Appeals
Appeal Brief
Disaster | 4424 |
Applicant | Brown County Engineer |
Appeal Type | Second |
PA ID# | 015-0F580-00 |
PW ID# | PW 144 |
Date Signed | 2022-11-15T17:00:00 |
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Appeal Letter
Sima S. Merick Todd Cluxton
Executive Director Brown County Engineer
Ohio Emergency Management Agency 25 Veterans Boulevard
2855 W. Dublin-Granville Road Georgetown, OH 45121
Columbus, OH 43235-2206
Re: |
Second Appeal – Brown County Engineer, PA ID: 015-0F580-00, FEMA-4424-DR-OH, Project Worksheet 144 – Appeals |
Dear Ms. Merick and Mr. Cluxton:
This is in response to a letter from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Recipient) dated September 13, 2022, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Brown County Engineer (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $117,967.00 in Public Assistance (PA) to stabilize the embankment at Fincastle Winchester Road and repair its integral ground.
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) (2018), 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 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 PA by way of a first appeal response on May 16, 2022, and submitted its second appeal to the Recipient on July 14, 2022.[1] However, the Recipient did not transmit the appeal until September 13, 2022. 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/
Ana Montero
Director
Public Assistance Division
cc: Thomas C. Sivak
Regional Administrator
FEMA Region V
[1] Letter from Ohio Emergency Mgmt. Agency, to FEMA Assistant Adm’r, at 1 (Sept. 13, 2022).