FEMA may approve funding for relocating a facility where: (1) the facility is and will be subject to repetitive heavy damage; (2) approval is not barred by other provisions of Title 44 C.F.R.; and (3) the overall project, including all costs, is cost effective. The Applicant failed to demonstrate that relocation of the Facility is cost-effective; correctly prepared FEMA cost-benefit analyses demonstrate that relocation is not cost-effective. FEMA must determine whether a proposed action will have an adverse impact on the 500-year floodplain, and a “critical action” is one in which even a slight chance of flooding is too great. The Applicant’s Facility is not located within the 500-year floodplain.

Relocation of the Facility is not eligible for PA funding, as it is neither cost-effective nor is the damaged Facility located within the minimum floodplain of concern for the purported critical action. This appeal is denied.

44 C.F.R. §§ 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 206.226(f), 206.226(g)(1). PAPPG, at 103, 104. FEMA BCA Reference Guide, at iv, xiii, xvii-xviii, 2-2, 2-5. Santa Rosa, FEMA-4344-DR-CA, at 2.