ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR FLOODPLAINS
§ 9.131. Floodplains.
(a) Because floodplain resources are of significant importance to man and are vital for maintaining the floodplain ecosystem, the primary environmental policy concern is the protection of floodplain resource values.
(b) It shall be the environmental policy of the Commonwealth to recognize the ecologic and hyrologic importance of floodplain ecosystems and protect the groundwater, wildlife, vegetation, soil and other resource values of the floodplain.
(c) The protection of floodplain values necessitates a reevaluation of past approaches to floodplain management. Past strategies dealing with floodplain management have focused primarily on socioeconomic impacts of flooding with little concern for the environmental significance of floodplains. The following policies are directed toward the protection of environmental values and human health through the development of new strategies sensitive to environmental concerns.
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