[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR668.203]

[Page 348-349]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 668--EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B--Procedures for Federal Agencies for Federal Roads
 
Sec. 668.203  Definitions.

    (a) Applicant. Any Federal agency which submits an application for 
emergency relief and which has authority to repair or reconstruct 
Federal roads.

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    (b) Betterments. Added protective features, such as, the relocation 
or rebuilding of roadways at a higher elevation or the extension, 
replacement or raising of bridges, and added facilities not existing 
prior to the natural disaster or catastrophic failure such as additional 
lanes, upgraded surfacing, or structures.
    (c) Catastrophic failure. The sudden failure of a major element or 
segment of a Federal road which is not primarily attributable to gradual 
and progressive deterioration or lack of proper maintenance. The closure 
of a facility because of imminent danger of collapse is not in itself a 
sudden failure.
    (d) Emergency repairs. Those repairs, including necessary 
preliminary engineering (PE), construction engineering (CE), and 
temporary traffic operations, undertaken during or immediately after a 
natural disaster or catastrophic failure (1) to restore essential 
travel, (2) to protect remaining facilities, or (3) to minimize the 
extent of damage.
    (e) Federal roads. Forest highways, forest development roads and 
trails, park roads and trails, parkways, public lands highways, public 
lands development roads and trails, and Indian reservation roads as 
defined under 23 U.S.C. 101(a).
    (f) Finding. A letter or other official correspondence issued by the 
Direct Federal Division Engineer (DFDE) to a Federal agency giving 
notification that pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 125, Federal roads have 
(Affirmative Finding) or have not (Negative Finding) been found to have 
suffered serious damage as the result of (1) a natural disaster over a 
wide area, or (2) a catastrophic failure.
    (g) Natural disaster. An unusual natural occurrence such as a flood, 
hurricane, severe storm, tidal wave, earthquake, or landslide which 
causes serious damage.
    (h) Permanent work. Repair or reconstruction to pre-disaster or 
other allowed geometric and construction standards and related PE and 
CE.
    (i) Direct Federal Division Engineer. Director of one of the Direct 
Federal field offices located in Vancouver, WA; Denver, CO; and 
Arlington, VA.

[43 FR 59485, Dec. 21, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 10529, Mar. 11, 1982]