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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated February 8, 2017, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the Town of Secaucus (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $91,798.64 in costs pertaining to snow clearance activities undertaken by the Applicant in response to Winter Storm Jonas. As explained in the enclosed analysis, FEMA’s regulations and policy regarding snow clearance limit the availability of Public Assistance funding to work performed during a designated 48-hour time period. Because PW 169 only encompassed work performed outside of that time period, I have determined that work is ineligible for Public Assistance funding. Accordingly, I am denying this appeal. Please inform the Applicant of my decision. This determination is the final decision on this matter pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206, Appeals.