It is the applicant’s responsibility to demonstrate that claimed damage was caused directly by the incident, and where pre-existing damage exists, to distinguish that damage from the disaster-related damage. Post-disaster photographs do not substantiate the Applicant’s assertion that the claimed damage was caused by the disaster. Other documentation submitted by the Applicant (predisaster budget information, invoices and load tickets, and a general maintenance statement) does not demonstrate the predisaster condition of the specific roads and culverts on appeal.

The Applicant has not demonstrated that the claimed damages to the roads and culverts on appeal were caused by the disaster. Consequently, work to repair the claimed damages or implement HM is ineligible. Therefore, the appeals are denied.

Stafford Act § 406(a)(1)(A), 42 U.S.C. § 5172(a)(1)(A). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.223(a)(1), 206.226(e). PAPPG, at 51-52, 63-64, 153, 169. Cumberland Cnty., FEMA-4595-DR-KY, at 2-3; Pleasant Grove Twp., FEMA-4287-DR-KS, at 4; Port of Beaumont Navigation Dist., FEMA-4332-DR-TX, at 3; City of Fort Smith, FEMA-4441-DR-AR, at 5.