49 CFR §602.13

1. (a)An affected recipient may apply for emergency relief funds on behalf of itself as well as affected subrecipients.
2. (b)Eligible uses of Emergency Relief funds include:
   1. (1)Emergency operations;
   2. (2)Emergency protective measures;
   3. (3)Emergency repairs;
   4. (4)Permanent repairs;
   5. (5)Actual engineering and construction costs on approved projects;
   6. (6)Repair or replacement of spare parts that are the property of an affected recipient or subrecipient and held in the normal course of business that are damaged or destroyed; and
   7. (7)Resilience projects.
3. (c)Ineligible uses of Emergency Relief funds include:
   1. (1)Heavy maintenance;
   2. (2)Project costs for which the recipient has received funding from another Federal agency;
   3. (3)Project costs for which the recipient has received funding through payments from insurance policies;
   4. (4)Except for resilience projects that have been approved in advance, projects that change the function of the original infrastructure;
   5. (5)Projects for which funds were obligated in an FTA grant prior to the declared emergency or major disaster;
   6. (6)Reimbursements for lost revenue due to service disruptions caused by an emergency or major disaster;
   7. (7)Project costs associated with the replacement or replenishment of damaged or lost material that are not the property of the affected recipient and not incorporated into a public transportation system such as stockpiled materials or items awaiting installation; and
   8. (8)Other project costs FTA determines are not appropriate for the Emergency Relief Program.