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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated September 30, 2016, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the Town of Keene (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of a request to revise the scope of work (SOW) for Project Worksheet (PW) 2380. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the work to extend the east retaining wall of Gulf Brook is ineligible for assistance because it did not restore the predisaster design of the Facility and the Applicant did not receive approval from FEMA prior to commencement of the work. Similarly, the work is ineligible as a hazard mitigation measure because the work was completed prior to FEMA performing a review of the project for technical feasibility, environmental and historic preservation compliance, and cost effectiveness. Accordingly, I am denying the appeal. 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.