FEMA is authorized to grant time extensions beyond the recipient’s authority based on extenuating circumstances or unusual project requirements beyond the applicant’s control. The Applicant points to various reasons as its justification for the delay, the primary reason being its lack of funding due to state law, which does not allow the award of a contract without having the financial means of covering the complete project costs. However, the lack of funding is a circumstance that FEMA finds to be within the Applicant’s control.

The Applicant did not establish extenuating circumstances beyond its control to justify a further time extension or a change in SOW. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 406(a)(l)(A). 44 C.F.R. § 206.204(c)-(d). PA Guide, at 138-140. Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction, and Resiliency, FEMA-4473-DR-PR, at 3; City of Pahokee, FEMA-4084-DR-FL, at 2; County of Santa Cruz, FEMA-1155-DR-CA, at 4.