{"data":{"id":"us/10-cfr-1022.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 CFR 1022.11","heading":"Floodplain or wetland determination.","body":"(a) Concurrent with its review of a proposed action to determine appropriate NEPA or CERCLA process requirements, DOE shall determine the applicability of the floodplain management and wetland protection requirements of this part.\n(b) DOE shall determine whether a proposed action would be located within a base or critical action floodplain consistent with the most authoritative information available relative to site conditions from the following sources, as appropriate:\n(1) Flood Insurance Rate Maps or Flood Hazard Boundary Maps prepared by FEMA;\n(2) Information from a land-administering agency (e.g., Bureau of Land Management) or from other government agencies with floodplain-determination expertise (e.g., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Natural Resources Conservation Service);\n(3) Information contained in safety basis documents as defined at 10 CFR part 830; and\n(4) DOE environmental documents, e.g., NEPA and CERCLA documents.\n(c) DOE shall determine whether a proposed action would be located within a wetland consistent with the most authoritative information available relative to site conditions from the following sources, as appropriate:\n(1) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “Wetlands Delineation Manual,” Wetlands Research Program Technical Report Y-87-1, January 1987, or successor document;\n(2) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory or other government-sponsored wetland or land-use inventories;\n(3) U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Local Identification Maps;\n(4) U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps; and\n(5) DOE environmental documents, e.g., NEPA and CERCLA documents.\n(d) Pursuant to § 1022.5 of this part and paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, DOE shall prepare:\n(1) A floodplain assessment for any proposed floodplain action in the base floodplain or for any proposed floodplain action that is a critical action located in the critical action floodplain; or\n(2) A wetland assessment for any proposed wetland action.","path":["Title 10—Energy","CHAPTER X—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)","PART 1022—COMPLIANCE WITH FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS","Subpart B—Procedures for Floodplain and Wetland Reviews"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-10.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:09Z","sha256":"8ebc40c1a6c75596734e47b22a6c528b9c739ccd5dda5d32252b40627ed352ac","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-cfr-1022.6","next":"us/10-cfr-1022.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}