An item of work must be required as the result of a major disaster. Damage that results from a cause other than the designated event; such as deterioration or deferred maintenance; is not eligible. The applicant must substantiate with supporting documentation that damage was the result of the disaster.The Applicant did not document typical maintenance and operations tasks after the last major work on the Facility in 2013; and post-disaster inspections indicated age-related deterioration. FEMA could not distinguish the damage in pre– and post–disaster photographs; and repeated prior flooding events made it difficult to tie damage to any particular event.

PAPPG; at 19; 115-16.Republic Cty. Highway Dep’t; FEMA-4230-DR-KS; at 3; Vill. of Waterford; FEMA-4020-DR-NY; at 4; Pulaski Cty.; FEMA-4250-DR-MO; at 4. HeadnotesAn item of work must be required as the result of a major disaster. Damage that results from a cause other than the designated event; such as deterioration or deferred maintenance; is not eligible. The applicant must substantiate with supporting documentation that damage was the result of the disaster.The Applicant did not document typical maintenance and operations tasks after the last major work on the Facility in 2013; and post-disaster inspections indicated age-related deterioration. FEMA could not distinguish the damage in pre– and post–disaster photographs; and repeated prior flooding events made it difficult to tie damage to any particular event.