For certain types of facilities, disaster  assistance is the responsibility of a Federal  agency other than  FEMA. FEMA cannot provide  assistance  for the permanent repair of these  facilities. This restriction applies  even if the authorized agency decides not to provide  assistance.

Other Federal Agencies with authority to provide  disaster  assistance include the following:

 Federal  Highway Administration (FHWA): assistance with damage to roads and bridges on the Federal-Aid Roads, including debris removal (see Federal-Aid Roads)

 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: repair of locally owned flood control

works, such as dams, levees, floodwalls, and flood control channels

(see Flood Control Works)

 Natural  Resources  Conservation Service: repair of locally owned

flood control works (see Flood Control Works), and removal of debris from stream channels, road culverts, and bridges

 Department of Housing and Urban  Development (HUD): assistance with damaged properties of public housing authorities

FEMA cannot assist with permanent repairs to these facilities. However, in some cases when there is an emergency need, FEMA may fund emergency work if the authorized agency does not provide assistance and there is an immediate threat  to public health and safety. For example, if the FHWA decides not to provide funds to clear debris from a Federal-Aid road, FEMA may fund the work in a limited way, on a case-by-case basis if there is an immediate threat to the public health and safety. Additionally, the coordination agreement between FEMA and HUD authorizes FEMA to fund disaster-related emergency work (but not permanent work) for disaster-damaged public housing authority properties.

Some Federal agencies own facilities but turn responsibility for operation and maintenance of these facilities over to local agencies. Examples include:

 Roads constructed by the U.S. Forest Service

 Reservoirs and water delivery systems constructed by the U.S.  Bureau of Reclamation

 FEMA may provide  assistance for the permanent repair of these facilities if the agreement between  the Federal  and local agencies specifically assigns responsibility for repairs  to the local agency (see Legal Responsibility).

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