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EMA outlines hazard mitigation plan update and FEMA grant timeline; board acknowledges EMPG award totaling $162,578
Summary
Clermont County Emergency Management Agency Director Pam Haverkost briefed commissioners on the five-year hazard mitigation plan update process and timeline and the county acknowledged a federal Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) award requiring a local match.
Pam Haverkost, director of the Clermont County Emergency Management Agency, told the Board of Commissioners on March 19 that the county is updating its five-year hazard mitigation plan and outlined a public-engagement timeline and grant eligibility implications.
Haverkost said the update is required by 44 C.F.R. part 201 and the Robert T. Stafford Act and that the existing FEMA-approved plan remains valid through June 14, 2025. She advised that although plan approval may extend past that date, jurisdictions may still apply for mitigation grants while an update is underway. "The purpose of the plan is to protect lives and property through the identification of hazards that could affect us and the…
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