97.078: Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP)

97.078

Inactive

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [DHS]

Aug. 2, 2019

July 23, 2019

The FY 2010 Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP), provides funds to increase the preparedness capabilities of jurisdictions responsible for the safety and security of communities surrounding high-priority Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource (CIKR) assets through planning and equipment acquisition.

B - Project Grants

States, as defined in the Homeland Security Act of 2002, means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession of the United States. The State's SAA is the only agency eligible to apply for BZPP grant funds and is responsible for obligating BZPP grant awards to the responsible jurisdiction(s) that have authority over the identified CIKR sites. The term responsible jurisdiction as used in the BZPP program guidance and application kit, refers to the primary agency (i.e. State, local, or tribal entity or unit of government), that has authority over the DHS identified CIKR facility and its buffer zone surrounding the facility.

State and local governmental jurisdiction(s) responsible for the CI/KR sites.

97.008 - Non-Profit Security Program