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Emergency Relief Manual
Flow Chart Description

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Flow chart illustrating the Emergency Relief Program and the three methods for developing and processing a State request for Emergency Relief funding.

  1. Disaster Occurrence
  2. Governor's Proclamation or President's Declaration
  3. State Letter of Intent
  4. FHWA Division Office Acknowledgement
  5. Disaster Assessment
  6. Standard Method
  7. Detailed Site Inspections/Windshield Survey
  8. State Requests ER Funds
  9. Damage Survey Summary Report
  10. Quick Release
  11. Media Reports/Aerial Survey
  12. State Requests ER Funds
  13. FHWA D.O. Endorsement (Abbreviated Damage Survey Summary Report submitted later)
  14. FHWA D.O. Review
  15. FHWA Division Administrator Approval and Request for HQ Fund Allocation
  16. HQ Allocation of Funds
  17. Program of Projects
  18. FHWA D.O. Approves Program of Projects
  19. Begin Permanent Repair Work

[ start ]
1 go to 2
2 go to 3
3 go to 4
4 go to 5
5 branches to either 6, 10

if 5 branched to 6
6 go to 7
7 go to 8
8 go to 9
9 go to 14

if 5 branched to 10
10 go to 11
11 go to 12
12 go to 13
13 go to 14

14 go to 15
15 go to 16
16 go to 17
17 go to 18
18 go to 19
[ end ]

Updated: 06/27/2017
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