Chapter 8: Permanent Work Eligibility (Categories C-G)
Section 406 of the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to provide assistance for both permanent work (categories C-G) and building code and floodplain management administration and enforcement activities (category I). Permanent work is subject to insurance obtain and maintain requirements to protect facilities against future loss. This requirement applies to insurable facilities or property (buildings, contents, equipment, and vehicles). Work must also comply with all applicable environmental and historic preservation laws, executive orders, and regulations.
I. Facility Restoration (Categories C-G)
II. Codes and Standards
A. Consensus-Based Codes, Specifications, and Standards
1. Identification Requirements
2. Verification Requirements
3. Additional Eligible Work and Costs
4. Other Considerations
B. Locally Adopted Codes and Standards
C. Codes and Standards Eligibility Criteria
1. Applies to the Type of Restoration Required
2. Appropriate to Pre-Disaster Use
3. Reasonable
4. Written, Formally Adopted, and Implemented
5. Applies Uniformly
6. Enforced
D. Ineligible Upgrades
E. Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities
F. Path of Travel
G. Permit Requirements
H. Additional Resources
III. Hazard Mitigation
A. Eligibility Criteria
B. Future Damage Reduction
1. Cost Effectiveness
2. Compliance with Legal Requirements
3. Proposing PA Hazard Mitigation
4. Reduce Adverse impacts
5. Post-Repair Hazard Mitigation
6. Completed Hazard Mitigation Eligibility
C. Historic Preservation Compliance
1. Federal Requirement
2. State, Tribal Nation, or Territorial Government Requirement
D. Public Assistance Mitigation Funds for Capped Projects
1. Improved Project
2. Alternate Project
E. Construction Method
F. Pre-Existing Site Conditions
IV. Flexible Restoration (Capped Projects)
A. Processing Projects with Capped Funding
B. Improved Project
1. Use of Improved Project Funds
C. Alternate Project
1. Use of Alternate Project Funds
V. Eligibility Considerations by Facility
A. Roads and Bridges (Category C)
1. Components
2. Road and Bridge Eligibility for Permanent Work
3. Types of Damage
4. Inundated and Submerged Roads
5. Demonstrating Disaster-Related Damage
B. Water Control Facilities (Category D)
1. Restoring the Capacity of Channels, Basins, and Reservoirs
2. Flood Control Works
C. Buildings and Equipment (Category E)
1. Buildings
2. Contents and Supplies
3. Equipment
4. Vehicles
D. Utilities (Category F)
1. Power Restoration
2. Right-of-Way Clearance
3. Power: Transmission and Distribution System Conductor Replacement
E. Parks, Recreational, Other (Category G)
1. Beaches
F. Landslides and Slope Stabilization
VI. Repair vs. Replacement
A. Calculation
B. Request for Replacement
C. Eligible Funding
D. Replacement of Components of a Facility or System
VII. Relocation
A. FEMA-Directed Relocation
B. Applicant-Driven: Repair vs. Replacement
C. Code-Driven: Part 9 and Other Code and Standard Relocations
D. Eligible Work and Funding
E. Sale or Lease of Property at Original Site
VIII. Environmental and Historic Preservation Requirements
A. Floodplain Management and Wetland Protection
1. Critical Actions
2. Coastal High Hazard Areas
3. Requirement for Communities Participating in the National Flood Insurance Program.
IX. Facility Located in or Impacting a Floodplain
A. 8-Step Decision-making Process
B. Hydrologic and Hydraulic Studies
C. Facility Located in a Special Flood Hazard Area
1. National Flood Insurance Program
X. Requirement to Obtain and Maintain Insurance
A. Failure to Obtain and Maintain Insurance
XI. Building Code and Floodplain Management Administration and Enforcement (Category I)
A. General Requirements
B. Eligible Work
1. Building Code Administration
2. Code Enforcement
3. Floodplain Management Ordinance and Enforcement
4. Substantial Damage Determinations
C. Ineligible Work
D. Required Documentation and Information for Category I Work