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Appeal Brief

Disaster4486
ApplicantCity of Hialeah
Appeal TypeSecond
PA ID#086-3000-00
PW ID#GMP 169241/PW 146
Date Signed2024-03-13T16:00:00

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Appeal Letter

SENT VIA EMAIL

 

Kevin Guthrie 

Director 

Florida Division of Emergency Management 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100

Armando J. Rojas  

Emergency Management Director 

City of Hialeah 

501 Palm Avenue

Hialeah, Florida 33010

 

Re:

Second Appeal – City of Hialeah, PA ID: 086-3000-00, FEMA-4486-DR-FL, 

Grants Manager Project 169241/Project Worksheet 146 – Appeals

 

Dear Kevin Guthrie and Armando J. Rojas: 

This is in response to a letter from the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s (Recipient) office dated December 4, 2023, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the City of Hialeah (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $82,186.64 in costs pertaining to fire department force account labor and force account equipment used in response to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Section 423(a) of the Stafford Act provides that any decision regarding eligibility for assistance may be appealed within 60 days after the date on which the applicant is notified of the award or denial of assistance. Implementing this provision, Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 206.206(c) (2019), requires that applicants must file appeals within 60 days after receipt of a notice of the action that is being appealed. Recipients must then review and forward appeals, with their written recommendations, within 60 days after receipt of the appeal from the applicant.

According to the Administrative Record, the Applicant received notice of FEMA’s denial of funding by way of a first appeal response on July 31, 2023, and filed its second appeal on September 13, 2023. However, the Recipient did not transmit the appeal with its written recommendation until December 5, 2023. This was after the 60 calendar-day timeframe required by FEMA’s regulations, making the second appeal untimely. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

This determination is the final decision on this matter pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206, Appeals.

 

                                                                                                     Sincerely,

                                                                                                          /S/

                                                                                                     Robert Pesapane, Director

                                                                                                     Public Assistance Division

 

cc: Robert D. Samaan

      Regional Administrator    

      FEMA Region 4

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