Executive Order 11988—Floodplain Management

Key claim: Executive Order 11988, issued by President Jimmy Carter on May 24, 1977, directs all federal agencies to provide leadership in reducing flood risk, minimizing flood impacts on safety/health/welfare, and restoring/preserving natural floodplain values. It requires agencies to evaluate actions for floodplain effects, avoid occupancy/modification and support for development where practicable alternatives exist, minimize harm if siting in a floodplain is necessary, and issue implementing procedures consistent with the Unified National Program for Floodplain Management. The order revoked prior EO 11296 and has been amended (including by EO 12148 and, variably, EO 13690 establishing the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard).

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Executive Order 11988, issued by President Jimmy Carter on May 24, 1977, directs all federal agencies to provide leadership in reducing flood risk, minimizing flood impacts on safety/health/welfare, and restoring/preserving natural floodplain values. It requires agencies to evaluate actions for floodplain effects, avoid occupancy/modification and support for development where practicable alternatives exist, minimize harm if siting in a floodplain is necessary, and issue implementing procedures consistent with the Unified National Program for Floodplain Management. The order revoked prior EO 11296 and has been amended (including by EO 12148 and, variably, EO 13690 establishing the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard).

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