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Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFO)
The Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFO) Program provides assistance to roads that have been defined as Federal roads. These are roads providing access to and within Federal and Indian lands. They include Forest Highways, Forest Development Roads, Park Roads, Parkways, Indian Reservation Roads, Public Lands Highways (including Refuge Roads) and Public Lands Development Roads. This is different from the Emergency Relief Program for Federal-aid highways such as the Interstate system.
The ERFO program also includes assistance to the following federal agencies having federal roads that are open to public travel for which title and maintenance responsibility is vested in the US government. They include Bureau of Reclamation roads, US Army Corps of Engineers roads, Department of Energy roads (previously under jurisdiction of the Burea of Reclamation, r.e., owned by the Western Area Power Association), Department of Defense roads (Military Installation roads), Surface Deployment and Distribution Command roads (Defense Access roads), and Bureau of Land Management roads (Land Management roads).
The Federal share for the repair of Federal roads is 100 percent under the ERFO Program. Funds for the ERFO Program are provided from the Highway Trust Fund and the General Funds through the Emergency Relief Program for Federal-aid Highways. ERFO funds are not to duplicate assistance under another Federal program or compensation from insurance, cost share, or any other source.
The intent of the ERFO Program is to pay the unusually heavy expenses to agencies, that manage road systems, for the repair and reconstruction of Federal roads to pre-disaster conditions. These Federal roads were damaged by a natural disaster over a wide area or by a catastrophic failure from any external cause. The ERFO Program is intended to supplement the commitment of resources by Federal agencies to help pay unusually heavy expenses resulting from extraordinary conditions.
The ERFO Manual and videotape provides detailed program guidance and instructions on how Federal agencies, State transportation departments, Indian tribal governments, and local highway authorities can apply for ERFO funding for road damage.For questions on the administration of the nationwide ERFO Program, contact Mr. Donald F. Patrick, ERFO Program Manager at (202) 366-9491.
Division Coordinators
Division Coordinators are responsible for coordination of the ERFO Program and subsequent activities with the Federal Lands Management Agencies (FLMA's) Regional/State offices. For the FLMA's/Servicing Federal Lands Highway Division Office, please refer to the ERFO Manual, Appendix B-1 and B-2: ERFO Disaster Assistance Service Area Reference Matrix. Contact information for Division ERFO Coordinators is:
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Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD)
Location: Sterling, Virginia
Coordinator: Mr. Sergio Mayorga
Phone: (571) 434-1547 -
Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD)
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Coordinator: Mr. Michael Daly
Phone: (720) 963-3551 -
Western Federal Lands Highway Division (WFLHD)
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Coordinator: Mr. David Hilgendorf
Phone: (360) 619-7620
For more information on the Emergency Relief program contact the Office of Federal Lands Highway at (202) 366-9491 or (202) 366-9494, or by email to federallands.fhwa@fhwa.dot.gov.
Fact Sheet
Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads Fact Sheet
ERFO's mission is to provide funding and engineering services to restore access to public lands. ERFO was established in July 1977. The ERFO program has permanent annual authorization as part of the $100 million per year distributed by the Secretary of Transportation to the Federal-Aid Highway Emergency Relief (ER) Program from the Highway Trust Fund.
View the ERFO Fact Sheet (Acrobat, 1.47 MB)
Publications
2004 ERFO Disaster Assistance Manual
The purpose of this manual is to provide program guidance and instructions for the owners of Federal roads applying for Federal assistance under the Emergency Relief for Federally Owned (ERFO) Roads program.
View the 2004 ERFO Disaster Assistance Manual (Acrobat, 1.21 MB)