Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 112 - NATURAL DISASTER REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS › Section 112.5 - Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The following
				system is established for the disbursement of funds appropriated as the result
				of a Gubernatorial Proclamation of Disaster Emergency:
(1) The executive agency for each segment of
				the program, that is, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, for clearing
				roadways and the Department of Environmental Protection for water systems, will
				make determinations and disbursements of eligible reimbursement costs under
				these procedures.
(2) When the
				Governor issues a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency and proclaims funds
				available, those political subdivisions within the designated extreme emergency
				area will be notified by the Department of Transportation or the Department of
				Environmental Protection or both that funds have been allocated for
				reimbursement assistance.
(3) A
				claim-application must be submitted to the appropriate Commonwealth agency, the
				Department of Transportation or the Department of Environmental Protection,
				within 60 days after the termination of the Gubernatorial Proclamation. The
				application must include the value of the claim.
(4) Application forms will be available from
				the responsible agency, the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Municipal
				Services, or the Department of Environmental Protection, Office of
				Environmental Protection.
(5)
				Within 90 days after the termination of the proclamation the Department of
				Transportation or the Department of Environmental Protection or both will
				provide the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency the total cost of damage
				claimed.
(6) The Pennsylvania
				Emergency Management Agency will determine, from the amount of reimbursement
				money made available by the Governor, and the total emergency related costs,
				the amount of such costs which may be reimbursed. Based upon this determination
				the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency will indicate to the Office of
				Budget the amount of the available reimbursement funds which should be allotted
				to the Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental
				Protection.
(7) The Department of
				Transportation will determine the total mileage on the local highway system
				within the political subdivision. The Department of Transportation will then
				make a pro rata calculation by political subdivision of the funds to be made
				available. These funds will be distributed based on the percentage of each
				political subdivision's local mileage to the total local mileage of all
				affected political subdivisions. The sole criteria for eligibility to receive
				reimbursement for clearing roadways shall be that the actual emergency related
				roadway clearance costs exceeded that particular activity's current year's
				total budgeted amount from all sources by 25% and that no net claim of less
				than $100 will be considered.
(8)
				Priorities for the allocation of funds by the Department of Environmental
				Protection for water systems will be determined by the following criteria:
(i) Severity and extent of disruption of
				water service in relationship to size of water supply.
(ii) Severity of public health
				hazard.
(iii) Relationship of the
				cost of correcting work to the annual revenue.
(9) Reimbursements shall not be made if the
				Commonwealth, a political subdivision or a municipal authority are eligible for
				assistance from the Federal government.