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HURRICANE IRENE RECOVERY ASSISTANCE
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With Hurricane Irene behind us, the cleanup, repair, and rebuilding begins. Listed below with contact information and links are various federal, state and local documents containing guidance, advisories and assistance information. New and updated information will be added to this web page as it’s received.
If you would like hard copies of any of these documents, have questions or need more information, please contact Terence Elton, Special Projects Manager, in Town Hall at 203.315.5279 or E-mail.
> Federal Emergency Management Assistance – FEMA
FEMA shoreline offices to open Sept. 15th
• Individuals and Households Program [for residents and businesses]
• Disaster Recovery Centers Open Sept. 8th.
New Haven #1: Gateway Community College; Rm. 117 [cafeteria]; 88 Bassett Rd., North Haven, CT
New Haven #2: High Plains Community Center [Probate Court]; 525 Orange Center Rd., Orange, CT• Request for Public Assistance [municipalities, taxing districts, and non-profits only]
> U.S. Small Business Administration – SBA
• SBA Fact Sheet – Disaster Loans
• SBA Disaster News [11-698, CT 12797/12798]
> Internal Revenue Service – IRS
• Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief for Individuals and Businesses
• Tax Relief for Victims of Tropical Irene in Connecticut
> CT Department of Economic & Community Development – DECD
• The DECD contact for the region is Lindy Gold, 860-270-8073, lindylee.gold@ct.gov
Businesses may contact Lindy directly.• Hurricane Irene Business Assistance
• CT DECD Application for Disaster Assistance
Completed applications are to be emailed to david.raccio@ct.gov or mailed to:
David Raccio
Department of Economic & Community Development
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106> CT Department of Energy & Environmental Protection – DEEP
• Hurricane Related Coastal Permitting Information
• DEEP Temporary Authorization – TA-I-8-2011
Scope: (1) placement of sandbags, scaffolding, steel or wooden plates or sheeting and/or bracing; and (2) temporary use of equipment to remove storm debris.• DEEP Temporary Authorization – TA-I-8-2011-2
Scope: Temporary use of equipment to move sand displaced by Hurricane Irene and replace the sand onto the beach from where the sand originated.• DEEP Emergency Authorization – EA-I-8-2011-3
Scope: Placement of riprap on slopes behind existing, damaged seawalls; (2) repair and/or rebuilding to the pre-existing condition of seawalls that have been previously authorized, has been in place since before 1980 or that serve to protect public infrastructure or a resident that has be in place since before 1980.> Town of Branford
• Emergency Seawall Damage Repair & Rebuilding Process [Town Engineer]
> Utilities:
• CL&P – Damaged Customer Equipment must be Repaired by Licensed Electricians