44 C.F.R. § 206.201 Definitions used in this subpart.
Title 44 - Emergency Management and Assistance
(a) Applicant means a State agency, local government, or eligible private nonprofit organization, as identified in Subpart H of this regulation, submitting an application to the Grantee for assistance under the State's grant. (b) Emergency work means that work which must be done immediately to save lives and to protect improved property and public health and safety, or to avert or lessen the threat of a major disaster. (c) Facility means any publicly or privately owned building, works, system, or equipment, built or manufactured, or an improved and maintained natural feature. Land used for agricultural purposes is not a facility. (d) Grant means an award of financial assistance. The grant award shall be based on the total eligible Federal share of all approved projects. (e) Grantee means the government to which a grant is awarded which is accountable for the use of the funds provided. The grantee is the entire legal entity even if only a particular component of the entity is designated in the grant award document. For purposes of this regulation, except as noted in §206.202, the State is the grantee. (f) Hazard mitigation means any cost effective measure which will reduce the potential for damage to a facility from a disaster event. (g) Permanent work means that restorative work that must be performed through repairs or replacement, to restore an eligible facility on the basis of its predisaster design and current applicable standards. (h) Predisaster design means the size or capacity of a facility as originally designed and constructed or subsequently modified by changes or additions to the original design. It does not mean the capacity at which the facility was being used at the time the major disaster occurred if different from the most recent designed capacity. (i) A project is a logical grouping of work required as a result of the declared major disaster or emergency. The scope of work and cost estimate for a project are documented on a Project Worksheet (FEMA Form 90–91). (1) We must approve a scope of eligible work and an itemized cost estimate before funding a project. (2) A project may include eligible work at several sites. (j) Project approval means the process in which the Regional Director, or designee, reviews and signs an approval of work and costs on a Project Worksheet or on a batch of Project Worksheets. Such approval is also an obligation of funds to the Grantee. (k) Subgrant means an award of financial assistance under a grant by a grantee to an eligible subgrantee. (l) Subgrantee means the government or other legal entity to which a subgrant is awarded and which is accountable to the grantee for the use of the funds provided. [55 FR 2304, Jan. 23, 1990, as amended at 63 FR 64425, Nov. 20, 1998; 64 FR 55160, Oct. 12, 1999]
Title 44: Emergency Management and Assistance
PART 206—FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTERS DECLARED ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 23, 1988
Subpart G—Public Assistance Project Administration
§ 206.201 Definitions used in this subpart.
