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

This is in response to letters from your office dated February 16, 2015, which transmitted one second appeal for FEMA-1561-DR-FL (PW 2177) and three appeals for FEMA-1609-DR-FL (PWs 1480, 1483, and 4456) on behalf of Public Health Trust (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $427,304.22 for DR-1561 and $2,914,547.30 for DR-1609, for a total of $3,341,851.52 in Public Assistance (PA) funding for force account labor expenses. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the Applicant’s second appeals are time-barred by the Stafford Act § 423(a) and 44 C.F.R. § 206.206. Accordingly, I am denying the appeals. 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.