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Local mitigation strategy (LMS) - Volusia County Government

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SECTION 9: MITIGATION ACTION PLAN4. Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)To fund cost effective measures to States and communities that reduce or eliminate the long term riskof flood damage to buildings, manufactured homes, and other insurable structures.Program Implementation DivisionFederal Emergency Management Agency500 C Street SWWashington, DC 20472(202) 646-36195. Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)To prevent future losses of lives and property due to disaster; to implement State or local hazard<strong>mitigation</strong> plans; to enable <strong>mitigation</strong> measures to be implemented during immediate recovery from adisaster; and to provide funding for previously identified <strong>mitigation</strong> measures to benefit the disasterarea.DirectorProgram Implementation DivisionMitigation DirectorateFEMA500 C Street SWWashington, DC 20472(202) 646-46216. Public Assistance Program (406 Hazard Mitigation)To provide supplemental assistance to States, local governments, and certain private nonprofitorganizations to alleviate suffering and hardship resulting from major disasters or emergencies declaredby the President. Public Assistance (PA) provides funding for the repair, restoration, reconstruction, orreplacement of a public facility or infrastructure damaged or destroyed by a disaster. Eligible applicantsat the county level include local governments and certain private non-profit (PNP) organizations. EligiblePNP’s include educational, emergency, medical, rehabilitation, and temporary or permanent custodialcare facilities, utilities, and other PNP facilities which provide essential governmental services to thegeneral public. PA 406 Funds are available for permanent work: Category C -road systems and bridges,Category D - water control facilities, Category E - public buildings and contents, Category F - publicutilities, and Category - G parks and recreational facilities. Funding can be used to restore to mitigatefuture damages if cost beneficial and technically feasible. Code and standard upgrades are eligible forolder facilities that must be repaired in accordance with codes and standards that were adopted afterthe original construction. PA funds may not be used when other funding sources are available, such asinsurance, to avoid the duplication of benefits.Infrastructure Support DivisionResponse and Recovery DirectorateFEMA500 C Street SWWashington, DC 20472(202) 646-3026<strong>Volusia</strong> <strong>County</strong> Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation PlanFebruary 20109:5

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