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Chapter 5 › I.A–B Impact List Deadline; Inundated and Submerged Roads

When is the impact list due, and can we get more time?

FEMA term
Impact list submission deadline; inundated and submerged roads
Short answer

Within 60 days of your recovery scoping meeting. FEMA may extend it if you ask in writing and justify it with circumstances beyond your or the recipient’s control, such as a site you can’t reach, or new categories of work approved after your meeting. Roads still under water may also get more time so they can be assessed once the water recedes and the soil dries.

What FEMA requires

  • Identify and report all incident-related impacts and damage within 60 days of attending the recovery scoping meeting.
  • FEMA may extend the deadline if you request it with justification based on extenuating circumstances beyond your or the recipient’s control, for example an inaccessible site, or an area where FEMA approved more categories of work after the meeting.
  • Inundated and submerged roads should not be assessed until flood waters recede and saturated soil dries out, so surface damage can be judged properly. If the water hasn’t receded by the deadline, FEMA may approve an extension for those sites.
  • You must tell FEMA about roads flooded by closed basin flooding that may stay under water indefinitely (see Chapter 8).

Documentation

The date of your recovery scoping meeting, the date you submitted the impact list, and for any extension, a written request with the justification and evidence (for example, photos or reports showing a site was still inaccessible or under water).

Watch out · Govstar practitioner advice

The 60 days start at the recovery scoping meeting, not when you finish assessing. Request any extension before the deadline, in writing, with the specific sites and the reason each one could not be assessed.

Govstar summarizes FEMA’s Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide in plain language and links to the official text. Govstar is independent and not affiliated with FEMA. This is general guidance, not legal advice.