---identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s630.402"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "23 CFR § 630.402 - Policy."title_number: 23title_name: "Highways"section_number: "630.402"section_name: "Policy."chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"subchapter_number: "G"subchapter_name: "ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS"part_number: "630"part_name: "PRECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "23 U.S.C. 106, 109, 112, 115, 315, and 402(a); sec. 1110, 1501, and 1503, Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144; Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 193; Pub. L. 104-59, 109 Stat. 582; Pub. L. 97-424, 96 Stat. 2106; Pub. L. 90-495, 82 Stat. 828; Pub. L. 85-767, 72 Stat. 896; Pub. L. 84-627, 70 Stat. 380; sections 1303 and 1405, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405; and 23 CFR 1.32 and 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.85."cfr_part: "630"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t23/s630.402
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
Authority
23 U.S.C. 106, 109, 112, 115, 315, and 402(a); sec. 1110, 1501, and 1503, Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144; Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 193; Pub. L. 104-59, 109 Stat. 582; Pub. L. 97-424, 96 Stat. 2106; ... 23 U.S.C. 106, 109, 112, 115, 315, and 402(a); sec. 1110, 1501, and 1503, Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144; Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 193; Pub. L. 104-59, 109 Stat. 582; Pub. L. 97-424, 96 Stat. 2106; Pub. L. 90-495, 82 Stat. 828; Pub. L. 85-767, 72 Stat. 896; Pub. L. 84-627, 70 Stat. 380; sections 1303 and 1405, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405; and 23 CFR 1.32 and 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.85.
# 630.402 Policy.(a) Geodetic surveys along Federal-aid highway routes may be programmed as Federal-aid highway projects.(b) All geodetic survey work performed as a Federal-aid highway project will conform to National Ocean Survey (NOS) specifications. NOS will, as the representative of FHWA, be responsible for the inspection and verification of the work to ascertain that the specifications for the work have been met. Final project acceptance by FHWA will be predicated on a finding of acceptability by NOS.