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<br /> <br />Preparedness Grants Manual | February 2021 34 <br />awards with a high potential for noncompliance with regulations or failure to meet project objectives. The <br />FLR uses quantifiable measures (criteria) to prioritize and rank recipients and awards according to <br />identified risks that threaten the success of FEMA’s preparedness grant awards. Results of this <br />prioritization process determine which high-risk recipients and awards will receive advanced monitoring. <br />Post-monitoring actions document and communicate findings and recommendations for resolution to the <br />recipients and FEMA leadership and allow for increasingly cohesive programmatic and financial <br />monitoring processes. <br /> <br />Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) <br />As a federal agency, FEMA is required to consider the effects of its actions on the environment and <br />historic properties to ensure that all activities and programs funded by FEMA, including grant-funded <br />projects, comply with federal EHP laws, Executive Orders, regulations, and policies, as applicable. <br /> <br />Recipients and subrecipients proposing projects that have the potential to impact the environment, <br />including, but not limited to, the construction of communication towers, modification or renovation <br />of existing buildings, structures, and facilities, or new construction including replacement of <br />facilities, must participate in the FEMA EHP review process. The EHP review process involves the <br />submission of a detailed project description along with any supporting documentation requested by <br />FEMA in order to determine whether the proposed project has the potential to impact environmental <br />resources or historic properties. <br /> <br />In some cases, FEMA is also required to consult with other regulatory agencies and the public in order to <br />complete the review process. Federal law requires EHP review to be completed before federal funds are <br />released to carry out proposed projects. FEMA may not be able to fund projects that are not incompliance <br />with applicable EHP laws, Executive Orders, regulations, and policies. <br /> <br />DHS and FEMA EHP policy is found in directives and instructions available on the FEMA.gov EHP <br />page, the FEMA website page that includes documents regarding EHP responsibilities and program <br />requirements, including implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act and other EHP <br />regulations and Executive Orders. <br /> <br />The GPD EHP screening form is located at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/90195. <br />Additionally, all preparedness grants recipients are required to comply with the FEMA GPD EHP Policy <br />Guidance, FEMA Policy #108-023-1, available at https://www.fema.gov/media- <br />library/assets/documents/85376. <br /> <br />Please refer to the program appendices for additional program-specific EHP requirements and <br />information. <br /> <br />Case Studies and Use of Grant-Funded Resources During Real-World <br />Incident Operations <br />Analyzing the use of grant-funded investments in real-world incidents will improve the ability of FEMA <br />and its SLTT partners to assess the effectiveness of these investments and to better understand how grant <br />funds support improvements in nationwide capability levels. Currently, FEMA conducts case studies with <br />a limited number of grant recipients each year to explore how jurisdictions prioritize grant investments <br />based on risk and capability assessments and the ways specific investments improve SLTT preparedness <br />(https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/about/case-studies). By accepting the award, the recipient <br />agrees to participate in a case study or evaluation if requested.