[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] Proposed FY18 budget reductions for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

[Williams, Robert]

​​*For your information...*
Summary of reductions to the Earthquake Hazards Program excerpted from the
President's proposed USGS FY 2018 Budge
<https://prd-wret.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/atoms/files/2018%20Summary%20of%20Program%20Changes.pdf>t
released on May 23, 2017.

USGS (entire agency)
​budget ​
comparison totals:
FY16 $1,062,000,000
FY17 $1,059,981,000
FY18 $922,168,000

*USGS **Earthquake Hazards Program     *

       (decrease $9,561,000 /-12 FTE)

*Eliminate Implementation of Earthquake Early Warning System for the West
Coast **(-$8,200,000):* This elimination would end USGS efforts to
implement the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system, suspending
internal efforts and eliminating external funding to partners (California
Institute of Technology, Central Washington University, University of
California
at Berkeley, University of Nevada at Reno, University of Oregon, and the
University of Washington).

*Reduce Support for Regional Earthquake Monitoring, Assessments and
Research (-$800,000):*
This reduces support for regional earthquake monitoring, hazard assessment,
and research in areas of moderate seismic risk
​*​
, specifically* Alaska and the Central and Eastern United States*. This
would also reduce grants supporting targeted research by academic, State,
and private sector partners, which may slow the rate of updates to seismic
provisions in building codes and provide less science to support risk
mitigation actions. *The USGS would also suspend its annual forecast of
hazard **related to both natural and induced seismicity.*

*Reduce Earthquake Hazards Operations (-$561,000):* This reduction would
diminish the EHP’s ability to execute its core activities including
monitoring and reporting on earthquakes, assessing earthquake hazards, as
well as delivery of earthquake products to emergency responders, including
equipment, services, and work with partners.

​*FEMA 366 <https://mitigation.eeri.org/files/fema-366b.pdf> (
*Estimated Annualized​ Earthquake Losses for the​ United States*
*FEMA 366 - April 2008*) is one of the documents used to judge "areas of
moderate r
​isk."
​ ​
​-Rob​
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