Notice2026-09237
Notice of Adjustment of Public Assistance Thresholds for Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection Review Process
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Published
May 11, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
On November 18, 2025, FEMA published a Federal Register notice increasing the dollar value thresholds that provide exemption from or abbreviation of the floodplain management and wetlands protection process for certain Public Assistance projects. The notice incorrectly stated the updated thresholds applied to major disasters with an incident start date on or after October 1, 2025. The notice should have stated the updated thresholds apply to major disasters declared by the President on or after October 1, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 25587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09237]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2025-0179]
Notice of Adjustment of Public Assistance Thresholds for
Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection Review Process
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: On November 18, 2025, FEMA published a Federal Register notice
increasing the dollar value thresholds that provide exemption from or
abbreviation of the floodplain management and wetlands protection
process for certain Public Assistance projects. The notice incorrectly
stated the updated thresholds applied to major disasters with an
incident start date on or after October 1, 2025. The notice should have
stated the updated thresholds apply to major disasters declared by the
President on or after October 1, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Portia Ross, Office of Environmental
Planning and Historic Preservation, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 212-5929.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA regulation 44 CFR 9.5 establishes three
different dollar value thresholds that provide exemption from or
abbreviation of the 8-step floodplain management and wetlands
protection process (8-step process) for certain FEMA projects funded
through the Public Assistance program. The regulations provide the
dollar value amounts ``will be adjusted annually to reflect changes in
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the
Department of Labor.''
The November 18, 2025, Federal Register notice stated the adjusted
thresholds would apply to major disasters ``with an incident start
date'' on or after October 1, 2025, but the notice should have stated
the adjusted thresholds apply to major disasters ``declared'' on or
after October 1, 2025. A declaration date is the date the President
declares an emergency or major disaster. An ``incident period'' is the
time interval during which the disaster-causing incident occurs. The
incident period is established by FEMA in the FEMA-State Agreement and
published in the Federal Register.
This correction clarifies that the inflation-adjusted thresholds
apply to all major disasters declared by the President on or after
October 1, 2025, regardless of the start date of the incident
associated with the declaration. This revision increases the number of
disasters to which the inflation-adjusted thresholds apply, because
some disasters declared on or after October 1, 2025, have an incident
period before October 1, 2025. This correction eases the regulatory
requirements of 44 CFR part 9 because more disasters will benefit from
the inflation-adjusted thresholds.
Correction
In FR Doc. 2025-20059, beginning on page 51771 in the Federal
Register of Tuesday, November 18, 2025, the following corrections are
made:
On page 51771, in the second column, in the paragraph under
SUMMARY, ``with an incident start date'' is corrected to read
``declared.''
On page 51771, in the second column, in the paragraph under DATES,
``with an incident start date'' is corrected to read ``declared.''
On page 51771, in the second column, in the second paragraph under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, ``with an incident start date'' is corrected
to read ``declared.''
Donna Defrancesco,
Director, Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation,
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2026-09237 Filed 5-8-26; 8:45 am]
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