Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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24 documents regarding EHP responsibilities and program requirements, including implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act and other EHP regulations and Executive Orders. A GPD EHP screening form and supporting documentation for preparedness projects requiring EHP review should be submitted to gdpehpinfo@fema.dhs.gov. Additionally, all recipients under this funding opportunity are required to comply with the FEMA GPD EHP Policy Guidance, FEMA Policy #108-023- 1, Grant Programs Directorate Environmental and Historic Preservation Policy Guidance. Executive Order (EO) 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government, rearticulates and strengthens the environmental justice framework articulated in 1994 in EO 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations. Specifically, Section 1 of E.O. 13985 states that: “Affirmatively advancing equity, civil rights, racial justice, and equal opportunity is the responsibility of the whole of our Government. Because advancing equity requires a systemic approach to embedding fairness in decision-making processes, executive departments and agencies…must recognize and work to redress inequalities in their policies and programs that serve as barriers to equal opportunity.” Many projects funded by GPD’s grant programs can have significant impacts on environmental justice. In particular, construction of buildings and other structures and construction of new communication towers may have disproportionately high and adverse effects on minority and low-income populations. FEMA acknowledges the important role that FEMA recipients and subrecipients play in advancing and achieving environmental justice by identifying low-income and minority populations within a proposed project’s affected area as early as possible and taking steps to accommodate these interests. For consistency with the Administration’s policy, FEMA will review and evaluate potential projects for racial equity and justice concerns. If FEMA determines that a proposed project would have a disproportionately high and adverse effect on minority or low-income populations, FEMA will consult with recipients and subrecipients to discuss the feasibility of revising the scope of work to avoid these adverse impacts, or otherwise applying mitigation measures to alleviate these effects. In addition, FEMA may work with other recipients and subrecipients to solicit public input on the proposed projects for a more informed decision-making process. To learn more about how FEMA environmental justice responsibilities might affect your project, go to Executive Order 12898: Environmental Justice | FEMA.gov. National Incident Management System (NIMS) Implementation NIMS guides all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from incidents. NIMS provides stakeholders across the whole community with the shared vocabulary, systems, and processes to successfully deliver the capabilities described in the National Preparedness System. The NIMS Implementation Objectives for Local, State, Tribal, and Territorial Jurisdictions clarify the NIMS implementation requirements in FEMA preparedness grant NOFOs. As recipients and subrecipients of federal preparedness (non-disaster) grant awards, jurisdictions and organizations must achieve, or be actively working to achieve, all of the NIMS Implementation Objectives. The objectives can be found on the NIMS webpage at NIMS Implementation and Training | FEMA.gov. Emergency management and incident response activities require carefully managed resources (personnel, teams, facilities, equipment, and/or supplies) to meet incident needs. NIMS defines a national, interoperable approach for sharing resources, coordinating, and managing incidents, and communicating information. Incident management refers to how incidents are managed across all homeland security activities, including prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. Utilization of the