TRB Webinar: FEMA Public Assistance and FHWA Emergency Relief Funds Reimbursements

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that featured research from National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 472: FEMA and FHWA Emergency Relief Funds Reimbursements to State Departments of Transportation. This webinar discussed how state departments of transportation (DOTs) can navigate federal disaster reimbursement programs. Presenters highlighted practices for DOTs to apply in order to obtain their eligible reimbursement amounts.

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who registered and attended the webinar as an individual. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar.

Here are the slides from the presentation.


Webinar Presenters

• Yuko Nakanishi, Nakanishi Research and Consulting, LLC
• Pierre Auza, Nakanishi Research and Consulting, LLC
• Derial Bivens, Tennessee Department of Transportation Maintenance Division
• Richard Tetreault, Vermont Agency of Transportation

Moderated by: Bonnie Castillo, Iowa Department of Transportation


Webinar Outline

1. Overview of NCHRP project
2. U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) and U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Emergency Relief (ER) programs
• Practices for DOTs to obtain eligible reimbursement amounts
• Aligning DOT preparedness with requirements of FEMA PA and FHWA ER programs
3. Tennessee Department of Transportation disaster site assessment
4. Vermont Agency of Transportation’s perspective
5. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.


Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify key elements of the FEMA PA and FHWA ER programs
• Describe major differences between the program and program elements
• Describe eligibility criteria and application processes for the programs
• List practices for successful reimbursements

Registration Information

There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $95 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Professional Development Hour Information

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in March 2016. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.