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Emergency Relief Manual
(Federal-Aid Highways)
Interim Update August 2003
Office of Infrastructure
Office of Program Administration
Federal Highway Administration
Table of Contents
PDF Version of Manual (0.6 mb)
Chapter I Introduction Chapter II Eligibility of Damage Repair Work
To view PDF files, you need the Acrobat® Reader®Chapter III. Emergency Relief Application Process
- General
- Eligible Items
- Engineering and Right-of-Way
- Detours
- Traffic Damage
- Overlays
- Raising Grades
- Slides
- Work on Active Construction Projects
- Toll Facilities
- Traffic Control Devices
- Landscaping
- Roadside Appurtenances
- Timber and Debris Removal
- Transportation System Management (TSM) Strategies
- Projects and Project Features Resulting from Environmental Process
- Outside of the Highway Right-of-Way
- Administrative Expenses
- Supplies and Materials
- Equipment
- Ineligible Items
- Heavy Maintenance
- Damage Estimate Under $5,000 per Site
- Traffic Damage
- Frost Heaving
- Applicant - Owned Material
- Erosion Damage
- Prior Scheduled Work
- Mine/Underground Subsidence
- Snow and/or Ice Removal
- Emergency/Medical Transportation Services
- Mitigation/Preventive Work Prior to Disaster
- Catastrophic Failure from Internal Cause
- Emergency Repairs VS. Permanent Repairs
- Method 1 - Traditional
- Method 2 - Traditional (Expedited)
- Method 3 - Quick Release
- Two Disasters Treated As One
- Flow Chart
Chapter IV. Preliminary StepsChapter V. Disaster Assessment and Damage Survey Summary Report
- Letter of Intent
- Acknowledgment Letter
- Governor's Proclamation
- Basic Criteria
- Timing of the Proclamation
- Relationship to President's Declaration
- Concurrence by the Division Administrator
Chapter VI. Project Procedures and Requirements
- Purpose
- Logistics/Mobilization
- Coordination with other Agencies
- Damage Assessments
- Damage Survey Summary Report
- Purpose
- Damage Survey Summary Report Preparation/Content
- Damage Survey Report Submissions
- Summary of Other Required Documents
- Exception
Appendices
- General
- Fund Management
- Federal share
- Preparation and Submission of Programs
- Approval of Programs and Project Authorizations
- Advancing Projects During ER Program Funding Shortages
- Project Oversight
- Combined Federal-aid and Emergency Relief
- Construction Start Deadline (Time Extensions)
- FHWA as the Construction Agency
- Project Designations and Numbering
- Disaster Code
- Construction Contracts/Force Accounts
- Environmental Considerations
- Design Standards
- State Emergency Manual
Appendix A - Sample State Letter of Intent
Appendix B - Sample FHWA Acknowledgment Letter
Appendix C - Sample Governor's Proclamation
Appendix D - Detailed Damage Inspection Report Form
Appendix E - Sample State Letter for Quick Release of ER Funds
Appendix F - Sample State Letter Requesting ER FundsIndex
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