The Department of Homeland Security – FEMA is accepting applications for its 2022 High Hazard Potential Dams (HHPD) Rehabilitation Grant.
Donor Name: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $22,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
FEMA’s National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) is committed to protecting lives and property from the risks associated with dams. The Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams (HHPD) Grant Program makes available federal funds to eligible states for pass through to non-Federal governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations for the rehabilitation of eligible high hazard potential dams that fail to meet minimum state dam safety standards and pose unacceptable risk to life and property.
For the purposes of the HHPD Grant Program, rehabilitation means the repair, replacement, reconstruction, or removal of a dam that is carried out to meet applicable state dam safety and security standards.
The HHPD Program incentivizes eligible states to:
- Provide financial assistance for repair, removal, or rehabilitation of eligible high hazard potential dams.
- Incorporate risk-informed analysis and decision making into their dam safety practice and HHPD rehabilitation investments.
- Incorporate risk-analysis results and information and consider all dam risk in state, local, tribal, and territorial mitigation planning.
- Promote community preparedness by requiring recipients to develop and implement floodplain management plans that address potential measures, practices, and policies to reduce loss of life, injuries, damage to property and facilities, public expenditures, and other adverse effects of flooding.
- Reduce costs associated with dam rehabilitation through the deployment of innovative solutions and technologies.
Objectives
- The objective of the program is to:
- Reduce or eliminate risk of eligible high hazard potential dams.
Priorities
For FY2022, the HHPD priorities are: planning, design, and construction activities related to the repair, removal, or rehabilitation of eligible high hazard dams.
Funding Information
- Available Funding for the NOFO: $22,000,000.00
- Period of Performance: 36 Months
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- A state with a state dam safety program authorized by state legislation is the only entity eligible to submit HHPD applications to DHS/FEMA.
- For the purposes of the HHPD, the term “state” means each of the several states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
