[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27548]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-3133-EM]
Alabama; Emergency and Related Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an
emergency for the State of Alabama (FEMA-3133-DR), dated September 28,
1998, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646-3260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated September 28, 1998, the President declared an emergency under the
authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), as follows:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State
of Alabama, resulting from Hurricane Georges on September 28, 1998,
and continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant
an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended (``the
Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare that such an emergency exists
in the State of Alabama.
You are authorized to coordinate all disaster relief efforts
which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering
caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide
appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized
under Title V of the Stafford Act to save lives, protect property
and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a
catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are
authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at your discretion,
equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the
disaster. I have further authorized direct Federal assistance and
emergency protective measures (Category B) for the first 72 hours at
100 percent Federal funding, if deemed necessary, and debris removal
(Category A) at 75 percent Federal funding. The time period for this
direct Federal assistance and emergency protective measures at 100
percent Federal funding may be extended by FEMA, if warranted.
In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes, such
amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and
administrative expenses.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the authority vested in the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Executive
Order 12148, I hereby appoint Sharon Stoffel of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this
declared disaster.
I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Alabama
to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:
FEMA is authorized to provide appropriate assistance for
required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the
Stafford Act to save lives, protect property and public health and
safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe.
Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide
at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate
the impacts of the disaster.
Direct Federal assistance and emergency protective measures
(Category B) for the first 72 hours at 100 percent Federal funding
and debris removal (Category A) at 75 percent Federal funding will
be provided for: Mobile, Baldwin, Washington, Clarke, Monroe and
Escambia Counties.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA)
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537, Community
Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis
Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services Program; 83.541,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression
Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program;
83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing Program;
83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-27548 Filed 10-13-98; 8:45 am]
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