FEMA may fund eligible vegetative debris removal including tree limbs, branches, stumps, or trees that are still in place but damaged to the extent that these pose an immediate threat and if certain eligibility criteria for removal are met. The Applicant did not demonstrate that the removed leaners and hangers met FEMA’s eligibility criteria for removal and posed an immediate threat requiring removal. Consequently, the Applicant’s debris monitoring costs associated with the ineligible work are also ineligible for PA funding.

The leaners and hangers did not pose an immediate threat requiring removal. Accordingly, the debris removal and associated costs for the debris removal and monitoring are ineligible for PA funding. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act §§ 403(a), 407(a). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.206, 206.224(a). PAPPG, at 63-65, 99, 101-103.