To be eligible for PA funding, work must be required as a result of the disaster. A predisaster inspection report documents deterioration in the bridge. The Applicant acknowledges that it planned to replace the bridge prior to the disaster, and nothing in the record demonstrates predisaster repairs to the bridge. Because the bridge was demolished prior to the site inspection, FEMA was unable to validate, quantify, and document the cause, location, and details of the reported damage. The Applicant also asserts that documentation submitted with its appeal establishes the quantity of abutment fill material lost due to the disaster. However, the documentation the Applicant references was created for the replacement project; it is not clear if or how the quantity it depicts relates to the quantity of abutment fill lost during the disaster.

The Applicant has not demonstrated that work to replace the bridge was necessary as a result of the disaster. Additionally, it has not provided the information necessary to develop a SOW for eligible work and costs to repair the bridge abutment. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 406. 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.206(a), 206.223(a)(1). PAPPG, at 18-20, 134. Conway Hosp., FEMA-4394-DR-SC, at 3.