WASHINGTON – Full FEMA funding of repairs to the Asher Dam in the Village of Rhinebeck has the support of Senator Charles Schumer. The dam was severely damaged by Tropical Storms Irene and Lee.
FEMA initially agreed to reimburse the repair work with federal funds, but has since reversed its decision due to an administrative error by the village. The total cost was about $200,000.
Since the village was unaware they were required to completed additional hazard mitigation work for the project, they submitted a final request for funding without completing that work. FEMA then deemed the project incomplete and withdraw all of the funding it had agreed to provide.
The village has since completed that hazard mitigation and all other required work.
Schumer called on FEMA to make an administrative correction of error to Rhinebeck’s federal funding application.
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