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The West School Administration Effectively Accounted for the FEMA Emergency Grant Funds Awarded for the West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

Executive Summary

The April 2013 fertilizer plant explosion devastated the City of West, Texas, killing 15 people and leveling homes in a 5-block radius. The West School Administration received a $5.1 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant from the Texas Division of Emergency Management, a FEMA grantee, for emergency measures. Our audit objective was to determine whether West School Administration accounted for and expendedFEMA funds according to Federal requirements.

Report Number

OIG-16-86-D

Issue Date

05/09/2016

Document File

OIG-16-86-D-May16.pdf

DHS Agency

FEMA

Oversight Area

Disaster Recovery

Fiscal Year

2016

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