Appendix I › VII. Work Eligibility Considerations for Parks, Recreation, and Other

What work on parks, recreation facilities and beaches is eligible?

FEMA term

Work eligibility: parks, recreational and other facilities (Categories B and G)

Short answer

Emergency protective measures and stabilization for an immediate threat are eligible. Appendix I’s parks table mainly lists what is not eligible: federally constructed beaches and shoreline works, private nonprofit parks and recreation facilities, natural unimproved features, destroyed crops, and private or homeowners’ association beaches and dunes. Engineered beaches qualify only under specific criteria; general Category G eligibility is in Chapter 8.

What FEMA requires

Common EHP laws: NEPA, NHPA, Coastal Zone Management Act, Coastal Barrier Resources Act, ESA, Clean Water Act, EOs 11988 and 11990, and possible local NFIP requirements.
Eligible (Category B): emergency protective measures for an immediate threat, including bracing, shoring, barricades, safety fencing, sandbagging, and emergency repairs or stabilization.
Work performed under urgent circumstances that restores the facility’s pre-disaster design and function under codes and standards is permanent work, not emergency work.
Not eligible (Category G): restoring federally constructed beaches or shoreline protection; PNP parks and recreational facilities, including supporting roads, buildings and utilities; natural, unimproved features; destroyed crops; and private and homeowners’ association beaches or dunes.
Restoration of engineered beaches is subject to specific eligibility criteria in Chapter 8. For general Category G eligibility of public parks and recreational facilities, see Chapter 8.

<table class="pt-table"><thead><tr><th>Category</th><th>Eligible</th><th>Not eligible</th><th>Other considerations</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>B: Emergency</td><td>Bracing, shoring, barricades, fencing, sandbagging, and emergency repairs or stabilization for an immediate threat</td><td>Urgent work that restores pre-disaster design and function under codes and standards (that is permanent work, not emergency work)</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>G: Restoration</td><td>Not listed in Table 45; see Chapter 8 for Category G eligibility</td><td>Federally constructed beaches or shoreline protection; PNP parks and recreational facilities, including their roads, buildings and utilities; natural, unimproved features; destroyed crops; private and homeowners’ association beaches or dunes</td><td>Engineered beaches are subject to specific eligibility criteria</td></tr></tbody></table>

Documentation

Records showing beaches or shoreline features were engineered and maintained, and documentation of supporting facilities such as roads, buildings and utilities within parks.

Watch out · Govstar practitioner advice

Urgent work that actually restores a park facility to its pre-disaster design is permanent work, not emergency work, with a different deadline and documentation. Label it correctly from the start.

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.