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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED -IATES
WAHINGTON D.CI ROJS
-476872 tDecember 14, 1973
rs Kay Marten
1550 North Yoiusettia Place
Los Anols, Cal~fornia 90046
Dear lre. artetn
Aftor recaiving your latter of Septeznber 6, 1973 vith nclosurest
requesting, in effect, a reousideratUm of our priordsallovancee of
_y(Etaa for dabbri renval w]penso!Jincurred by you as a recult of
floods of Jtnuary and Fobriary 1969, wo wrote to the Secretary of htouaing
and Urban Developmnt requesting that ho ravioe your correspondence to
determine if he felt there was any basis to increase tho amount of the
allolticos of your claim.
We ight point out that vcently the responelbilitios of the Directort,
Office of Emorgancy Preparednesu (UEP) have bea tranoforred to the Secre-
tary and that the functions of OR? am now handled by the Federal Disaster
Assistance Adtinistratiom (FD ) within tho Department of foting and
Urban Davolopment.
In a letter to us dated October 16, 1973, the A&'initrator of PDM
sated that ho han baen unable to find any basis fur disputinS the OW
enainear's repbrt uiichi calculeted the dimensions of tho urea aligible *
for debris clearance under exioting OEP critaria. 1urthleor, ha stated
that the DAA concurred with tho.,oiginsl 0EV findin3 that the renoval,
much of it by hand, of debris and olut from around treas, shrubbery and
hedges was not necessary to mintatu the public health and safety.
Accordingly, ho felt that ho could not find any 1rounds for revarsing,
in whole or in part, the actions taken by the OP Director.
Mout of tho ount disallowad by OP (now DM) concerns finding
of fact, such as the dcpth of the debris and the avunt of ama cleared.
This .Of fLe is not equipped, espetally four years after the floods , to
inks an independent determination as to the correctness of the factual
* aflegatiorn asserted by you and by tha agency. Therefore, following the
long-standing and consistently appliod policy of the Rucounting officers
of the Government in cases o dinoputed facts betweem an agency of the
Covermaeut and claimats, vs wast accept the agency's determinations.
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