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Environmental Responsibilities: Integrating Environmental Compliance into FEMA's Mission

FEMA integrates environmental considerations into its mission of disaster response and recovery, mitigation, and preparedness. FEMA provides guidance to local, State, and Federal partners on environmental requirements, and engages in a review process to ensure that FEMA-funded activities, such as the selection of temporary housisng sites; debris management; reapir, hardening, and construction of infrastructure; hazard mitigation projects, etc. comply with Federal environmental laws and executive orders, protect people, and avoid or minimize adverse impacts to the environmtne.

Document Details:

Resource Type:	Document / Report
Audience Categories:	Businesses / Professionals General Public / Households State, Local and Tribal Representatives Emergency Personnel and Managers FEMA Regions
Hazard Types:	Not Hazard Related
Subjects:	Public Outreach and Education
Last Update Date:	11/21/2011 11:24 AM

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