When an applicant’s permanent employees perform Emergency Work, only overtime labor is eligible for reimbursement through the PA grant program. FEMA generally determines the eligibility of overtime costs based on the applicant’s predisaster written labor policy. The Applicant has not provided information that enables FEMA to confirm the number of overtime hours it claims, or that demonstrates the eligibility of additional hourly rates for force account labor under its predisaster pay policy. FEMA is authorized to provide PA funding for the use of applicant-owned equipment (force account equipment), for eligible Emergency Work, based on hourly rates. When an applicant leases equipment, FEMA provides PA funding based on the terms of the lease. The Applicant has not provided information to substantiate eligibility of the force account equipment costs at issue.

The Applicant has not demonstrated its force account labor or equipment costs are eligible. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 403(a) 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.225(a), 206.228(a)(2)(iii). PAPPG, at 19, 23-24, 26, 28. Grand Strand Water & Sewer, FEMA-4286-DR-SC, at 3.