The Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to reimburse eligible applicants for debris removal from public and private lands when it is in the public interest and essential to saving lives, protecting public health and safety, or preserving property. FEMA requires applicants to monitor all contracted debris operations to document this information and ensure that the contractor removes eligible debris. If the applicant does not monitor contracted debris removal operations, it will jeopardize its PA funding for that work. The Applicant did not submit documentation showing that it adequately monitored contracted debris removal operations.

The Applicant did not demonstrate that it adequately monitored contracted debris removal operations. Therefore, FEMA cannot verify that the claimed costs were reasonable or associated with eligible work and the second appeal is denied.

Stafford Act §§ 403, 407. 44 C.F.R. § 206.223(a)(1), 206.224(a). 2 C.F.R. § 200.328. PAPPG, at 57.