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Oregon: Emergency management office flags FEMA grant deadline extension to Dec. 15 and new quake repair guide
Oregon’s Department of Emergency Management updated its Federal Actions page on Oct. 9, 2026: FEMA extended the FY2026 non-disaster grant acceptance deadline to Dec. 15, amended Homeland Security grants after a court order, released a post-earthquake repair guide, and freed $14.6 million for an Astoria hospital.
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) posted new items on its Federal Actions web page on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026.
- FEMA Information Bulletin 586: recipients of FY2026 non-disaster grants now have until Dec. 15, 2026, to accept their awards, no matter what date their award agreement lists.
- FEMA Information Bulletin 587: FY2026 Homeland Security Grant Program awards are being amended to follow a Sept. 28, 2026, order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a case brought by Nashville-Davidson County, Tenn., and others against the Department of Homeland Security.
- FEMA published new guidelines (FEMA P-2335) for repairing and retrofitting buildings after an earthquake, based on performance-critical damage.
- FEMA released $14.6 million for Columbia Memorial Hospital’s tsunami-resilient expansion in Astoria, including a vertical evacuation structure for up to 1,900 people. Clatsop County brief: https://noticenearby.com/briefs/or-clatsop-columbia-memorial-hospital-tsunami-expansion-fema-2026-10-09
- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on gaps in national flood insurance coverage and steps Congress could take to raise coverage for at-risk properties.
Source: Oregon Department of Emergency Management, Federal Actions update email, Oct. 9, 2026: https://www.oregon.gov/oem/Pages/Federal-Changes.aspx. Questions: OEM_PublicInfo@oem.oregon.gov. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. Oregon hub: https://noticenearby.com/or · Local businesses: ZOST.app (https://zost.app)
Source: the public notice on this register NN-GOVMAIL-20261009R-06 · Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
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