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Direct Result of the Disaster, Project Management Costs - Village of Warwick
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This is in response to a letter from your office dated March 14, 2016, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the Village of Warwick (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to deny Public Assistance (PA) funding for costs to repair post-disaster damage to a concrete spillway in Warwick Reservoir (Facility). In addition, the Applicant is requesting project management costs for construction inspection and project coordination activities related to the water main work approved on first appeal, and the repair to the spillway requested on second appeal. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the Applicant has not demonstrated that the requested work to repair post-disaster damage to the Facility’s spillway is required as a result of the disaster. I also find that the Applicant’s actual project management costs incurred for construction inspection and project coordination to relocate the water main are eligible for PA funding if those costs are reasonable. Accordingly, I am denying the appeal with respect to the requested work to repair the post‑disaster spillway damage, and granting the appeal with respect to project management costs related to the eligible water main work contingent upon the Applicant’s substantiation of reasonable actual costs. By copy of this letter, I am requesting that the Regional Administrator take appropriate action to implement this determination. 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.

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