When other Federal agencies have the authority to repair facilities that are also eligible under the Stafford Act, FEMA generally defers to the other Federal agencies unless there is an immediate threat to life and property. The following states FEMA policy on levees and other flood control works. FEMA shall limit disaster assistance for emergency repairs to flood control works on a one-time only basis. When emergency repairs are authorized, they are limited to restoring the original elevation of the flood control work or to an elevation designed to protect against the five-year flood event, whichever is lesser. However, FEMA may provide disaster assistance for flood fighting activities and debris removal in subsequent disasters.
Deliberate breaches made by the sponsor to accomplish such dewatering are eligible for repair.
The costs of removal of flood fight measures on flood control works can be eligible if such removal is necessary to eliminate a health and safety threat, to operate the flood control work as a public facility or to repair the facility. Examples of eligible structures include those built for channel alignment, land reclamation, drainage and erosion control. Eligible work will be to restore the structure to predisaster condition in accordance with 44 CFR part 206. The structure must be an actively used and adequately maintained facility. 84-99 Rehabilitation and Inspection Program minimum threshold amount for permanent repair are ineligible for FEMA funding.