Wyoming County to Get Funds to Reduce Flood Risk
Release Date: March 28, 2000
Release Number: R3-00-02
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Wyoming County will receive funding for a $15,277 hazard-mitigation project to reduce the risk of flooding.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the improvement of approximately 650 lineal feet of road ditch by replacing two culverts on Tippy Lane.
FEMA will release $11,458 to the state of Pennsylvania as the Federal share - 75 percent - of the estimated project cost. The state will provide 22 percent, with 3 percent coming from local jurisdictions.
The federal funds come from FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which is intended to reduce risk from future disasters by breaking the disaster-repair-disaster cycle, thus saving economic and emotional costs.
Communities present hazard-mitigation proposals to their states. The states select from among these proposals, using their own criteria. FEMA reviews the states' choices to make sure they comply with federal law and are cost effective. If the proposals pass these tests, FEMA releases the funds to the states.
Hazard-mitigation funds are limited. The money available is an additional amount equivalent to 15 percent of the federal money spent on response and recovery operations in a federally declared disaster.
Last Modified: Tuesday, 18-Nov-2003 14:52:43