44 C.F.R. § 206.226 provides that facilities which are inactive at the time of the disaster are not eligible, unless an applicant can demonstrate the facility was only temporarily inactive. The Applicant acknowledges that Site 4 was not active at the time of the disaster and does not claim that it meets an active use exception. To be eligible, costs must be directly tied to the performance of eligible work, adequately documented, and necessary and reasonable to accomplish the work properly and efficiently. The Applicant has not shown, with supporting documentation, that additional staging space is required and that the demolition of Site 4 would be the most cost-effective option.

Site 4 was inactive at the time of the disaster and, accordingly, is not an eligible facility. The Applicant has not provided documentation establishing that the demolition of Site 4 is otherwise eligible to support eligible work associated with the other Haypiece Hill Studio Complex sites. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 406(a)(1). 2 C.F.R. § 200.403. 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.204(e), 206.226(k)(2). PAPPG, at 18, 21-22 133, 136-137.