Common Emergency Protective Measure 4

Flood fighting activities are eligible if necessary to reduce an immediate threat to life, public health and safety, or improved property.

• These activities are eligible even if they are associated with a facility that is eligible for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rehabilitation and Inspection Program, as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cannot reimburse Applicants for flood fighting
• These activities are not eligible if associated with flood control works under the specific authority of Natural Resources Conservation Service

Flood fighting activities may include, but are not limited to:

• Sandbagging
• Dewatering behind a levee by breaching or pumping
• Increasing the height of a levee

The repair of deliberate breaches made by the Applicant to accomplish dewatering is eligible as part of the Emergency Work project.

• Dewatering agricultural and natural areas behind levees and other water control structures is not eligible