Item 18 - Adopt Resolution for FY 2021 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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HSGP Appendix | February 2021 Page A-16 Construction and Renovation (SHSP and UASI) Project construction using SHSP and UASI funds may not exceed the greater of $1,000,000 or 15% of the grant award. For the purposes of the limitations on funding levels, communications towers are not considered construction. See guidance on communication towers below. All construction and renovation projects require EHP review. Recipients and subrecipients are encouraged to have completed as many steps as possible for a successful EHP review in support of their proposal for funding (e.g., coordination with their State Historic Preservation Office to identify potential historic preservation issues and to discuss the potential for project effects, compliance with all state and local EHP laws and requirements). Projects for which the recipient believes an Environmental Assessment (EA) may be needed, as defined in DHS Instruction Manual 023-01-001-01, Revision 01, FEMA Directive 108-1, and FEMA Instruction 108-1-1, must also be identified to the FEMA HQ Preparedness Officer within six months of the award and completed EHP review materials must be submitted no later than 12 months before the end of the period of performance. EHP policy guidance and the EHP Screening Form, can be found online at: https://www.fema.gov/media- library/assets/documents/90195. EHP review materials should be sent to gpdehpinfo@fema.dhs.gov. Written approval must be provided by FEMA prior to the use of any HSGP funds for construction or renovation. When applying for construction funds, recipients must submit evidence of approved zoning ordinances, architectural plans, and any other locally required planning permits. Additionally, recipients are required to submit a SF-424C form with budget detail citing the project costs, and an SF-424D Form for standard assurances for the construction project. Recipients using funds for construction projects must comply with the Davis-Bacon Act (codified as amended at 40 U.S.C. §§ 3141 et seq.). See 6 U.S.C. § 609(b)(4)(B) (cross-referencing 42 U.S.C. § 5196(j)(9), which cross-references Davis-Bacon). Recipients must ensure that their contractors or subcontractors for construction projects pay workers no less than the prevailing wages for laborers and mechanics employed on projects of a character like the contract work in the civil subdivision of the state in which the work is to be performed. Additional information regarding compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act, including Department of Labor (DOL) wage determinations, is available online at https://www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts/dbra.htm. Construction and Renovation (OPSG) OPSG funds may not be used for any construction. Communications Towers All construction of communication towers requires EHP review. When applying for funds to construct communication towers, recipients and subrecipients must submit evidence that the Federal Communication Commission’s Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Pub. L. No. 89- 665, as amended, review process has been completed and submit all documentation resulting from that review to FEMA with a GPD EHP Screening Form and supporting materials for EHP review. Recipients and subrecipients are encouraged to have completed as many steps as possible for a successful EHP review in support of their proposal for funding (e.g., coordination with their State Historic Preservation Office to identify potential historic preservation issues and to discuss the potential for project effects, compliance with all state and local EHP laws and requirements). Projects for which the recipient believes an EA may be needed, as defined in DHS Instruction Manual 023-01-001-01, Revision 01, FEMA Directive 108-1, and FEMA Instruction 108-1-1, must also be identified to the FEMA HQ Preparedness Officer within six months of the award and completed EHP review materials must be submitted no later than 12 months before the end of the period of performance. EHP policy guidance and the EHP Screening