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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated April 13, 2017, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of City of Greenville (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $34,874.70 in additional requested costs for debris removal work performed under PW 671. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the Applicant’s letter dated September 26, 2013, requesting the results of the review that led to the approval of PW 671 (Version 2), did not satisfy the appeal content requirements of Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations (44 C.F.R.) § 206.206(a). Moreover, the first document arguably sufficient to satisfy 44 C.F.R. §206.206(a), which is treated as the first appeal, was transmitted almost 23 months past the 60 day appeal deadline. As such, the first appeal was untimely under 44 C.F.R. § 206.206(c)(1). Accordingly, I am denying the 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.