FLOOD04112

• County: Statewide
• Community: Nationwide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference
• Date: 10/1/1999
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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NFIP
Participation
(Continued)

The Droiect
must be
located in a
participating
community.

Duplication of
Programs

Applicant
Agreement to
Property
Acquisition
Requirements

Section 7: Project Eligibility

In some cases, the applicant may be in compliance with this criterion even if the
applicant does not participate in the NFIP. An example follows:

A non-participating county is interested in relocating a school building presently in a
Special Flood Hazard Area. The city (and not the county) has floodplain management
authority over the land on which the school is located. The county owns the land and
would retain its title. It would dedicate the land to open-space use after relocation of
the school building. Although the county is not a participating community, it is the city,
which ~ a participating community, that has jurisdiction over the land. The project is
eligible because the jurisdiction with floodplain management over the project site is
participating in the NFIP.

If a project is sited within a mapped special flood hazard area of a community that
does not participate in the NFIP, the proposed project is not eligible regardless of who
the applicant is. An example follows:

A non-profit organization proposes a project sited within a Special Flood Hazard Area
of a community that does not participate in the NFIP. Even though the applicant is an
entity separate from the non-participating community, the non-profit organization does
not possess land use authority. Their proposed project would not be eligible because
the applicable community is not participating.

The HMGP provides an opportunity to fund measures that cannot be funded under
other authorities. HMGP funds can be packaged with other funds, but are not intended
to be used as a substitute for other available program authorities. Other programs and
authorities should be examined before application to this program is made. Available
program authorities include other FEMA programs, such as the Public Assistance
Program, and programs under other Federal agencies, such as the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

However, project applications that have been denied funding by other Federal
programs may be submitted for consideration by the HMGP.

Applicant communities will certify in their application for property acquisition projects
that they understand the restrictions for future use of the acquired land. Also, they will
consult with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to ensure no flood damage
reduction levees (including berms, floodwalls, or dikes) are under consideration for the
area.

The construction of flood damage reduction levees on these lands is incompatible with
open space uses and. therefore, will not be allowed. This restriction generally does
not apply to structures forecosystem preservation, restoration, or enhancement.

Local govemments will consult with USACE, prior to submittal of the HMGP project
application, to address and consider the potential future use of the proposed
acquisition project area for the construction of a USACE flood damage reduction levee.
If the local govemment dismisses consideration of a future flood damage reduction
levee in that area, the local govemment may submit to FEMA, through the State, an
HMGP application for an open space acquisition project. This application must include
the assurances discussed below.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference-Draft

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