Document ID: FEMA-2010-0025-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Final Policy Availability: Recovery Policy RP9523.5, Debris Removal from Waterways
Posted Date: 2010-05-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 5, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 86)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0025]

 
Recovery Policy RP9523.5, Debris Removal From Waterways

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the availability of the final 
Recovery Policy RP9523.5, Debris Removal from Waterways.

DATES: This policy is effective March 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: This final policy is available online at http://
www.regulations.gov under docket ID FEMA-2010-0025 and on FEMA's Web 
site at http://www.fema.gov. You may also view a hard copy of the final 
policy at the Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Room 835, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Byron Mason, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472; 202-646-4368 
phone; 202-646-3304 facsimile; Byron.Mason@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Public Assistance Program provides, 
following a Presidentially-declared major disaster or emergency, 
supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for the repair, 
replacement, or restoration of disaster damaged, publicly-owned 
facilities and the facilities of certain Private Non-Profit (PNP) 
organizations. To be eligible under the Public Assistance Program, work 
must be required as the result of the emergency or major disaster, be 
located within the designated area, and be the legal responsibility of 
an eligible applicant. Emergency work that must be performed to reduce 
or eliminate an immediate threat to life, to protect public health and 
safety, and to protect improved property that is threatened in a 
significant way as a result of the major disaster or emergency includes 
debris removal.
    This policy was developed to provide guidance for determining the 
eligibility of debris removal from navigable waterways, the coastal and 
inland zones, and wetlands under the Public Assistance Program. Recent 
disaster activity, including Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, demonstrated 
the need for additional guidance to clarify the roles and 
responsibilities of FEMA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and 
the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in removing debris, wreckage, and sunken 
vessels from waterways. This policy draws upon recent disaster 
experience in delineating eligibility for debris removal from waterways 
under the Public Assistance Program. The USACE and USCG reviewed and 
provided input on this policy.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5173, and 5192.

David J. Kaufman,
Director, Office of Policy and Program Analysis, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
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