Guam Hazard Mitigation Plan - Western States Seismic Policy Council

SECTIONSIXMitigation Strategycost ratio of greater than unity, or meet other conditions). Guam currently uses the PA Programto fund hazard mitigation activities.Flood Mitigation Assistance Program. The FMA Program provides funding to assist states,territories, and local communities to implement measures to reduce or eliminate the long-termrisk of flood damage to buildings, manufactured homes, and other structures insured under theNFIP. For FY 2010, FEMA Region IX was awarded $1.9 million in funding. Grants areavailable for planning, projects, and technical assistance. States and territories are encouraged toprioritize grant applications that include RL properties identified in their Repetitive LossStrategy and tracked by FEMA in BureauNet and NextGen. Examples of mitigation projectsinclude acquisition, elevation, relocation, flood-proofing, and technical assistance. The enablinglegislation specifically excludes large-scale structural flood control projects from receiving thistype of funding.Severe Repetitive Loss Program. The SRL Program provides funding to reduce or eliminatethe long-term risk of flood damage to SRL residential structures insured under the NFIP. SRLproperties are determined by the number, value, and frequency of NFIP claims. The SRLprogram funds projects that directly mitigate residential SRL properties. Examples of theseprojects include elevation, acquisition, relocation, and flood-proofing. Congress authorized$46 million of SRL Program funding nationwide for FY 2010.Repetitive Flood Claim Program. The RFC Program provides funding to reduce or eliminatethe long-term risk of flood damage to structures insured under the NFIP that have had one ormore claim payment for flood damages. RFC funds may only mitigate structures that are within astate or community that cannot meet the cost share or management capacity requirements of theFMA Program. Typical projects include acquisition, elevation, relocation, and flood-proofing.FEMA allocated $10 million in RFC Program funding for FY 2010 nationwide.Homeland Security Grant Program. HSGP is a primary funding mechanism for building andsustaining national preparedness capabilities. HSGP grants enhance the ability of state, local, andtribal governments to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks andother disasters. These grants fund a range of preparedness activities, including planning,organization, equipment purchase, training, exercises, and management and administrative costs.Total funding available for the HSGP in FY 2010 was $248 million. Guam currently uses thisfunding source.Buffer Zone Protection Program. The Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) provides grantsto build security and risk-management capabilities at the state and local level to secure predesignatedTier I and Tier II critical infrastructure sites, including chemical facilities, financialinstitutions, nuclear and electric power plants, dams, stadiums, and other high-risk/highconsequencefacilities. The funds provided by BZPP are provided to increase the preparednesscapabilities of jurisdictions responsible for the safety and security of communities surroundinghigh-priority critical infrastructure and key resource assets through allowable planning andequipment acquisition. Total funding available for the BZPP in FY 2010 was $48 million. Guamcurrently receives BZPP funding.Port Security Grant Program (PSGP). The PSGP provides grant funding to port areas for theprotection of critical port infrastructure from terrorism. PSGP funds help ports enhance their riskmanagement capabilities; domain awareness; training and exercises; and capabilities to prevent,detect, respond to, and recover from attacks involving improvised explosive devices and other6-13