03-25992. Virginia; Amendment No. 7 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-1491-DR), dated September 18, 2003, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

October 2, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Virginia is hereby amended to include the following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of September 18, 2003:

The Independent Cities of Bedford, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Danville, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Richmond, and Waynesboro, and the counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Charlotte, Culpeper, Cumberland, Greene, Halifax, Hanover, King George, Lunenburg, Madison, Mecklenburg, Nelson, Nottoway, Orange, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Spotsylvania, and Warren for Categories C through G under the Public Assistance program (already designated for Individual Assistance, including direct Federal assistance and debris removal (Category A) and emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance under the Public Assistance program.)

(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); 83.556, Fire Management Assistance; 83.558, Individual and Household Housing; 83.559, Individual and Household Disaster Housing Operations; 83.560 Individual and Household Program—Other Needs, 83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)

Michael D. Brown,

Under Secretary , Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security.