Guam Hazard Mitigation Plan - Western States Seismic Policy Council

SECTIONSIXMitigation StrategyEnvironmental Regulatory Enhancement. Environmental quality has a direct impact on theability of Native American (including Pacific Islander) communities to develop economic andsocial self-sufficiency. In FY 2007, ANA provided approximately $785,000 in grants under theIndian Environmental Regulatory Enhancement Act to assist tribes in the planning, development,and implementation of projects that were designed to improve their capacity to regulateenvironmental activities.Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionPublic Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement. This program isadministered by the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency. Funds areallocated through cooperative agreements intended to upgrade the preparedness and responsecapabilities of state and local public health jurisdictions to bioterrorism, outbreaks of infectiousdisease, and other public health threats and emergencies. To receive funding, state or local publichealth agencies are required to meet a list of preparedness outcomes, including participation inthe Public Health Information Network (which replaced the previous Health Alert NetworkProgram) and development of ERPs and training. The cooperative agreement also lists allowableactivities for which funding may be used. States are required to match 5 percent of funding in thefirst year of a cooperative agreement and 10 percent of funding in the second year and thereafter.Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management AgencyHazard Mitigation Grant Program. The HMGP provides grants to state/territory and localgovernments to implement long-term hazard mitigation planning and actions after aPresidentially declared disaster. For states and territories with a Standard State Mitigation Plan(Guam has such a plan), HMGP funding for a disaster is valued at 15 percent of the first$2 billion of the total eligible costs associated with FEMA’s PA Program and IndividualAssistance (IA) Program for that disaster. HMGP funding is valued at 10 percent for the nextportion of PA and IA Program costs (between $2 billion and $10 billion). Finally, for PA and IAProgram costs of between $10 billion and $35.333 billion, HMGP funds are calculated at7.5 percent. The federal share of any project will not exceed 75 percent of the total eligible costsof that project. Guam currently uses the HMGP for hazard mitigation funding.Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program. PDM Program grants are available for planning andmitigation activities implemented before a disaster occurs. Total funding available for FY 2010was $100 million. The PDM Program provides grants to states/territories and local governmentsfor cost-effective and sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation projects and plans thatmeet the objectives of the state’s or territory’s hazard mitigation plan. All PDM applicants, ifthey have been identified through the NFIP as having a SFHA, must be participating in the NFIPto be eligible for funding.Public Assistance Program. The PA Program provides supplemental federal disaster grantassistance for the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly ownedfacilities and the facilities of certain private nonprofit organizations. The federal share is not lessthan 75 percent of the eligible cost for emergency measures and permanent restoration of thesefacilities. The PA Program allows for funding to implement cost-effective hazard mitigationmeasures that restore a facility beyond its pre-disaster condition. PA Program hazard mitigationmeasures can only be applied to the damaged element of the facility. Further, hazard mitigationmeasures must be cost-effective (i.e., the hazard mitigation component may amount to no morethan 15 percent of the total eligible cost of restoration work on the project, demonstrate a benefit-6-12