Number: RL34650
Title: Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Projects
Authors: Linda Luther, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report focuses on the NEPA process as it applies to projects that require grant applicants (i.e., state or local agencies) to provide certain information for their grant requests to be considered eligible for potential approval. It does not address the NEPA process as it applies to disaster-related projects that would likely involve collection of the necessary environmental review documentation by the federal agency responsible for the project (e.g., water resources projects undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers). Two agencies that provide a significant proportion of applicant-requested funding for disaster-related projects are the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - particularly under its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Therefore, this report primarily discusses the NEPA process as it applies to recovery and rebuilding projects funded under those agency programs.
Pages: 13
Date: September 8, 2008