Pursuant to 44 C.F.R. 206.223(a)(1); to be eligible for financial assistance; an item of work must be required as the result of a major disaster event.After an EF-5 tornado struck the City of Duquesne; the President declared a major disaster for the Applicant community. Afterwards; debris cleanup efforts unearthed and caused damage to sewer lateral lines that connect residential dwellings to the Applicant sewer main. Pursuant to 44 C.F.R. 206.225(a)(3)(i)-(ii) emergency protective measures are eligible for funding if the measures eliminate or lessen immediate threats to life; public health or safety; or eliminate or lessen immediate threats of significant additional damage to improved public or private property through measures which are cost effective.The Applicant used CCTV as a cost-effective means to locate the taps between damaged and exposed sewer lateral lines and the Applicant sewer main. After locating these taps; the Applicant capped the lateral lines at its right-of-way; thus eliminating an immediate threat to public health and safety that would have resulted from a sewage backup in the Applicant sewer main. Capping the lateral lines also eliminated the immediate threat of significant additional damage to the sewer system.Appeal Letter

44 C.F.R. § 206.225(a)(3)(i)-(ii).HeadnotesPursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.223(a)(1); to be eligible for financial assistance; an item of work must be required as the result of a major disaster event.After an EF-5 tornado struck the City of Duquesne; the President declared a major disaster for the Applicant’s community. Afterwards; debris cleanup efforts unearthed and caused damage to sewer lateral lines that connect residential dwellings to the Applicant’s sewer main. Pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.225(a)(3)(i)-(ii) emergency protective measures are eligible for funding if the measures eliminate or lessen immediate threats to life; public health or safety; or eliminate or lessen immediate threats of significant additional damage to improved public or private property through measures which are cost effective.The Applicant used CCTV as a cost-effective means to locate the taps between damaged and exposed sewer lateral lines and the Applicant’s sewer main. After locating these taps; the Applicant capped the lateral lines at its right-of-way; thus eliminating an immediate threat to public health and safety that would have resulted from a sewage backup in the Applicant’s sewer main. Capping the lateral lines also eliminated the immediate threat of significant additional damage to the sewer system.Appeal Letter