FEMA provides PA funding to eligible applicants for work required as a direct result of the declared incident. It is the applicant’s responsibility to substantiate its claim as eligible. The Applicant provided documentation, including photographs, invoices, and spreadsheets demonstrating that $242,693.47 of the requested additional work was required as a result of the declared incident. Costs must be directly tied to the performance of eligible work. The Applicant did not demonstrate that all of its claimed traffic sign and signal repair/replacement contract costs and material costs were tied to eligible work.

The Applicant provided documentation demonstrating that $242,693.47 of the work at issue was required as a result of the declared incident. Accordingly, the appeal is partially granted in the amount of $242,693.47.

Stafford Act, § 406(a)(1)(A). 44 C.F.R. § 206.223(a)(1). 2 C.F.R. § 403(g). PAPPG, at 19, 21-22, 133, 134-135.