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Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) State Assistance
The National Dam Safety Program’s mission is to reduce risks to lives, property, and the environment from dam failure by guiding public policy and leveraging industry best practices across the dam safety community.
The National Dam Safety Program supports FEMA Strategic Goal 1:
Build
a Culture of Preparedness and FEMA Strategic Goal 2:
Ready the National for Catastrophic Disasters.ObjectivesThe objectives of the Program are to:•Ensure that new and existing dams are safe through the development of technologically and economically feasible programs and procedures for national dam safety hazard reduction;•Encourage acceptable engineering policies and procedures to be used for dam site investigation, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and emergency preparedness;•Encourage the establishment and implementation of effective dam safety programs in each state based on state standards;•Develop and implement a comprehensive dam safety hazard education and public awareness •initiative to assist in preparing for, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from dam incidents;•Develop mechanisms with which to provide Federal technical assistance for dam safety to non-Federal dam safety practitioners; and•Develop technical assistance materials, seminars, and guidelines to improve security for dams in the United States.
The National Dam Safety Program supports FEMA Strategic Goal 1:
Build
a Culture of Preparedness and FEMA Strategic Goal 2:
Ready the National for Catastrophic Disasters.ObjectivesThe objectives of the Program are to:•Ensure that new and existing dams are safe through the development of technologically and economically feasible programs and procedures for national dam safety hazard reduction;•Encourage acceptable engineering policies and procedures to be used for dam site investigation, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and emergency preparedness;•Encourage the establishment and implementation of effective dam safety programs in each state based on state standards;•Develop and implement a comprehensive dam safety hazard education and public awareness •initiative to assist in preparing for, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from dam incidents;•Develop mechanisms with which to provide Federal technical assistance for dam safety to non-Federal dam safety practitioners; and•Develop technical assistance materials, seminars, and guidelines to improve security for dams in the United States.
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
Office: Department of Homeland Security - FEMA
Estimated Funding: $6,250,000
Office: Department of Homeland Security - FEMA
Estimated Funding: $6,250,000
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Dam Safety Grant Assistance to States
Additional Information of Eligibility:
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/risk-management/dam-safety/grants
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
femago@fema.dhs.gov
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2023-06-05
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2023-08-20
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