This is in response to a letter from your office dated December 4, 2017, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the City of Pompano Beach (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $111,082.59 based on the Applicant’s untimely first appeal. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined the Applicant has established it did not receive notice from the Grantee of the obligation of PW 1893 (Version 5) until December 15, 2015. Moreover, the Applicant has also established it never received the Final Request for Information (RFI). Accordingly, I am granting this appeal and remanding it to Region IV to issue a Final RFI and first appeal decision to adjudicate the substantive merits of the appeal. Please inform the Applicant of my decision. The Applicant’s right to a second appeal is not impacted by this decision. It may re-submit a second appeal pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206 if dissatisfied with the Regional Administrator’s decisions regarding this matter.