---identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s725.1"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "18 CFR § 725.1 - Authority."title_number: 18title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"section_number: "725.1"section_name: "Authority."chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL"part_number: "725"part_name: "IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS 11988, FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND 11990, PROTECTION OF WETLANDS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965, sec. 402, Pub. L. 89-80, 79 Stat. 245 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-1), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 ), the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 ), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (87 Stat. 975), E.O. 11988 and E.O. 11990 (42 FR 26951)."regulatory_source: "45 FR 76683, Nov. 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "725"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t18/s725.1
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Water Resources Council
Authority
The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965, sec. 402, Pub. L. 89-80, 79 Stat. 245 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-1), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 ), the National Flood Ins... The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965, sec. 402, Pub. L. 89-80, 79 Stat. 245 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-1), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 ), the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 ), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (87 Stat. 975), E.O. 11988 and E.O. 11990 (42 FR 26951).
# 725.1 Authority.This rule is being promulgated pursuant to the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965, section 402, Pub. L. 89-90, 79 Stat. 245 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-1). In addition, Executive Order 11988, *Floodplain Management,* at section 2(d); directs the preparation of procedures implementing its provisions, as does Executive Order 11990, *Protection of Wetlands,* at section 6. Each of these Orders was prepared in furtherance of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 *et seq.*). The floodplain management Order is also based on the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 *et seq.*), and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1977, as amended (87 Stat. 975).