For emergency work, generally only overtime labor is eligible for budgeted employees; except in limited circumstances, the straight-time of an applicant’s budgeted employees performing emergency work is ineligible. FEMA may reimburse extraordinary costs (such as call back pay and hazardous duty pay) for essential employees who are called back to duty during administrative leave to perform eligible emergency work if costs are paid in accordance with a labor policy that meets certain criteria. The employees were essential employees who were informed that government offices would be closed on subsequent dates, but that they were still required to report to work. This resulted in those employees performing emergency work during their regularly scheduled hours, without ever being “called back” to work.

The claimed FAL costs are neither associated with overtime labor costs nor are they extraordinary costs for essential employees called back to work during administrative leave to perform eligible emergency work. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 403(a). 44 C.F.R. 206.225(a), 206.228(a)(2)(iii). PAPPG, at 69 – 71. Plaquemines Parish, FEMA-3543-EM-LA (Feb. 13, 2024). Broward County School District, FEMA-4283-DR-FL (Oct. 11, 2019).