To determine legal responsibility for facility restoration; FEMA evaluates whether the Applicant claiming the costs had legal responsibility for disaster-related restoration of the facility at the time of the incident based on ownership and the terms of any written agreements.Based on the available information; while there is no formal record of Applicant-ownership of the Facility; there is no documentation to suggest that another entity owns or is responsible for it. When FEMA viewed all the documentation in the record collectively; it found that the Applicant demonstrated it had legal responsibility for disaster-related repairs at the time of the incident.FEMA finds that the Applicant has demonstrated it is legally responsible for disaster-related repairs to the Facility.

HeadnotesTo determine legal responsibility for facility restoration; FEMA evaluates whether the Applicant claiming the costs had legal responsibility for disaster-related restoration of the facility at the time of the incident based on ownership and the terms of any written agreements.Based on the available information; while there is no formal record of Applicant-ownership of the Facility; there is no documentation to suggest that another entity owns or is responsible for it. When FEMA viewed all the documentation in the record collectively; it found that the Applicant demonstrated it had legal responsibility for disaster-related repairs at the time of the incident.ConclusionFEMA finds that the Applicant has demonstrated it is legally responsible for disaster-related repairs to the Facility.