Per 44 C.F.R. 206.223(a)(1); to be eligible for financial assistance; an item of work must be required as the result of the emergency or major disaster event. The PA Guide; at 29; provides that work to address the damage that results from a cause other than the designated event is not eligible. The PA Guide; at 33; also states that it is an applicant responsibility to show that the damage is disaster-related and; where preexisting damage exists; to distinguish that damage from the disaster-related damage.Here the Applicant demonstrates through damage inspection reports that the disaster indeed damaged the roadway approaches at both ends of the Facility. FEMA can ascertain that the roadway conditions was not a cause or factor in the damages it received.

Pawnee (Cnty.); FEMA-4225-DR-NE; at 4-5; Republic Cnty. Highway Dep t; FEMA-4230-DR-KS; at 3-4. HeadnotesPer 44 C.F.R. §206.223(a)(1); to be eligible for financial assistance; an item of work must be required as the result of the emergency or major disaster event. The PA Guide; at 29; provides that work to address the damage that results from a cause other than the designated event is not eligible. The PA Guide; at 33; also states that it is an applicant’s responsibility to show that the damage is disaster-related and; where preexisting damage exists; to distinguish that damage from the disaster-related damage.Here the Applicant demonstrates through damage inspection reports that the disaster indeed damaged the roadway approaches at both ends of the Facility. FEMA can ascertain that the roadway conditions was not a cause or factor in the damages it received.