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76 BIBLIOGRAPHY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PUBLICATIONS Key Guides and Handbooks Several important FEMA guides and handbooks can be found at the following website: “Public Assistance: Policy and Guidance,” Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, D.C., n.d. [Online]. Available: http://www.fema.gov/public- assistance-policy-and-guidance. These documents include: • FEMA 321 Public Assistance Policy Digest: A summary of public assistance program policies. Public Assistance Policy Digest (FEMA 321), Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2008. • FEMA 322 Public Assistance Guide: Describes provi- sions and application procedures for public assistance program grants. Public Assistance Guide (FEMA 322), Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., June 2007. • FEMA 323 Public Assistance Applicant Handbook: Questions and answers on how to apply for Public Assis- tance program grants. Public Assistance Applicant Handbook (FEMA P-323), Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., March 2010. • FEMA 325 Public Assistance Debris Management Guide: Comprehensive guidance for community leaders in plan- ning, mobilizing, organizing, and controlling large-scale debris clearance and disposal operations. Public Assistance Debris Management Guide (FEMA 325), Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., July 2007. • FEMA 327 Debris Monitoring Guide Public Assistance Debris Monitoring Guide (FEMA 327), Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., July 2007. • FEMA 329 Debris Estimating Field Guide Public Assistance Debris Estimating Field Guide (FEMA 329), Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2010. 9500 Series Policy Publications The following website links to all FEMA Public Assistance program policies formatted for printing: “9500 Series Policy Publications,” Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., n.d. [Online]. Available: http://www.fema. gov/9500-series-policy-publications. For this synthesis, the eligibility information policies, historic preservation policies, and standard operations procedures are most relevant. Not all of the items are accessible from the 9500 Series Policy Publications website but can be found in the FEMA library by means of a search engine. Eligibility Information • 9523.6 Mutual Aid Agreements for Public Assistance and Fire Management Assistance • 9523.9 100% Funding for Direct Federal Assistance and Grant Assistance • 9523.10 Eligibility of Vector Control (Mosquito Abate- ment) • 9523.11 Hazardous Stump Extraction and Removal Eligibility • 9523.12 Debris Operations—Hand-Loaded Trucks and Trailers • 9523.13 Debris Removal from Private Property • 9523.15 Eligible Costs Related to Evacuations and Sheltering • 9523.17 Emergency Assistance for Human Influenza Pandemic • 9523.18 Host-State Evacuation and Sheltering Reim- bursement • 9523.19 Eligible Costs Related to Pet Evacuations and Sheltering • 9523.20 Purchase and Distribution of Ice • 9524.1 Welded Steel Moment Frame • 9524.2 Landslides and Slope Failures • 9524.3 Rehabilitation Assistance for Levees and other Flood Control Works Memo updating Policy 9524.3— August 5, 2009 • 9524.4 Repair vs. Replacement of a Facility under 44 CFR § 206.226(f) (The 50% Rule) • 9524.5 Trees, Shrubs, and Other Plantings Associated with Facilities • 9524.8 Eligibility for Permanent Repair and Replace- ment of Roads on Tribal Lands • 9524.9 Replacement of Animals Associated with Eligible Facilities

77 • 9524.10 Replacement of Equipment, Vehicles, and Supplies • 9525.1 Post-Disaster Property Tax Assessment • 9525.2 Donated Resources • 9525.3 Duplication of Benefits—Non-Government Funds • 9525.4 Emergency Medical Care and Medical Evacua- tions • 9525.5 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Access Requirements • 9525.6 Project Supervision and Management Costs of Subgrantees • 9525.7 Labor Costs—Emergency Work • 9525.8 Damage to Applicant-Owned Equipment • 9525.9 Section 324 Management Costs and Direct Administrative Costs • 9525.11 Payment of Contractors for Grant Management Tasks • 9525.12 Disposition of Equipment, Supplies and Salvage- able Materials • 9525.13 Alternate Projects • 9525.14 Public Assistance Grantee Administrative Costs • 9525.15 Telecommunications Support Lines for States • 9525.16 Research-related Equipment and Furnishings • 9526.1 Hazard Mitigation Funding Under Section 406 (Stafford Act) • 9527.1 Seismic Safety—New Construction • 9527.4 Construction Codes and Standards Historic Preservation • 9560.1 Environmental Policy Memoranda • 9560.3 Programmatic Agreement—Historic Review Standard Operations Procedures • 9570.2 Standard Operating Procedure—Public Assistance Coordinator • 9570.4 Standard Operating Procedure—Kickoff Meeting • 9570.5 Standard Operating Procedure—Project Formu- lation • 9570.6 Standard Operating Procedure—Validation of Small Projects • 9570.8 Standard Operating Procedure—Cost Estimating Format for Large Projects • 9570.9 Standard Operating Procedure—Historic Review FEMA Public Assistance Alternative Procedures The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (SRIA) of 2013 (PL 113-2) adds section 428, which authorizes alternative procedures for the FEMA Public Assistance (PA) program under sections 403(a)(3)(A), 406, 407, and 502(a)(5) of the Stafford Act. It also authorizes FEMA to implement the alter- native procedures through a pilot program. The program will remain in place until FEMA promulgates and adopts revised regulations that reflect the program changes the law autho- rizes. Some FEMA sources related to the alternative proce- dures are listed here. • “Alternative Procedures,” Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., last updated Jan. 14, 2014 [Online]. Available: http://www.fema.gov/alternative- procedures. • “Frequently Asked Questions—Public Assistance Alter- native Procedures Pilot Program,” Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2013. • Determination on the Public Assistance Simplified Pro- cedures Thresholds, Fiscal Year 2014 Report to Congress (Analysis Report for Sandy Recovery Improvement Act), Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Depart- ment of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2014. • Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Pilot Program Guide for Debris Removal, Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency (FEMA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., June 28, 2013. • Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Pilot Program Guide for Permanent Work (Version 2), Federal Emer- gency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2013. • “Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 and FEMA’s Recovery Directorate—Fact Sheet,” Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2013. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Papers and Active Projects “A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies and Significant Events,” NCHRP 20-59(32) (active as of May 23, 2013), Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. [Online]. Avail- able: http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp? ProjectID=3079. Venner, M., “Increased Maintenance Costs of Extreme Weather Events: Preparing for Climate Change Adaptation,” Paper No. 12-3459, presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2012. Guides Best Practices in Project Delivery Management (NCHRP Scan 07-01), NCHRP Project 20-68A, U.S. Domestic Scan Program, Transportation Research Board of the National

78 Academies, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2009 [Online]. Available: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/nchrp20- 68A_07-01.pdf “Chapter 19: Risk Management,” in Florida DOT Project Management Handbook, Florida Department of Transpor- tation, Tallahassee, revised March 04, 2008 [Online]. Avail- able: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/projectmanagementoffice/ pmhandbook/P1_Ch19.pdf. Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roadways (ERFO) Disaster Assistance Manual, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., April 2011. Emergency Relief Manual (Federal-Aid Highways), Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., May 2013. Guide for Managing NEPA-Related and Other Risks in Proj- ect Delivery, NCHRP Web-Only Document 183, Transporta- tion Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2011 [Online]. Available: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/ onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_W183.pdf. Guide for the Process of Managing Risk on Rapid Renewal Contracts, SHRP 2, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2013 [Online]. Available: http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168369.aspx. Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transporta- tion Agencies, NCHRP Report 525: Surface Transportation Security, Volume 16, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2005. Highway Emergency Relief: Strengthened Oversight of Project Eligibility Decisions Needed (GAO 12-45), U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011, 56 pp. Molenaar, K., S. Anderson, and C. Schexnayder, NCHRP Report 658: Guidebook on Risk Analysis Tools and Man- agement Practices to Control Transportation Project Costs, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2010, 119 pp. [Online]. Available: http:// onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_658.pdf. Project Risk Management: Guidance for WSDOT Projects, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, July 2010 [Online]. Available: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ publications/fulltext/cevp/projectriskmanagement.pdf. Project Risk Management Handbook: Threats and Opportu- nities, Second Edition, California Department of Transporta- tion, Office of Statewide Project Management Improvement, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, May 2, 2007 [Online]. Available: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/ projmgmt/documents/prmhb/archive/caltrans_project_risk_ management_handbook_20070502.pdf. Risk Assessment and Allocation for Highway Construction Management, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2006 [Online]. Available: http://international.fhwa. dot.gov/riskassess/. Risk Management—Principles and Guidelines (ISO 31000: 2009), International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009. Laws and Regulations Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2, 127 Stat. 4). Emergency Relief, U.S. Code, Title 23, § 125. “MAP-21: Emergency Relief (ER) Questions & Answers,” Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., last updated Aug. 8, 2013 [Online]. Available: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/qandas/ qaer.cfm. Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2, 127 Stat. 4). Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assis- tance Act, “The Stafford Act,” Public Law 93-288, U.S. Code, Title 42, § 5121-5207. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23, “Highways,” Part 668, “Emergency Relief Program.” U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 44, “Emergency Management and Assistance,” Part 206, “Federal Disaster Assistance.”