <br /> <br />Development and Redevelopment Policies <br /> <br />Important federal policies and programs affecting <br />the design and location of services and utilities in <br />the nation's floodplains have been established in <br />the executive orders on floodplains and wetlands <br />and in accord with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act <br />and the Coastal Barrier Resources Act. The <br />executive orders require federal agencies to <br />evaluate their proposed actions in light of; among <br />other considerations, the proposed impact on the <br />natural resources of flood-plains. Some states have <br />executive orders to control placement of public <br />facili-ties on floodplains, while others directly <br />regulate these uses through statutes. A number of <br />federal laws and programs provide funding and <br />other assistance for acquiring and protecting <br />floodplain land. <br /> <br />States protect natural and cultural resources with <br />open space and rec-reation programs that are <br />occasionally linked to floodplain management. <br />Most states have at least one program through <br /> <br />Page 32 of36 <br />