To be eligible, work must be required as a result of the declared incident. The Applicant has not demonstrated that the claimed road damage was a result of the disaster. A natural feature may itself be an eligible facility if it is improved and maintained. Alternatively, FEMA may approve PA funding to restore the integral ground that supports an eligible facility damaged by the disaster. The Applicant has not demonstrated that the embankments have a designed and constructed improvement to its natural characteristics. The Applicant has also not demonstrated damage to an eligible facility, in this case the road, occurred as a result of the disaster. Thus, the embankment repairs are not eligible as integral ground.

FEMA finds that the Applicant has not demonstrated the claimed damages were the direct result of the declared incident. Consequently, work to repair the claimed damages and implement HM is ineligible. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 406(a)(1)(A). 44 C.F.R. § 206.201(c), 206.223(a)(1), 206.226(e). PAPPG, at 51-52, 63-64, 153, 169, and 181-182. Cumberland Cnty., FEMA-4595-DR-KY, at 2-3; Wayne (Cnty.), FEMA-4262-DR-MS, at 4; Marshall County, FEMA-4630-DR-KY, at 3; City of Fort Smith, FEMA-4441-DR-AR, at 5.