[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 202 (Tuesday, October 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 56029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28097]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1246-DR]
Louisiana; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the
State of Louisiana (FEMA-1246-DR), dated September 23, 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 amended his previous
declaration of September 23, 1998 to include the provision of Direct
Federal Assistance and the cost-sharing of Federal funds provided under
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 51521 et seq.), in a letter to James L. Witt,
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as follows:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State
of Louisiana, resulting from Hurricane Georges on September 27, 1998
and continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant
the expansion of the incident type and the scope of assistance in
the major disaster declaration of September 23, 1998, to ensure
public health and safety under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (``the Stafford Act'').
Therefore, I amend my previous declaration of September 23, 1998
to authorize direct Federal assistance at 100 percent Federal
funding for the first 72 hours due to damage resulting from
Hurricane Georges. You are further authorized to provide emergency
protective measures (Category B) at 100 percent Federal funding (in
areas that FEMA shall designate) for the first 72 hours due to
damage resulting from Hurricane Georges. The time period may be
extended, if warranted.
Please notify the Governor of the State of Louisiana and the
Federal Coordinating Officer of this amendment to my major disaster
declaration.
Emergency protective measures (Category B) at 100 percent Federal
funding will be provided for a 72-hour period beginning at 1800 hours
September 27, 1998, and ending September 30, 1998 at 1800 hours for the
following parishes:
Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, LaFourche, Livingston,
Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John,
St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne,
Vermillion, and Washington.
(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. 98-28097 Filed 10-19-98; 8:45 am]
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