This is in response to a letter from your office dated February 2, 2015, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the City of Jacksonville (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $363,658.80 to fund the removal and disposal of vegetative debris and sediment from a sediment retention basin in Red Bud Creek. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that FEMA has the authority to fund the permanent restoration of the sediment basin. Accordingly, I am granting the appeal and directing the Region IV Regional Administrator to take appropriate action to determine whether the project meets all other Public Assistance eligibility requirements. 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.