---identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s80.1"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "44 CFR § 80.1 - Purpose and scope."title_number: 44title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"section_number: "80.1"section_name: "Purpose and scope."chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"subchapter_number: "B"subchapter_name: "INSURANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION"part_number: "80"part_name: "PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION FOR OPEN SPACE"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Robert T. Stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5207; the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4001 Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101."regulatory_source: "72 FR 61743, Oct. 31, 2007, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "80"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t44/s80.1
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Authority
Robert T. Stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5207; the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4001 Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S... Robert T. Stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5207; the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4001 Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101.
# 80.1 Purpose and scope.This part provides guidance on the administration of FEMA mitigation assistance for projects to acquire property for open space purposes under all FEMA hazard mitigation assistance programs. It provides information on the eligibility and procedures for implementing projects for acquisition and relocation of at-risk properties from the hazard area to maintain the property for open space purposes. This part applies to property acquisition for open space project awards made under any FEMA hazard mitigation assistance program. This part supplements general program requirements of the funding grant program and must be read in conjunction with the relevant program regulations and guidance available at *http://www.fema.gov.*This part, with the exception of § 80.19 Land use and oversight, applies to projects for which the funding program application period opens or for which funding is made available pursuant to a major disaster declared on or after December 3, 2007. Prior to that date, applicable program regulations and guidance in effect for the funding program (available at *http://www.fema.gov*) shall apply. Section 80.19 Land use and oversight apply as of December 3, 2007 to all FEMA funded acquisitions for the purpose of open space.