The recipient is responsible for providing technical advice and assistance to eligible applicants, ensuring all potential applicants are aware of available public assistance, submitting documents necessary for the award of grants, and sending the completed RPA to FEMA within the 30-day time period. The 30-day deadline to submit an RPA was December 8, 2024, and the Recipient submitted the Municipal Authority’s RPA on January 22, 2025, past the deadline. FEMA may extend the deadline for submitting an RPA when the recipient provides justification and makes a request in writing. The justification must be based on extenuating circumstances beyond the recipient’s or applicant’s control. Neither the Municipal Authority nor the Recipient has demonstrated extenuating circumstances beyond either’s control to justify submitting the RPA after the required deadline.

FEMA finds neither the Municipal Authority nor the Recipient has demonstrated extenuating circumstances beyond either’s control to justify submitting the RPA after the required deadline.

44 C.F.R. §§ 206.202(b)-(c), (f)(2). PAPPG, at 36. Florida Polytechnic University, FEMA-4337-DR-FL, at 3; Tioga County, FEMA-4332-DR-NY, at 4; City of Maplewood, FEMA-4665-DR-MO, at 2.