To be eligible for Public Assistance; work must be required as a result of the disaster; and the applicant must demonstrate that the damage was directly caused by the incident. The Applicant has not demonstrated that the embankment was stable prior to the disaster; nor distinguished pre-existing damage from disaster-related damage. Therefore; the Applicant has not established that the parking lot and boardwalk repair work is required as a result of the disaster.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.Since the parking lot and boardwalk were not damaged as a result of the disaster; then the work to repair the integral ground supporting the parking lot and boardwalk is not eligible for assistance. The Applicant has not demonstrated that that the requested parking lot and boardwalk repairs were required as the result of the disaster; nor that the embankment is integral ground that supports an eligible disaster-damaged facility. Therefore; this appeal is denied.

HeadnotesTo be eligible for Public Assistance; work must be required as a result of the disaster; and the applicant must demonstrate that the damage was directly caused by the incident. The Applicant has not demonstrated that the embankment was stable prior to the disaster; nor distinguished pre-existing damage from disaster-related damage. Therefore; the Applicant has not established that the parking lot and boardwalk repair work is required as a result of the disaster.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.Since the parking lot and boardwalk were not damaged as a result of the disaster; then the work to repair the integral ground supporting the parking lot and boardwalk is not eligible for assistance.Conclusion The Applicant has not demonstrated that that the requested parking lot and boardwalk repairs were required as the result of the disaster; nor that the embankment is integral ground that supports an eligible disaster-damaged facility. Therefore; this appeal is denied.