An item of work must be required as a result of the incident to be eligible for Public Assistance funding. It is the Applicant’s responsibility to demonstrate that the damage is the direct result of the incident. Here, the Applicant has not substantiated through documentation that its damages are the direct result of the declared incident. FEMA may provide assistance to restore the integral ground that supports an eligible facility if the facility is located on a slope and is damaged as a result of a landslide or slope instability triggered by the incident. Here, the Applicant has not demonstrated that either a landslide or slope instability triggered by the disaster damaged the Facility.

FEMA finds that the Applicant has not demonstrated that the claimed work was required as a result of the declared incident. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 406(a)(1)(A). 44 C.F.R. § 206.223(a)(1). PAPPG, at 51-52, 63-64, 169-170, 181. Center, Twp. (Monroe Cnty.), FEMA-4424-DR-OH, at 3 (Mar. 24, 2023); Belgrade (Township of), FEMA-4390-DR-MN, at 2 (June 8, 2020).