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access may entail providing language assistance services, including oral and written <br />translation, where necessary. Recipients are encouraged to consider the need for language <br />services for LEP persons served or encountered both in developing budgets and in <br />conducting programs and activities. For assistance and information regarding LEP <br />obligations, go to httn: / /www.lep.gov. <br />64. Will comply with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. and Executive Order 11738, <br />which provides for the protection and enhancement of the quality of the nation's air <br />resources to promote public health and welfare and for restoring and maintaining the <br />chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters is considered research for <br />other purposes. <br />65. Will comply with the requirements of the federal regulations at 45 CFR Part 46 and the <br />requirements in DHS Management Directive 026 -04, Protection of Hunan Subjects, prior <br />to implementing any work with human subjects. The regulations specify additional <br />protections for research involving human fetuses, pregnant women, and neonates (Subpart <br />E); prisoners (Subpart C); and children (Subpart D). The use of autopsy materials is <br />governed by applicable state and local law and is not directly regulated by 45 CFR Part 46. <br />66. Will comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as <br />amended, 42 U.S.C. § 4331 et seq., which establishes national policy goals and procedures <br />to protect and enhance the environment, including protection against natural disasters. To <br />comply with NEPA for its grant- supported activities, DHS requires the environmental <br />aspects of construction grants (and certain non - construction projects as specified by the <br />Component and awarding office) to be reviewed and evaluated before final action on the <br />application. <br />67. Will comply with the requirements of § 1306(c) of the National Flood Insurance Act, as <br />amended, which provides for benefit payments under the Standard Flood Insurance Policy <br />for demolition or relocation of a structure insured under the Act that is located along the <br />shore of a lake or other body of water and that is certified by an appropriate state or local <br />land use authority to be subject to imminent collapse or subsidence as a result of erosion or <br />undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels. <br />These regulations are codified at 44 CFR Part 63. <br />68. Will comply with the requirements of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as <br />amended (42 U.S.C. § 4001 of seq.), which provides that no federal financial assistance to <br />acquire, modernize, or construct property may be provided in identified flood -prone <br />communities in the United States, unless the community participates in the National Flood <br />Insurance Program and flood insurance is purchased within one year of the identification. <br />The flood insurance purchase requirement applies to both public and private applicants for <br />DIIS support. Lists of flood-prone areas that are eligible for flood insurance are published <br />in the Federal Register by FEMA. <br />69. Will comply with the requirements of Executive Order 11990, which provides that <br />foderally funded construction and improvements minimize the destruction, loss, or <br />degradation of wetlands. The Executive Order provides that, in furtherance of § 101(b)(3) <br />of NEPA (42 U.S.C. § 4331(b)(3)), federal agencies, to the extent permitted by law, must <br />avoid undertaking or assisting with new construction located in wetlands unless the head of <br />the agency finds that there is no practicable alternative to such construction, and that the <br />proposed action includes all practicable measures to minimize harm to wetlands that may <br />result from such use. In making this finding, the head of the agency may take into account <br />economic, environmental, and other pertinent factors. Tire public disclosure requirement <br />described above also pertains to early public review of any plans or proposals for new <br />construction in wetlands. This is codified at 44 CFR Part 9. <br />13UASI112613 39 <br />