# Recovery Policy, RP 9525.7, Labor Costs—Emergency Work
**AGENCY:**
Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability.
**SUMMARY:**
This document provides notice of the availability of the final policy, Recovery Policy 9525.7, *Labor Costs—Emergency Work.* The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of availability and request for comment for the proposed policy on August 13, 2010 at 75 FR 49508.
**DATES:**
This policy is effective November 19, 2015.
**ADDRESSES:**
This final policy is available online at *http://www.regulations.gov* and on FEMA's Web site at *http://www.fema.gov.* The proposed and final policy, all related *Federal Register* Notices, and all public comments received during the comment period are available at *http://www.regulations.gov* under docket ID FEMA-2010-0050. A hard copy of the final policy may be viewed at the Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Room 8NE, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
William Roche, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100, 202-646-3834.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This policy provides guidance on eligible labor costs for an applicant's permanent, temporary, and contract employees who perform emergency work (Category A and Category B). Changes to this final policy from the previous version are as follows: Additional authority cited in section V; the addition of a definitions section (section VII) to define terms used in the policy; revisions to the policy section (section VIII) that establish requirements for reimbursement based on predisaster labor policies; a clarification citing the authority for mutual aid agreements to which the Recipient/Subrecipient must comply; provides flexibility for reimbursement of costs for personnel that preposition assets prior to an event to support the performance of eligible emergency work; deletes “standby time” as an ineligible cost; and addresses the issue of 24-hour work shifts for firefighters and other personnel performing emergency work when supported and determined reasonable. FEMA received one comment on the proposed policy.
**Authority:**
42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 and implementing regulations of 44 CFR part 206.
Dated: December 8, 2015.
Joshua Dozor,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Analysis, Federal Emergency Management Agency.