[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR295.31]

[Page 529-530]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 295_CERRO GRANDE FIRE ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart D_Claims Evaluation
 
Sec. 295.31  Reimbursement of claim expenses.

    (a) FEMA will reimburse Claimants for the reasonable costs they 
incur in copying documentation requested by OCGFC. FEMA will also 
reimburse Claimants for the reasonable costs

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they incur in providing appraisals, or other third-party opinions, 
requested by OCGFC. FEMA will not reimburse Claimant for the cost of 
appraisals, or other third party opinions, not requested by OCGFC.
    (b) FEMA will provide a lump sum payment for incidental expenses 
incurred in claims preparation to individual and business Claimants that 
are awarded compensatory damages under the CGFAA after a properly 
executed Release and Certification Form has been returned to OCGFC. The 
amount of the lump sum payment will be the greater of $100 or 5% of 
CGFAA compensatory damages and insurance proceeds recovered by the 
Claimant for Cerro Grande Fire related losses (not including the lump 
sum payment or monies reimbursed under the CGFAA for the purchase of 
flood insurance), but will not exceed $15,000. No more than one lump sum 
payment will be made to all Claimants in a Household, regardless of 
whether the Household filed separate or combined Notices of Loss. The 
following Claimants will not be eligible to receive the lump sum 
payment: subrogation Claimants and Claimants whose only Cerro Grande 
Fire related loss is for flood insurance premiums.