=Action=: FEMA has reassessed its priorities and is
allocating resources to increase the staffing, funding,
and management attention and direction for earthquake
hazards mitigation, including preparations for a
catastrophic earthquake in California. This includes an
increase of staff resources in FEMA Region IX for
Federal, State, and local coordination of planning,
preparedness, and mitigation. Resource needs that cannot
be fully met by the reassessment and reallocation for
Fiscal Year 1981 should be identified and justified along
with needs for Fiscal Year 1982 in the course of the
budget submissions for Fiscal Year 1982. To facilitate an
adequate and balanced response by other Federal agencies,
FEMA will provide timely guidance to other agencies on
specific priorities for this effort in relation to other
major preparedness goals. The Office of Management and
Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy
will work together to develop a cross-agency ranking of
budgetary resources for earthquake preparedness for
Fiscal Year 1982.




CHAPTER II

GEOLOGIC EARTHQUAKE SCENARIOS


A. MAJOR EVENTS