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

This is in response to your letter dated June 30, 2017, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Columbus Consolidated Government (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) deobligation of funding in the amount of $63,021.51. As explained in the enclosed analysis, Sections 705(a) and (b) of the Stafford Act do not apply because the statute of limitations and the presumption of adequate record-keeping do not arise until three years after the date of transmission of the Grantee’s final expenditure report, which occurred on March 31, 2015. The Applicant has not provided FEMA documented justification in support of its appeal, as required by FEMA regulation, and deobligation of a portion of corresponding administrative allowance was therefore appropriate. Consequently, the appeal is denied. 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.