FEMA may also provide assistance to restore the integral ground that supports a facility if an eligible facility is located on a slope and is damaged as a result of a landslide or slope instability triggered by the incident. Site inspections and limited geotechnical assessments to determine site stability and to obtain a technical opinion of the cause of the slope failure may be eligible for PA funding. Here, the Applicant has neither demonstrated that the disaster triggered a landslide or slope instability, nor that either purported event caused the damage to the Facility. Therefore, FEMA denies the requested geotechnical assessments and site inspections to determine site stability and obtain a technical opinion of the cause of the slope failure.

FEMA finds that because the Applicant has not demonstrated that the Facility was damaged as a result of a landslide or slope instability triggered by the incident, slope stabilization work is not eligible for PA funding. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act 406(a)(1)(A). 44 C.F.R. § 206.223(a)(1). PAPPG, at 19, 128, and 133. FEMA Second Appeal Analysis, Grand Strand Water & Sewer, FEMA-4286-DR-SC, at 3 (Oct. 19, 2020).