Document ID: FEMA-2010-0050-0004
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Recovery Policy, RP 9525.7, Labor Costs- Emergency Work
Posted Date: 2015-12-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 77365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31381]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0050]

Recovery Policy, RP 9525.7, Labor Costs--Emergency Work

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 
policy, Recovery Policy 9525.7, Labor Costs--Emergency Work. The 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of 
availability and request for comment for the proposed policy on August 
13, 2010 at 75 FR 49508.

DATES: This policy is effective November 19, 2015.

ADDRESSES: This final policy is available online at http://www.regulations.gov and on FEMA's Web site at http://www.fema.gov. The 
proposed and final policy, all related Federal Register Notices, and 
all public comments received during the comment period are available at 
http://www.regulations.gov under docket ID FEMA-2010-0050. A hard copy 
of the final policy may be viewed at the Office of the Chief Counsel, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Room 8NE, 500 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20472-3100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Roche, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100, 202-
646-3834.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This policy provides guidance on eligible 
labor costs for an applicant's permanent, temporary, and contract 
employees who perform emergency work (Category A and Category B). 
Changes to this final policy from the previous version are as follows: 
Additional authority cited in section V; the addition of a definitions 
section (section VII) to define terms used in the policy; revisions to 
the policy section (section VIII) that establish requirements for 
reimbursement based on predisaster labor policies; a clarification 
citing the authority for mutual aid agreements to which the Recipient/
Subrecipient must comply; provides flexibility for reimbursement of 
costs for personnel that preposition assets prior to an event to 
support the performance of eligible emergency work; deletes ``standby 
time'' as an ineligible cost; and addresses the issue of 24-hour work 
shifts for firefighters and other personnel performing emergency work 
when supported and determined reasonable. FEMA received one comment on 
the proposed policy.

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 and implementing regulations of 
44 CFR part 206.

    Dated: December 8, 2015.
Joshua Dozor,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy and Program 
Analysis, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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