Federal disaster assistance and emergency relief programs : selected reviews / Geoffrey Sullivan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sullivan, Geoffrey, editor.

Series:

Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series.

Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief--Government policy--United States.

Disaster relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

Nearly all major roads and bridges in the United States are part of the federal-aid highway system and are therefore eligible for assistance from the Emergency Relief Program (ER) of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). ER assistance is restricted to roads and bridges on the federal aid highway system, which essentially includes all public roads not functionally classified as either local or rural minor collectors. For disaster-damaged roads that are not federal-aid highways, states may request reimbursement for emergency road repairs from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA may also allow limited funding under its Public Assistance Program for such things as snow removal and related operating costs during extreme snowfalls, which are not eligible for ER funds. This book describes FHWA assistance for the repair and reconstruction of highways and bridges damaged by disasters or catastrophic failures. It begins with a brief discussion of the legislative origins of federal assistance, and then addresses eligibility issues and program operation. Moreover, this book discusses agricultural disaster assistance; presents backgrounds on emergency agricultural land assistance programs; describes snow assistance and assistance for severe winter storms, the declaration process, the criteria used to make eligibility determinations, and the types of assistance that are provided after the President has issued a major disaster declaration for the incident; discusses federal non-agricultural programs for emergency water assistance during droughts; commercial fishery disasters; and examines the Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits.

Contents:

Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) Purpose, Activities, and Authority ; Eligible Land ; Eligible Participant ; Funding and Allocation ; Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program ; Purpose, Activities, and Authority ; Eligible Land ; Eligible Participant ; Funding and Allocation ; Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program- Floodplain Easements ; Purpose, Activities, and Authority ; Eligible Land; Eligible Participants; Funding and Allocation ; Other Programs ; Emergency Disaster Loans ; Conservation Programs ; Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

The Declaration Process for Severe Winter Storms

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-837-8