---identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s725.4"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "18 CFR § 725.4 - Definitions."title_number: 18title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"section_number: "725.4"section_name: "Definitions."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/s725.4
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
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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).
# 725.4 Definitions.The following definitions shall apply throughout this regulation:(a) All definitions from section 6 of E.O. 11988 (42 FR 26951); all definitions from section 7 of E.O. 11990 (42 FR 26951); and all definitions listed in the Glossary of the Council's Floodplain Management Guidelines for Implementing E.O. 11988 (43 FR 6030) from the term *base flood* through the term *structures.*(b) *Action* means all Council activities including but not limited to plan review, study preparation, preparation and modifications to the Council's Principles, Standards and Procedures (P,S,&P), provision of financial assistance for State, regional, and river basin planning and reviews of compliance.(c) *Council* means the U.S. Water Resources Council.(d) *Enhance* means to increase, heighten, or improve the natural and beneficial values associated with wetlands.(e) *Regional planning sponsors* means Federal agencies, states, groups of States, river basin commissions, interstate compact commissions and interagency committees.