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Category: Mold News | Tags: floods fema funds remediation
The Federal Emergency Management Agency again denied any federal aid to the East End over the flood damage sustained in March.

A June 3 letter from FEMA administrator Craig Fugate to Governor David Paterson denied the state's request to have the storm of March 29 and 30 considered to be part of the March 13-15 storm system, since the late March storm didn't do enough damage to qualify for aid on its own, under FEMA's guidelines.

Now officials are planning to appeal that ruling, possibly as soon as next Friday.

"I am at a loss for words to try and understand that decision," Congressman Tim Bishop (R-Southampton) said at a press conference Friday. "To me, it is inexplicable, it is indefensible, and it is a decision that we cannot allow to stand."

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