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Cities of Dublin and Pleasanton | Disaster Debris Management Plan | 2022 57 5. Finance, Administration and Logistics Successful debris management operations include supporting cost recovery processes. All City departments and agencies will maintain records of personnel, equipment, and material resources used to comply with this plan. Such documentation will then be used to support reimbursement from state or federal assistance programs. Attachment H of this plan contains the forms needed to track use of equipment and employee time during debris operations. 5.1 Funding The federal government provides several assistance programs through various agencies to support debris operations. However, these programs have extensive documentation requirements that must be adhered to. Additionally, the policy guidance for these assistance programs changes and adapts with lessons learned from each disaster across the United States. It will be important for the Cit ies to maintain awareness of current federal assistance program guidance and regulations related to disaster debris federal funding programs. 5.1.1 State Funding Sources for Disaster Debris Operations The State provides funding for debris operations that may be available when federal funds are not due to the lack of a Stafford Act Disaster Declaration. These include: California Disaster Assistance Act: (CDAA) The State can provide assistance through the CDAA. The CDAA was created to assist the State manage regularity and administrative issues related to disasters. The CDAA governs the eligibility rules for disaster debris removal within the State. The CDAA provides regulatory guidance for three components of disaster finance and administration, emergency work, emergency protective measures, and debris removal. California Disaster Assistance Act Eligibility Rules  CDAA, Section 2920 – Emergency Work. Emergency work to saves lives, protect public health and safety and to protect property in an area proclaimed to be in a state of emergency.  CDAA, Section 2930 – Emergency Protective Measures. Actions taken to remove and/or reduce immediate threats to public property, or to private property when in the public interest.  CDAA, Section 2925 – Debris Removal. General eligibility: o Debris removal from publicly and privately-owned lands and waters, undertaken in response to a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor is eligible for State financial assistance; and; o For purposes of this program, the removal of debris from private property shall be reimbursed only when there is an immediate threat to public health and safety. In a c ase where reimbursement for debris removal from private property is authorized by the director, the following requirements shall apply, unless waived in part or full by the director:  The property owner must remove all disaster-related debris from the property to the