To be eligible for financial assistance, an item of work must be required as the result of the emergency or major disaster event. The documentation shows ongoing deterioration of the Applicant’s facility prior to the disaster, as well as post-disaster pictures showing extensive corrosion and other damage to the Facility, unrelated to the disaster. The Applicant has not distinguished any potential disaster-related damage from preexisting damage.

The documentation provided shows the ongoing deterioration of the Facility prior to the disaster and the Applicant has not demonstrated that the claimed damage was directly caused by the disaster. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 406(a)(1)(A). PAPPG, at 19, 116, 133.