Cross-Cutting Federal Authorities

A number of Federal laws and Executive Orders apply in Federal financial assistance programs - including projects and activities funded through the Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Fund programs. This page links to copies of statutes, regulations and other information useful in helping states and public water systems comply with cross-cutting federal authorities.  Many of the links go to sites maintained by other agencies, including the USDA Rural Utility Service, Army Corps of Engineers and agencies within the Department of Interior.  We hope you find them to be useful.

Please note that most of the following links transport you off EPA's web site .  While EPA encourages the use of all resources to obtain accurate, current information, EPA does not necessarily endorse the views or the accuracy of the information presented on these sites. (Our policy on links).

National Environmental Policy Act

• 42 USC 4321 - National Environmental Policy Act 
• Council of Environmental Quality NepaNet

• 16 USC 470 - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
• 36 CFR 800 - Protection of Historic Properties
• Advisory Council for Historic Preservation
• National Register of Historic Places

• 16 USC 461 - Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974, as amended (also cited as "Archeological Recovery Act" or "Moss-Bennett Act")

• Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands
• 16 USC 3901 - Wetland Resources
• 40 CFR Part 6.1007: Appendix A: Statement of Procedures on Floodplain Manaagement and Wetlands Protection
• FWS National Wetlands Inventory

• Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Hazard Mapping

• 7 USC 4201 - Farmland Protection Policy Act
• 7 CFR 658 Farmland Protection Policy Act regulations
• Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Survey Maps
• US Forest Service Prime Forest Lands

• 16 USC 1451 - Coastal Zone Management Act 
• 15 CFR Part 923: Coastal Zone Management Program Regulations
• 15 CFR Part 930.50 Subpart D: Federal Consistency with Approved Coastal Zone Management Programs
• State Coastal Management Agencies

• 16 USC 3501 - Coastal Barrier Resources Act 
• Coastal Barrier Resources System - FWS Resources

• 16 USC 1271 - Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
• 36 CFR Part 297 Subpart A: Wild and Scenic Rivers, Water Resources Projects
• Joint USDA and DOI Final Revised Guidelines for Eligibility Classification and Management of River Areas (47 FR 39457, 1982)
• National Park Service Wild and Scenic Rivers Information ~ Inventory

• 16 USC 1531 - Endangered Species Act: PDF ~ HTML
• FWS Endangered Species Related Laws, Regulations, Policies & Notices
• FWS Information on Section 7 Consultations
• FWS Endangered Species Information
• State Natural Heritage Programs: information on listed species

• 42 USC 7401 - Clean Air Act
• 40 CFR Part 51 Subpart W and 40 CFR Part 93: Determining Conformity of General Federal Actions to State and Federal Implementation Plans

• 40 CFR Part 149 Subpart A: Sole Source Aquifers - Criteria for identifying critical aquifer protection areas
• EPA Sole Source Aquifer Program: with link to maps of designated aquifers

Anti-Discrimination Provisions: Civil Rights Act of 1964;  Section 13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972; Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Age Discrimination Act of 1975

• 40 CFR Part 7: Nondiscrimination in programs receiving EPA financial assistance
• EPA Office of Civil Rights Program

• Executive Order 12898: Environmental Justice in Minority Populations
• Final Guidance For Incorporating Environmental Justice Concerns in EPA's NEPA Compliance Analyses 
• EPA Environmental Justice Program

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Policies

• EPA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Effective Administration

• Executive Order 11738:  Providing for administration of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act with respect to federal contracts, grants, or loans 

• 40 CFR Part 32:  EPA regulations on Debarment and Suspension
• Excluded Parties List System

• Executive Order 12372--Intergovernmental review of Federal programs

• 49 CFR Part 24: Dept of Transportation regulations incorporated by reference at 40 CFR Part 4

• 40 CFR Part 32:  EPA regulations on Restrictions on Lobbying

• Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Desk Reference
• ISDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
• Engineering & Environmental Staff Environmental Library
• Guide for preparing environmental reports for water and wastewater projects
• Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Environment Program
• Environmental Law Net

  
  
  

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