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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated April 29, 2016, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the Department of Transportation (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $1,751.19 in Public Assistance (PA) funding for force account equipment costs. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that because of the untimely first appeal, the Applicant’s appeal rights were exhausted relating to FEMA’s determination that the expenditures claimed in PW 1091 were ineligible. Even if the Applicant’s appeal rights were preserved prior to second appeal, the second appeal would otherwise be denied for failing to comply with 44 C.F.R. § 206.206(a). Accordingly, I am denying the appeal. 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.