Bridges & Dams
A culvert inspection done on a 72 month interval.
What is the maximum non-NBI major culvert inspection frequency?
Increasing drainage structure size, replacing culverts with bridges, or realigning roads are examples of this repair category that ERFO generally does not fund.
What are Betterments?
This is the central system that standardizes facility management processes and information needs for BLM users.
What is FAMS?
This federal act provided more than $84 million to OR/WA between FY21–FY25 for asset repair and modernization.
What is the Great American Outdoor Act (GAOA, L9840)?
This federal law established a sustained-yield forestry management system for over 2 million acres of revested timberlands in western Oregon.
What is the O&C Act?
A vehicle gross load exceeding 40 tons.
What gross truck load requires a haul authorization permit?
These reports summarize location, damage, scope, and cost estimates, and must be completed and approved for all eligible ERFO sites.
What are DDIRs (Detailed Damage Inspection Reports)?
There are three types of System records, each correspond to a segment classification.
What are Road Systems, Primitive Road Systems, and Trail Systems?
Defined as maintenance not performed when it should have been, this category has seen funding drop 64% from FY23 to FY26.
What is Deferred Maintenance (DM, L1653)?
This federal law established grazing districts in order to regulate and manage the overgrazing of public lands that occured during the era of homesteading.
What is the Taylor Grazing Act?
A structure with 20' or greater span length at road centerline.
What is a NBI qualified structure?
These repairs must be performed within 180 days of a disaster and are intended to restore essential traffic without prior approval.
What are Emergency Repairs?
These two systems interface with FAMS to track financial information and federal real property.
What is FBMS and FRPP?
This AM subactivity is tied to rental revenue and funds the upkeep of government‑owned housing units.
What is L9710 (Quarters Maintenance)?
This Act covers approximately 2.6 million acres of land and approximately 14,000 miles of roads to manage and maintain within OR/WA BLM.
What is the O&C Act?
A dam where a breach is likely to result in off-site property damage but no likely loss of life.
What is a Significant hazard potential classification?
To qualify as an ERFO event, a storm must meet or exceed this minimum recurrence interval.
What is a 25‑year event?
Constructed assets are considered capitalized assets and need to be entered into FBMS at the NOC when they are greater than this value.
What is $250,000?
This fee‑based program funds maintenance such as patching, culvert cleaning, and brushing and carries money over year‑to‑year.
What is the Western Oregon Road Maintenance Fee Program (L9110)?
This Act covers approximately 14 million acres of land and approximately 8,000 miles of road to manage and maintain within OR/WA BLM.
What is the Taylor Grazing Act?
A bridge highway load rating factor less than 1.0.
When does a bridge need to be load posted?
This type of analysis—mandatory for ERFO betterment proposals—must demonstrate long‑term economic justification to prevent recurring damage.
What is a Life‑Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)?
This FAMS component is required to be in place for an asset to qualify for DM or GAOA funding.
What is a Work Order?
This index, along with API values and safety risk, is used as one of the main criteria for selecting future DM projects under the new OR/WA methodology.
What is the Facility Condition Index (FCI)?
Every BLM Program requires this asset in order to fully access, inventory, monitor, and manage their resource.
What is the BLM Transportation System?