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

This is in response to a letter from your office dated September 28, 2018, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the City of Napa (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $1,533,754.02 in costs pertaining to the collection, removal, and monitoring of earthquake debris. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the work is ineligible for funding. The Applicant has not demonstrated that it properly monitored its debris collection sites nor that it submitted documentation which would allow FEMA to determine whether the costs claimed by the Applicant were reasonable. Additionally, I have determined that the FEMA Region XI Regional Administrator appropriately exercised his discretionary authority in denying all costs as an enforcement remedy for the Applicant’s material noncompliance with procurement requirements. Accordingly, I am denying this 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.