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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 145. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management |
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Chapter 10. Gubernatorial Declarations for Disaster Assistance |
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Subchapter 5. Public Assistance Project Administration |
SECTION 145:10-5-2. Definitions
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- The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Eligible Applicant" means an incorporated city, town or county submitting an application for assistance under the State's grant."Emergency work" means that work which must be done immediately to save lives and to protect improved property and public health and safety, or to avert or lessen the threat of a major disaster."Facility" means any publicly owned building, works, system, or equipment, built or manufactured, or an improved and maintained natural feature. Land used for agricultural purposes is not a facility."Grant" means an award of financial assistance. The grant award shall be based on the total eligible State share of all approved projects."Grantee" means the eligible Applicant to which a grant is awarded which is accountable for the use of the funds provided."Hazard mitigation" means any cost effective measure which will reduce the potential for damage to a facility from a disaster event."Permanent work" means that restorative work that must be performed through repairs or replacement, to restore and eligible facility on the basis of its predisaster design and current applicable standards."Predisaster design" means the size or capacity of a facility as originally designed and constructed or subsequently modified by changes or additions to the original design. It does not mean the capacity at which the facility was being used at the time the major disaster occurred if different from the most recent designed capacity."Project Worksheet (PW)" means an OEM document capturing all work performed at a single or multiple sites and eligible for assistance under this Act."Project Worksheet approval" means the process where the Director signs an approval of work and costs on a PW. Such approval is also an obligation of funds to the Grantee.