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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated May 22, 2015, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Pasco County (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $208,213.31 in costs associated with processing leachate. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that an immediate threat existed at sites 2 and 3. Accordingly, certain force account overtime labor costs, equipment rental costs, and transportation costs are eligible as they were necessary to address an immediate threat at those two sites. A total of $14,891.82 in costs to remove the immediate threat of leachate overflow at sites 2 and 3 is eligible for Public Assistance funding. Costs to remove and process leachate, however, are increased operating costs that were not necessary to address an immediate threat. Accordingly, these costs are not eligible. Nevertheless, section 705(c) of the Stafford Act applies and previously awarded funding for costs totaling $102,188.72 will not be deobligated. Please inform the Applicant of my decision. This determination is the final decision on this matter pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206, Appeal.