Per the PAPPG; at 14-15; a natural feature may itself be an eligible facility if it is improved and maintained and meets all of the following conditions: (1) the natural feature has a designed and constructed improvement to its natural characteristics; (2) the constructed improvement enhances the function of the unimproved natural feature; and; (3) the applicant maintains the improvement on a regular schedule to ensure that the improvement performs as designed.Per the PAPPG; at 128; if an eligible public facility is located on a slope and is damaged as a result of a landslide or slope instability triggered by the incident; FEMA may approve Public Assistance funding for restoration of the integral ground that supports the otherwise eligible facility.The Applicant has not demonstrated that the embankment is an improved and maintained natural feature. Additionally; since the SRT was not damaged as a result of the disaster; then the work to repair the integral ground supporting the SRT is not eligible for assistanceFEMA finds that the Applicant has not demonstrated that the embankment was an eligible facility (i.e.; an improved and maintained natural feature). The Applicant has also not demonstrated that the embankment was integral ground supporting an eligible public facility that was damaged by a landslide or slope instability triggered by the incident.

HeadnotesPer the PAPPG; at 14-15; a natural feature may itself be an eligible facility if it is improved and maintained and meets all of the following conditions: (1) the natural feature has a designed and constructed improvement to its natural characteristics; (2) the constructed improvement enhances the function of the unimproved natural feature; and; (3) the applicant maintains the improvement on a regular schedule to ensure that the improvement performs as designed.Per the PAPPG; at 128; if an eligible public facility is located on a slope and is damaged as a result of a landslide or slope instability triggered by the incident; FEMA may approve Public Assistance funding for restoration of the integral ground that supports the otherwise eligible facility.The Applicant has not demonstrated that the embankment is an improved and maintained natural feature. Additionally; since the SRT was not damaged as a result of the disaster; then the work to repair the integral ground supporting the SRT is not eligible for assistanceConclusionFEMA finds that the Applicant has not demonstrated that the embankment was an eligible facility (i.e.; an improved and maintained natural feature). The Applicant has also not demonstrated that the embankment was integral ground supporting an eligible public facility that was damaged by a landslide or slope instability triggered by the incident.