Recipients have the authority to extend emergency work project deadlines by six months. The Recipient issued two three-month time extensions for emergency work beyond the initial period of performance and the work was completed within the timeframe of those extensions. To be eligible, work must be the legal responsibility of the applicant requesting assistance. Legal responsibility was substantiated with tax records and inventory lists demonstrating the Applicant’s ownership of six buildings, all located in the Applicant’s State Park. For mold remediation, applicants must demonstrate that damage was caused directly by the declared incident. In this case, the Applicant provided photographs and a mold remediation receipt dated shortly after the disaster to substantiate that mold was caused by the disaster.

The Applicant has substantiated that: (1) it completed the pump outs and mold remediation within the extended period of performance deadline; (2) it was legally responsible for the for the septic pump outs; and (3) the mold remediation work was required as a direct result of the declared incident. Therefore, the requested work is eligible for Public Assistance and this appeal is granted.

Stafford Act § 403(a)(3). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.223(a)(1)-(3), 206.225(a)(1), 206.204(c)(1)(c)(2)(ii). PAPPG, at 19-20, 82, 141.