02-25967. Notice of Adjustment of Countywide Per Capita Impact Indicator

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

FEMA gives notice that we are increasing the countywide per capita impact indicator under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October 1, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

October 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, [phone], or (email) [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Response and Recovery Directorate Policy No. 9122.1 prescribes that we (FEMA) will adjust the countywide per capita impact indicator under the Public Assistance program to reflect annual changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor.

We give notice that we are increasing the countywide per capita impact indicator to $2.71 for all disasters declared on or after October 1, 2002.

We base the adjustments on an increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers of 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ended in August 2002. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor released the information on September 18, 2002.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Joe M. Allbaugh,

Director.