Chapter 5: Damage and Impact Information
The Public Assistance (PA) Program provides reimbursement to address damage, debris impacts, and emergency protective measures necessary as a direct result of the declared incident. This chapter provides information on determining what damage and impacts are eligible, identifying damage and impacts, finalizing the list of impacts, and logically grouping into project applications.128 The “Public Assistance Program Delivery Guide”129 provides an overview of these process steps.
I. Impact List
A. Impact List Submission Deadline
B. Inundated and Submerged Roads
II. Grouping Impacts into Projects
A. Initial Debris Removal Grouping (Category A)
B. Initial Emergency Protective Measures Grouping (Category B)
C. Initial Permanent Work Grouping (Categories C-G)
1. Transportation
2. Water Control
3. Education
4. Housing
5. Health
6. Emergency Service Facilities
7. Other Government Facilities
8. Energy
9. Water/Wastewater
10. Communications/Information Technology
11. Natural and Cultural Resources
D. Final Grouping
E. Building Code and Floodplain Management Administration and Enforcement Activities Grouping (Category I)
F. Grant Management Activities Grouping (Category Z)