Facility Restoration

What types of facilities does FEMA apply the 50% Rule to?

FEMA applies the 50% Rule to thefollowing types of facilities as explicitly mentioned in the document: ​

  1. Individual Components of Systems:some text
       
    • Drainage channel or irrigation system: a section      from damaged node to damaged node. ​
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    • Water or sewer line system: a section of piping      from damaged manhole to damaged manhole, a lift station, or a manhole      structure. ​
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    • Water or wastewater treatment plant: a control      building, clarifier, or sedimentation pond. ​
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    • Electrical distribution systems are evaluated for      replacement based on specific criteria. ​
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  3. Entire Facilities:some text
       
    • Bridges
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    • Culverts
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    • Buildings
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    • Pumping stations
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    • Piers
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    • Pools, including integral pumping ​
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    • Equipment
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    • Lighting structures

For the facilities listed above, FEMA appliesthe 50% Rule either to individual components of the system or to the entirefacility to determine whether repair or replacement is more appropriate.

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