To be eligible for PA funding, work must be the legal responsibility of the applicant requesting assistance. To determine legal responsibility for permanent work, FEMA evaluates whether the applicant claiming the costs had legal responsibility for disaster-related restoration of the facility at the time of the incident based on ownership and the terms of any written agreements. The Applicant did not demonstrate that it had legal responsibility for the disaster-related repairs to the Facilities at the time of the disaster.

FEMA finds the Applicant did not have legal responsibility for the requested repairs at the time of the disaster. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 406(a)(1)(A), 42 U.S.C. § 5172(a)(1)(A). 44 C.F.R. § 206.223(a)(3). PAPPG, at 52-53.