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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated January 8, 2015, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the Nishnabotna Valley Rural Electric Cooperative (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $191,629.63 in Public Assistance funding for tree trimming costs associated with eligible conductor replacement. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that, while the tree trimming costs are eligible under the PA program, the Applicant did not follow Federal procurement standards prescribed in 2 C.F.R. Part 215 in contracting for those services. Accordingly, 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.