Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): National Dam Safety Program (NDSP): Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams (HHPD) Grant Program - FY 2024
| Agency: | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
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| CFDA: | 97.041 |
| Federal FON: | DHS-24-MT-041-00-98 |
| Office: | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
| Multipart Grant: | No |
| Next Due: | 02/29/2024 (Application) |
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| Solicitation Date: | 09/25/2023 |
| Match Required: | Yes |
| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | $185,120,000 (Confirmed) |
| Number of Awards: | 50 (Estimated) |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to reduce or eliminate risk of eligible high hazard potential dams (HHPD). Funds will be made available to eligible states for pass-through to nonfederal governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations for the rehabilitation of HHPD listed in the National Inventory of Dams with a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory and dams in fair condition with a population at risk (PAR) at or above 1,000.
This program incentivizes eligible states to:
- Provide financial assistance for repair, removal, or rehabilitation of eligible HHPD
- 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
Funds will support projects in the following two categories:
- Project scoping, engineering, and design
- Construction projects
Funds may be used for the rehabilitation of eligible HHPD or any other structural or non-structural measures to rehabilitate an eligible HHPD. For the purposes of this program, rehabilitation means the repair, replacement, reconstruction, or removal of a dam to meet applicable state dam safety and security standards.
Optional webinars are scheduled for this program. Refer to the Application section for details.
Last Updated: July 24, 2024
Eligibility Notes:
Eligible applicants are states with a state dam safety program that is authorized by state legislation and a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-approved state mitigation plan that includes all dam risks and complies with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
For the purposes of this program, the term state means each of the several states of the United States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
Each eligible state must designate one state administrative agency (SAA) to serve as the applicant, and each SAA may submit only one application to this program.
Regardless of which entity will implement the award, applicants must pursue this program in coordination with the appropriate state dam safety officer listed on pages 42-43 of the NOFA file and the appropriate state hazard mitigation officer listed online at www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/state-contacts.
Eligible subrecipients are nonfederal governmental organizations, other than the designated applicant, and nonprofit organizations. Eligible subrecipients must apply for and receive subawards directly from the SAA and must meet the criteria detailed on pages 11-12 of the NOFA file.
FY 2024 award recipients include:
- Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Governor's Office Comptroller (PA)
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (VA)
- Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MI)
- Department of Natural Resources (OH)
- Arizona Department of Water Resources (AZ)
Refer to the Award file for additional information on FY 2024 award recipients.
Eligible Applicants:
State GovernmentApplication Notes:
Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on February 29, 2024.
Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.
Applications must include:
- SF 424
- Certification regarding lobbying
- SF 424A and/or SF 424C (as applicable)
- SF 424B and/or SF 424D (as applicable)
- SF LLL
- Indirect cost agreement or proposal (if applicable)
- Program-specific forms:
- List of eligible HHPD
- Proposed budget and HHPD proposed projects/activities
- Statement of assurances signed by authorized state official
- State administrative plan
Each program-specific form must be labeled and numbered, and the top of each document must include the state/agency name, "FY24 FALL HHPD," name and contact information, and date.
The following are required in order to submit an application:
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
- SAM (System for Award Management) registration
- SPOC (state Single Point of Contact) notification
Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.
Optional webinars will be held for this program as follows:
September 28, 2023
1:00 p.m. ET
Registration: forms.office.com
October 17, 2023
1:00 p.m. ET
Registration: forms.office.com
Applications will be evaluated according to programmatic criteria, financial integrity criteria, and supplemental financial integrity criteria, as detailed on pages 29-31 of the NOFA file.
Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.
| Match Required: | Yes |
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| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | $185,120,000 (Confirmed) |
| Number of Awards: | 50 (Estimated) |
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Match Notes:
Applicants must provide at least 35 percent of the total project costs via nonfederal cash or in-kind contributions.
Funding Notes:
A total of $185.12 million is available to support an anticipated 50 awards through this program.
Funds will be made available to eligible states for pass-through to nonfederal governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations. Subrecipients may not receive awards in excess of $7.5 million. The allocation of funds will be calculated as follows:
- Equal distribution: one-third of the funds will be distributed equally among states in which the projects for which eligible applications are submitted are located
- Need-based: two-thirds of the funds will be distributed among states in which the projects for which eligible applications are submitted are located based on the proportion that the number of eligible high-hazard potential dams in the state bears to the number of eligible high-hazard potential dams in all such states
Funding selections are expected to be made no later than March 25, 2024, and awards are expected to be issued no later than April 8, 2024.
The project period is 36 months. Extension requests will be granted only due to compelling legal, policy, or operational challenges.
Up to 10 percent of the funds awarded may be retained by the state to be used solely for management and administration (M&A) purposes associated with the award. Subrecipients may also retain up to 5 percent of the funds passed through by the state solely for M&A purposes associated with the award.
Funds may not be used for:
- Matching funds for any other federal awards
- Lobbying
- Intervention in federal regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
- Suing the federal government or any other government entity
- Covered telecommunications equipment or services, as detailed on pages 26-27 of the NOFA file
- Pre-award costs
For FY 2024, 34 awards ranging from $2,096,668 to $18,063,385 were distributed through this program. Refer to the Award file for details.
Contacts:
(See Contact Notes)
Agency Address
Federal Emergency Management Agency
500 C St., SW
Washington, D.C. 20472
Contact Notes:
Questions should be directed to the appropriate program contact listed on pages 41-43 of the NOFA file.
Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
Files:
NOFA File: US15758_NOFA_FY2024.pdf (646.1 Kb)Other Pre-Award File: US15758_Webinar_FY2024.pdf (94.3 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US15758_WebinarPresentation_FY2024.pdf (8.8 Mb)
Award File: US15758_Award_FY2024.pdf (165.4 Kb)
Federal Forms:
SPOC (195.6 Kb)File Notes:
The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The Webinar file contains information regarding optional webinars scheduled for this program. The WebinarPresentation file contains the presentation slides from the webinars held for this program. The Award file contains information on FY 2024 award recipients. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program. Detailed guidelines for the funding agency’s application submission portal can be found online at www.fema.gov/grants/guidance-tools/fema-go.
July 25, 2024
Information regarding awards through this program has been released and attached as the Award file. A sample of award recipients has been added to the Eligibility section, and a brief summary of the awards has been added to the Financial section.
November 6, 2023
Full solicitation information for this program has been released and attached as the NOFA file. All sections have been updated accordingly.
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