[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR203.13]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 203_EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT OF ARMY AND OTHER RESOURCES, NATURAL DISASTER 
 
                         Subpart A_Introduction
 
Sec.  203.13  Available assistance.

    Corps assistance provided under authority of Public Law 84-99 is 
intended to be supplemental to State and local efforts. The principal 
assistance programs and activities of the Corps are described in this 
section.
    (a) Disaster preparedness. Technical assistance for many types of 
disasters is available to State and local interests. Primary Corps 
efforts are focused on technical assistance for, and inspections of, 
flood control works, and related flood fight preparedness and training 
activities. Technical assistance for specialized studies, project 
development, and related activities, and requirements for long term 
assistance, are normally beyond the scope of disaster preparedness 
assistance, and are appropriately addressed by other Corps authorities 
and programs. Subpart B addresses disaster preparedness responsibilities 
and activities.
    (b) Emergency operations. Emergency operations, consisting of Flood 
Response (flood fight and rescue operations) and Post Flood Response 
assistance, may be provided to supplement State and local emergency 
operations efforts. Subpart C of this part addresses emergency 
operations assistance.
    (c) Rehabilitation. The Corps may rehabilitate flood control works 
damaged or destroyed by floods and coastal storms. The Corps 
Rehabilitation and Inspection Program (RIP) incorporates both disaster 
preparedness activities and Rehabilitation Assistance. The RIP consists 
of a process to inspect flood control works; a status determination, 
i.e., an inspection-based determination of qualification for future 
potential Rehabilitation Assistance; and the provision of Rehabilitation 
Assistance to those projects with Active status that are damaged in a 
flood or coastal storm event. Subpart D addresses Rehabilitation 
Assistance and the RIP.
    (d) Emergency water supplies due to contaminated water source. The 
Corps may provide emergency supplies of clean water to any locality 
confronted with a source of contaminated water causing, or likely to 
cause, a substantial threat to the public health and welfare of the 
inhabitants of the locality. Subpart E addresses emergency water supply 
assistance.
    (e) Drought assistance. Corps assistance may be provided to drought-
distressed areas (as declared by the Secretary of the Army or his 
delegated nominee) to construct wells and to transport water for human 
consumption. Subpart E addresses drought assistance.
    (f) Advance Measures. Advance Measures assistance may be provided to 
protect against imminent threats of predicted, but unusual, floods. 
Advance Measures projects must be justified from an engineering and 
economic standpoint, and must be capable of completion in a timely 
manner. Advance Measures assistance may be provided only to protect 
against loss of life and/or significant damages to improved property due 
to flooding. Subpart F of this part addresses Advance Measures 
assistance.