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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated October 30, 2014, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Collier County (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $9,316,305.71 in Public Assistance (PA) funding for sand replenishment and associated engineering, survey, and environmental compliance costs following Hurricane Wilma. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the Applicant substantiated that an additional $6,149,099.06 for sand restoration and $1,611,405.10 for engineering, survey, and environmental compliance costs are eligible for PA reimbursement. Accordingly, I am partially granting the appeal. By copy of this letter, I am requesting the Regional Administrator take appropriate action to implement this determination. Please inform the Applicant of my decision. This determination is the final Agency decision on this matter pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206, Appeals.