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Hazard Mitigation Plan - Table of Contents

Section 1: includes a description of: the federal acts which shape the hazard mitigation planning process; the Tribe’s governmental authority; the scope of the plan; and, a discussion of the planning process used to develop this plan.

Section 2: provides a profile of the Umatilla Indian Reservation including information about its government, economy, population, and a list of assets important to the Tribe.

Section 3: provides an assessment of 17 natural hazards and four man-made hazardous events and an analysis which helped the Tribes Emergency Response Commission evaluate and identify the hazards that present the greatest risk to the Umatilla Indian Reservation. This assessment includes the following for each natural and man-made hazard: a profile of the hazard, a table of previous hazardous events, the

Section 4: identifies possible impacts from hazardous events on assets and resources located on the reservation including critical facilities, infrastructure and tribal enterprises.

Section 5: sets goals and organizes proposed mitigation strategies under six mitigation categories: public information and education, preventive activities, structural projects, property protection, emergency services, and natural resource protection.

Section 6: outlines an action plan for the implementation of priority mitigation projects, including a description of the project, the responsible party, how much it will cost, funding sources, and timelines for implementation.

Section 7: provides a discussion of existing policies, programs and procedures that mitigate the effects of certain hazardous events

Section 8: is devoted to coordinating the UIR hazard mitigation plan with the state of Oregon’s hazard mitigation plan and Umatilla County’s. The comparison that is contained in this section provided the TERC the opportunity to add or alter their mitigation actions to better coordinate with those measure existing in those plans

Section 9: describes the resources available at the CTUIR to manage future grants to help in implementing the mitigation measures contained in this plan.