Workshop Session

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Workshop Session 8
Funding Sources other than FEMA

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA
• National Resources Conservation Services (NRCS)

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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

• Emergency Relief (ER) Program
• Special program for the repair or reconstruction
  of Federal-aid roads which have suffered serious
  damage as a result of
• Natural disasters or
• Catastrophic failures from an external cause
• Supplements Resources by States and other Federal
  agencies
• 100 million authorized annually (Highway Trust
  Fund special program)
• Federal Share - 80 100
• Emergency work completed in first 180 after
  disaster may be reimbursed at 100
• Emergency and Permanent Work Eligible

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Eligible Emergency Repairs under FHWA ER Program

• Regrading of roadway surfaces, etc.
• Debris removal
• Erection and removal of barricades and detour
  signs, flagging and pilot cars during the
  emergency period
• Dynamiting and other removal of drift piling up
  on bridges, including rental of boats
• Placement of riprap on the downstream slopes of
  approach fills
• Removal of slides
• Construction of temporary roadway connections
  (detours)
• Erection of temporary detour bridges
• Replacement of approach fills
• Use of ferryboats to provide temporary substitute
  highway traffic service

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Pre-disaster Planning for Roads

• Identify roads that received funds under Federal
  Aid Program
• Have a pre-disaster agreement in place with the
  State Department of Transportation (DOT)
• Become knowledgeable about criteria and
  procedures of the FHWA ER Program
• http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/erelief.cfm

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U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Emergency
Watershed Protection (EWP) Program

• Purpose help reduce imminent hazards to life
  and property threatened by excessive erosion and
  flooding from a natural disaster that causes a
  sudden impairment of a watershed.
• Financial Assistance Available
• NRCS may pay 75 to 90
• Remaining cost-share from local sources
• Eligible Entities
• Eligible Work

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Pre-disaster Planning for Waterways

• Document current status of waterways
• Agent legally responsible
• Maintenance records
• Become knowledgeable about NRCS EWP Program
• http//www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/EWP/index.htm
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• Know who to deal with on State and/or Federal
  level
• Dont be afraid to ask

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Waterway Debris Removal after Hurricane Katrina

• In the aftermath of
• Hurricane Katrina, it
• was estimated that
• one million cubic
• yards of debris
• blocked vital
• waterways and
• created navigational
• hazards throughout
• the Gulf Coast.

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Sonar Imaging Utilized
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Underwater Sonar Image of 40 Sailboat
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Shallow Water Recovery
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Near Shore Operations
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Special Off-shore Considerations

• Using the right equipment was
• key to accomplishing the Gulf
• Coast off shore clean-up
• mission. The carefully planned
• strategy used a combination of
• trawling nets manned by local
• fisherman. Hand pickers
• scoured the beaches and
• shallow waters for debris while
• barges with cranes recovered
• large objects.

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Electronic Tracking of Boats
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Heavy Lift Operations in Mississippi
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200 ft of 24 pipe recovered from Mississippi
Sound
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LOCATION Hancock County, MS
Example of Clean-up Documentation
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LOCATION Jackson County, MS
Example of Clean-up Documentation
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Funding Sources other than FEMA
Questions?

• CrowderGulf Presenters
• Buddy Young, Assistant Director
• Don Beauchene, Project Manager
• Margaret Wright, Senior Management