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Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easements – Disaster Relief Appropriations Act

Program Information

Popular name

EWPP-FPE Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act 2019

Program Number

10.928

Program objective

The Emergency Watershed Protection - Floodplain Easement Program (EWPP-FPE) provides an alternative measure to traditional EWPP recovery where it is determined that acquiring an easement in lieu of recovery measures is the more economical and prudent approach to reducing a threat to life or property (see 7 CFR Part 624). The easement must be restored to the extent practicable to the natural environment and may include both structural and nonstructural practices to restore the flood storage and flow, erosion control, and improve the practical management of the easement. Structures, including buildings, within the floodplain easement must be demolished and removed, or relocated outside the 100-year floodplain or dam breach inundation area.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2020

    Over 189,000 acres in 37 states have been enrolled in EWPP-FPE

  2. 2021

    Over 199,700 acres in 38 states have been enrolled in EWPP-FPE. Over 184,800 acres have been fully restored.

  3. 2022

    29 easements were enrolled for 3626 acres and 14 easements for 1841 acres were closed.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

ACEP: 7 CFR 1468; Final Rule, Volume 86, Number 22, February 4, 2021. The program is announced through news media and in letters to agricultural landowners in the county.