Guidance about planning for natural disaster debris

The Planning for Natural Disaster Debris guidance is designed to help all communities (including cities, counties, territories, tribes, etc.) create disaster debris management plans, which the Environmental Protection Agency strongly encourages. The guidance provides useful, relevant information that is intended to increase community preparedness and resiliency. Information is included on the following:

• Recommended components of a debris management plan.
• Suggested management options for various natural disaster debris streams.
• A collection of case studies that highlights how several communities prepared for and managed debris generated by recent natural disasters.
• Resources to consult in planning for natural disasters.
• EPA’s recommended pre-incident planning process to help prepare communities for effective disaster debris management.
• Impacts that community resiliency, climate change adaptation, and hazard mitigation efforts have on disaster debris management.