Under 42 U.S.C. 5172(e)(1); FEMA is authorized to reimburse the cost of repairing; restoring; reconstructing; or replacing an eligible facility “on the basis of the design of such facility as it existed immediately prior to the major disaster.”Under 44 C.F.R. 206.203(d)(1); Public Assistance applicants may elect to make improvements to facilities being repaired or restored to its pre-disaster function; if an applicant elects to make improvements; “the Grantee approval must be obtained” and “Federal funding for such improved projects shall be limited to the Federal share of the approved estimate of eligible costs.”The Applicant provided sufficient documentation with respect to two contractors demonstrating the bifurcation of costs associated with work within the approved scope of work from ineligible costs associated with upgrades.

44 C.F.R. § 206.203(d)(1)Headnotes Under 42 U.S.C. § 5172(e)(1); FEMA is authorized to reimburse the cost of repairing; restoring; reconstructing; or replacing an eligible facility “on the basis of the design of such facility as it existed immediately prior to the major disaster.”Under 44 C.F.R. § 206.203(d)(1); Public Assistance applicants may elect to make improvements to facilities being repaired or restored to its pre-disaster function; if an applicant elects to make improvements; “the Grantee’s approval must be obtained” and “Federal funding for such improved projects shall be limited to the Federal share of the approved estimate of eligible costs.”The Applicant provided sufficient documentation with respect to two contractors demonstrating the bifurcation of costs associated with work within the approved scope of work from ineligible costs associated with upgrades.