Department of Homeland Security 
500 C Street, SW 
Washington. DC 20472 
FEMA 


NOV 13 2006 


MEMORANDUM FOR: 

James Stark 
Director 
LA Transitional Recovery Office 

James N. Russo 
Federal Coordinating Officer 
MS Transitional Recovery Office 

Response and Recovery Division Directors 
Regions I-X 

FROM: 
David Garratt
Deputy Director of Recovery

SUBJECT: 
Recovery Policy 9523.3 Provision of Temporary Relocation Facilities -Waiver Request 

The subject policy provides that FEMA will reimburse the expenses of obtaining 
temporary facilities necessary to house certain essential community services during the 
rebuilding of facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster. The policy further 
defines specific parts ofa facility, otherwise eligible for rebuilding assistance, that are 
not eligible for the provision of temporary facilities. Administration buildings are on the 
list of facilities ineligible for relocation assistance. Two applicants, Jefferson Parish 
School District and Dillard University, have requested relocation assistance for 
temporary administration buildings. The Chief of the Public Assistance Branch, LATRO 
requests that a waiver of this provision be granted for administration buildings. The 
granting of such a waiver must be done by the Director of Recovery because that office 
issues the 9500 series of Recovery Policies. 

The activities performed in administration buildings vary from one institution to another 
but in general will include offices of the principal or president and hislher staff, faculty 
training, student guidance counseling, tutoring, Special Education programs, daily 
curriculum developmcnt, health services, and financial offices. All of these activities are 
necessary, in addition to classroom facilities for the conduct of continuing education 
programs. Support activities in administration buildings at hospitals arc also necessary 
for the daily operation of medical facilities. 

www.fema.gov 

For the above reasons, I approve a waiver of the provision in Section 7.A.1. of Recovery 
Policy 9523.3 such that administration buildings may be granted temporary relocation 
assistance at education and medical facilities for the Hurricane Katrina and Rita disasters 
in the States of Louisiana and Mississippi. 

We plan to amend Recovery Policy 9523.3 in the near future to incorporate this waiver as 
a permanent change to the policy on temporary facilities. In the meantime, the waiver 
will apply to all currently open major disasters and all major disasters declared until the 
policy is amended. 

If you have any questions, please contact James Walke at (202) 646-2751 or Chuck 
Stuart at (202) 646-3691. 

cc: Gil Jamieson 
David Trissell