FEMA PA APPEAL SHORT SUMMARY & LINKS TO FEMA PA APPEAL WEBSITE

This is in response to your letter dated June 13, 2014, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Adams County Board of Supervisors (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $1,106,214.49 in Public Assistance funding for a revised scope of work to address repairs to its culvert. In the alternative, the Applicant requests $719,192.77 for 406 Hazard Mitigation. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the Applicant failed to demonstrate that the damage to its culvert was the result of the disaster. Accordingly, FEMA cannot approve a revised scope of work for PW 209 nor approve Stafford Act § 406 Hazard Mitigation for this project. Therefore, I am denying the appeal. Please inform the Applicant of my decision. This determination is the final decision on this matter pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206, Appeals.