FLOOD00410

• County: Statewide
• Title: Flood Mitigation Assistance Guidance
• Date: 8/1/1997
• Prepared For: NFIP
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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Sec. 1366. (c) ELIGIBILITY FOR
MITIGATION ASSISTANCE.-To be
eligible to receive financial
assistance under this section for
mitigation activities, a State or
community shall develop, and
have approved by the Director, a
flood risk mitigation plan (in this
section referred to as a 'mitigation
plan'), that describes the
mitigation activities to be earned
out with assistance provided under
this section, is consistent with the
criteria established by the Director
under section t 361, and provides
protection against flood losses to
structures for which contracts for
flood insurance are available
under this title. The mitigation
plan shall be consistent with a
comprehensive strategy for
mitigation activities for the area
affected by the mitigation plan,
that has been adopted by the State
or community following a public
hearing.

42 U.s.C. 4101c

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CHAPTER 4:
GRANTS

FMA PROJECT

Purpose

The purpose of FMA project grants is to assist States and
communities in implementing flood mitigation projects to reduce
the risk of flood damage to NFlP-insurable structures.

Applicant Eligibility

States have the authority and responsibility for ensuring that only
eligible applicants receiveFMA project grants. Eligible
applicants include:

. States.

. Communities participating in the NFIP, excluding those on
probation. Suspended communities and those which have
withdrawn are not eligible.

In order to be eligible for an FMA project grant, an applicant
must:

. Have a FEMA-approved Flood Mitigation Plan. (Chapter 3
of this guidance contains more information on the Flood
Mitigation Plan requirement.) Only mitigation activities
specified in an approved mitigation plan are eligible for an
FMA project grant. Note that the approval of a mitigation
plan does not guarantee approval of every project mentioned
in the plan.

. Be able to meet the FMA cost-share requirement. (The cost-
share requirement is described in Chapter 6 of this guidance.)

Project Eligibility

States have the authority and responsibility for determining the
eligibility of any project proposed in an FMA project grant
application. FMA project eligibility has two parts:

I. The project must be an eligible type of activity.

2. The project must meet minimum project eligibility criteria.

FEMA 299jAUGUST 1997 FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE (FMA) GUIDANCE