Governor Phil Scott has made a formal request to President Joe Biden for a Major Disaster Declaration to help communities in Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Windham, and Windsor counties recover costs for repair of public infrastructure damage caused by rainfall and severe flooding on December 18 & 19, 2023.
“As Vermont continues to recover from last year’s flooding events, it is clear more federal support will be needed to help communities rebuild,” said Governor Scott. “As we do so, it will be critical to make improvements to ensure greater resilience to future severe weather events, that we know will become increasingly common. My team is committed to working with federal and local partners to do this work.”
If granted, a federal Major Disaster Declaration unlocks Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance Program funding to reimburse municipalities for 75% of eligible costs like debris removal, road and public building repairs, and staff overtime responding to and cleaning up after the storm.
Federal assessors identified more than $1.9 million in costs incurred by public entities statewide for repairs to public infrastructure. This figure exceeds the minimum amount of program-eligible costs ($1.2 million) the state must show to qualify for a Public Assistance disaster declaration.
Storm-related costs in Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Windham, and Windsor counties also exceeded the minimum per-capita amount they must show to qualify.
The declaration request also seeks funds from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). That funding can be used to provide 75% reimbursement for projects anywhere in the state that reduce the likelihood of damage to public infrastructure in future disasters.
The request was sent to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which will review and then send to President Biden with a recommendation for a final decision.
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Categories: Press Release, State Government
sorry govie/// there is no money/// sending it all to ukraine/// you have no friends in washington/// no more federal well fare// have a good day//
“…future severe weather events, that we know will become increasingly common…”
He knows that, does he? Hmm….
Sounds really similar to UN claims as well as a similar narrative shared by the World Health Organization that more pandemics are on the way.
please get it right/// scam demic ////scam demic //// scam demic/// mass murder/// population control/// big money for big pharma and their stock holders/// you know all the names of the people pushing this agenda/// start exposing names///
did you ever wonder how the weather man knows what the weather will be a week ahead of time// must be computer modeling/// some thing like covid modeling that was pushed by that guy from u. v. m./// i do know his name///
i nick named him ……………………………………………….///
When The Biden receives Vermont’s request for federal aid, he’ll mumble incoherently, dribbling pudding out of his mouth, hand the document to Jill, who will pass it over to the handler, who will pass it to another hanlder, and then someone will consult ChatGpt to write a response.
Come on Joe…. I scratched your back. Time to return the favor.
Orange man bad, remember? Oh… you don’t.
joe bidumb is spending Our tax payer dollars on his illegals invading our country not American Citizens. Any see how many illegals were crossing into Vermont recently?