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Appeal Brief

Disaster4255
ApplicantRed Oak ISD
Appeal TypeSecond
PA ID#139-U8FCD-00
PW ID#PW 314, 315
Date Signed2021-03-09T17:00:00

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Appeal Letter

W. Nim Kidd, MPA, CEM 

Chief, Texas Division of Emergency Management 

Vice Chancellor - The Texas A&M University System 

1033 LaPosada Dr., Suite 370 

Austin, Texas 78752  

 

Re:

Second Appeal – Red Oak ISD, PA ID: 139-U8FCD-00, FEMA-4255-DR-TX, Project Worksheets (PWs) 314 and 315 – Appeals

 

Dear Chief Kidd:

 

This is in response to a letter from your office dated September 14, 2020 which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Red Oak Independent School District (Applicant).  The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) decision to deobligate $88,0132.18 in funding for the Applicant’s PWs 314 and 315. 

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), requires that applicants must file appeals within 60 days after receipt of a notice of the action that is being appealed.  Grantees must then review and forward appeals within 60 days after receipt of the appeals from the applicant.

According to the Administrative Record, the Applicant received notice of the deobligation by way of a letter transmitted by the Grantee on October 18, 2019.  However, the Applicant did not submit its first appeal until May 14, 2020, more than 60 days later.  Accordingly, the Applicant did not meet the 60-day timeframe required by FEMA’s regulations, making the first appeal untimely.  Therefore, this second appeal is denied.

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.  

 

                                                                      Sincerely,

                                                                           /S/

                                                                      Ana Montero  

                                                                      Division Director

                                                                      Public Assistance Division  

 

cc: George A. Robinson 

Regional Administrator 

FEMA Region VI 

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