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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated February 12, 2016, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Clermont County Engineer’s Office (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $60,960.94 for additional work performed along Locust Corner Road (Facility) in Pierce, Ohio. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the Applicant completed work beyond the approved scope of work. As such, the Applicant was required to get approval from FEMA prior to the start of construction, and because it did not, the additional work is ineligible under the Public Assistance Program. Therefore, I am denying the appeal. This determination is the final decision on this matter pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206, Appeals.