44 C.F.R. 206.202(b) and (c) delegate to the grantee the responsibility to provide technical advice and assistance to all applicants; to ensure all potential applicants are aware of available Public Assistance and the process for requesting assistance; including the relevant deadlines; to submit documents necessary for an award of grants; and to send the completed RPA within the 30 day time period. The justification must be based on extenuating circumstances beyond the applicant or the grantee control.The PAPPG; at 130; sets forth guidelines regarding the grantee responsibility to collect and transmit all RPAs within the regulatory deadline.The Applicant did not establish that any miscommunication; misinformation or lack of understanding constitutes extenuating circumstances beyond its own or the Grantee control. As such; the Applicant reasons fail to justify an extension by FEMA of the established deadline for submitting the RPA.

Cameron Par. Sch. Bd.; FEMA-1607-DR-LA (citing OPM v Richmond; 496 U.S. 414 (1990)).Headnotes44 C.F.R. § 206.202(b) and (c) delegate to the grantee the responsibility to provide technical advice and assistance to all applicants; to ensure all potential applicants are aware of available Public Assistance and the process for requesting assistance; including the relevant deadlines; to submit documents necessary for an award of grants; and to send the completed RPA within the 30 day time period. The justification must be based on extenuating circumstances beyond the applicant’s or the grantee’s control.The PAPPG; at 130; sets forth guidelines regarding the grantee’s responsibility to collect and transmit all RPAs within the regulatory deadline.The Applicant did not establish that any miscommunication; misinformation or lack of understanding constitutes extenuating circumstances beyond its own or the Grantee’s control. As such; the Applicant’s reasons fail to justify an extension by FEMA of the established deadline for submitting the RPA.Conclusion