Per Stafford Act §§ 403(a) and 407(a) and 44 C.F.R. § 206.224, FEMA is authorized to provide Public Assistance funding for debris removal as long as it in the public interest; that is, necessary to eliminate immediate threats to life, public health, and safety, to eliminate immediate threats of significant damage to improved property, or to ensure economic recovery of the affected community to the benefit of the community-at-large. The Applicant has not demonstrated that the debris posed an immediate threat.

FEMA finds that the Applicant has not demonstrated that the Field is improved property, but instead is agricultural land or a natural, unimproved area. In addition, the Applicant has not demonstrated that the debris posed an immediate threat. Therefore, debris removal from the Field is not in the public interest. This appeal is denied.

Stafford Act §§ 403(a), 407(a). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.221(d), 206.224. PAPPG, at 44-45.