(a) Borrowers and grant recipients of grants must utilize in the design and construction of federally assisted buildings, the seismic provisions of the most recent edition of those standards and practices that are substantially equivalent to or exceed the seismic safety level in the most recent or immediately preceding edition of the NEHRP Recommended Provisions for the Development of Seismic Regulation for New Buildings. The NEHRP Recommended Provisions are updated triennially.

(b) Each of the following model codes has been found to provide a level of seismic safety substantially equivalent to that provided by the use of the 1988 NEHRP Recommended Provisions and appropriate for federally assisted new building construction:

(1) 1991 International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) Uniform Building Code;

(2) 1992 Supplement to the Building Officials and Code Administration, International, Inc. (BOCA) National Building Code; and

(3) 1992 Amendments to the Southern Building Code Congress (SBCC) Standard Building Code.

(c) The model codes identified in § 1792.103(b) can be obtained from the following organizations:

(1) ICBO Uniform Building Code. International Conference of Building Officials, Austin Regional Office, 9300 Jollyville Road, suite 101, Austin, Texas 78759-7455.

(2) BOCA National Building Code. Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, Illinois 60478-5795.

(3) SBCC Standard Building Code. Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., 900 Montclair Road, Birmingham, Alabama 35213-1206.

(d) The NEHRP Recommended Provisions for the Development of Seismic Regulations for New Building is available from the Office of Earthquakes and Natural Hazards, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.