To be eligible for PA funding, work must be the legal responsibility of the applicant requesting assistance. To determine legal responsibility for emergency work, FEMA evaluates whether the Applicant requesting the assistance either had jurisdiction over the area or the legal authority to conduct the work related to the request at the time of the incident. The Applicant did not demonstrate that it had legal responsibility for the emergency work.

The Applicant did not have legal responsibilities to perform emergency work under FEMA’s policy. Therefore, the appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 403(a). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.223(a)(1), 206.223(e), 206.225(a)(3)(i). PAPPG, at 51-52.