Certain improved and maintained natural features may be considered a facility eligible for assistance under the Public Assistance program; but an applicant must demonstrate that the feature was maintained on a regular schedule. The Applicant SDA was adapted as a dumping ground for dredged material and waste from the barge basin. The Applicant has not demonstrated that it is an actively maintained facility.Federal regulations provide that for work to be eligible; it must be required as the result of a declared disaster.

Public Assistance Guide; FEMA 322; at 22; 82 (June 2007). HeadnotesCertain improved and maintained natural features may be considered a facility eligible for assistance under the Public Assistance program; but an applicant must demonstrate that the feature was maintained on a regular schedule. The Applicant’s SDA was adapted as a dumping ground for dredged material and waste from the barge basin. The Applicant has not demonstrated that it is an actively maintained facility.Federal regulations provide that for work to be eligible; it must be required as the result of a declared disaster.