This is in response to a letter from your office dated February 24, 2017, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Sea Isle City (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of funding in the amount of $2,576,260.00. FEMA’s prior eligibility determinations omitted mention of the Applicant’s appeal rights and the procedural requirements to submit an appeal. As such, the Applicant did not receive adequate notice, which is required by the Recovery Directorate Manual, Public Assistance Program Appeal Procedures. Accordingly, the second appeal is granted, and the RA is instructed to address the first appeal on its substantive merits. 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.