Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart A - Preliminary Provisions
Article I - Administrative Provisions
Chapter 9 - ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER PLAN
Subchapter B - POLICIES FOR CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR FLOODPLAINS
Section 9.133 - Undeveloped floodplains
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) In undeveloped floodplains, programs should not attempt to exclude all types of land uses and development but to encourage those uses which will minimize flood damages, flood frequencies and magnitudes, and prevent the destruction of the floodplain environment. Defining appropriate uses should be based upon the environmental opportunities and constraints of the floodplain.
(b) It shall be the environmental policy of the Commonwealth to protect environmental values of undeveloped floodplains by discouraging any floodplain development which may degrade the floodplain environment, increase the potential for flood damages, or contribute to increased flood flows.
