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NTHMP FY08 Funding

NTHMP FY08 Funding. Jenifer Rhoades Date: June 17, 2008. NTHMP FY08 Funding. Funding Plan Status of Grants Spectrum $303K Balance. NTHMP Funding Plan FY08 – FY12 ($K).

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NTHMP FY08 Funding

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  1. NTHMP FY08 Funding Jenifer Rhoades Date: June 17, 2008

  2. NTHMP FY08 Funding • Funding Plan • Status of Grants • Spectrum • $303K Balance

  3. NTHMP Funding PlanFY08 – FY12 ($K) Note 1: FY08 only $896,020.00 will be funded through grants; and a transfer to USGS; Remaining $303,980 to be discussed. Note 2: This represents NTHMP Funding only; NTHMP is a portion of NOAA’s Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

  4. FY08 NTHMP Funding Plan

  5. FY08 NTHMP FundingStatus of Grants • Required Documentation Submitted to NOAA Grants Management Division • NOAA is ready to go with awards • Funding has not arrived from NTIA • Requires transfer from the FCC to NTIA and then to NOAA • Funding is still expected this year, but the question is when • NOAA Mitigation • We do not want the Base Funding to be held up; we want it to go where it is needed most • We are working with NOAA Grants Management Division to fund the Base $s as soon as possible; this includes working with NTIA for funds • We will then award the Spectrum funds once they are received with no further action from Grantees required

  6. FY08 Spectrum Funds($303K Balance) • Late arrival of Funds • Can not obligate Funds on Grants or Contracts • Can Spend w/in NOAA (small purchases) • 5-Year Reimbursable Fund • Possible to Carry-over Funds to FY09 • Options 1) C/O all funds to FY09Review Proposals 2) Fund NTHMP Implementation Plan Development, Education Initiative, and C/O Balance • Recommendation • Option 2 – Fund NTHMP Implementation Plan, Education Initiative, and C/O Balance

  7. NTHMP FY09 Funding Vickie Nadolski Date: June 17, 2008

  8. Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program(P.L. 109-424) SEC. 5. TSUNAMI HAZARD AND MITIGATION PROGRAM. The Administrator, shall establish a Coordinating Committee comprising representatives of Federal, State, local, and tribal government officials. The Administrator may establish subcommittees to address region-specific issues. The committee shall— (1) recommend how funds appropriated for carrying out the program under this section (Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program) will be allocated; (2) ensure that areas described in section 4(c) in the United States and its territories can have the opportunity to participate in the program; (3) provide recommendations to the National Weather Service on how to improve the TsunamiReady program, particularly on ways to make communities more tsunami resilient through the use of inundation maps and other mitigation practices; and (4) ensure that all components of the program are integrated with ongoing hazard warning and risk management activities, emergency response plans, and mitigation programs in affected areas, including integrating information to assist in tsunami evacuation route planning.

  9. Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program(P.L. 109-424) SEC. 5. TSUNAMI HAZARD AND MITIGATION PROGRAM. PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—The program under this section shall— Inundation models that meet a standard of accuracy defined by the Administration to improve the quality and extent of inundation mapping, including assessment of vulnerable inner coastal and nearshore areas, in a coordinated and standardized fashion to maximize resources and the utility of data collected; Promote and improve community outreach and education networks and programs to ensure community readiness Integrate tsunami preparedness and mitigation programs Promote the adoption of tsunami warning and mitigation measures by Federal, State, tribal, and local governments and nongovernmental entities Periodic review of the program

  10. FY09 Budget Development • Incorporate Spectrum into the Program • Initial Allocation Discussion • Proposals • Criteria for review • Risk, Relevance, Leveraging, Application to NTHMP, and Probability of Success • Multi-State Initiatives • NTHMP Strategic Plan • Grant Process

  11. NTHMP Strategic Plan Jenifer Rhoades Date: June 17, 2008

  12. NTHMP Strategic Plan Development • NTHMP Needs to Develop a 5-Year Strategy • Address Tsunami Warning and Education Act Requirements • Address Recommendations of the 2007 NTHMP Review Panel • GAO Recommendation • Tiger Team Approach • Objective: Develop Draft Plan for Presentation at the Annual NTHMP Meeting this Fall

  13. NTHMP Implementation Plan Development • Tiger Team Approach • 6-7 Team Members • 1 person from each Sub-Committee • 1 person from a New State • Program Administrator • Volunteers Requested • Team Commitment • Participate in 2-3 Day Workshop this Summer • 2nd Week in August • WC/ATWC volunteered as location • Participate in pre and post-workshop Conference Calls • Participate in Documentation Development • Estimated Cost $12K for Travel

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