2013-25332. Notice of Adjustment of Countywide Per Capita Impact Indicator

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

FEMA gives notice that the countywide per capita impact indicator under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October 1, 2013, will be increased.

DATES:

Effective Date: October 1, 2013, and applies to major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Roche, Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In assessing damages for area designations under 44 CFR 206.40(b), FEMA uses a county-wide per capita indicator to evaluate the impact of the disaster at the county level. 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.

FEMA gives notice of an increase in the countywide per capita impact indicator to $3.50 for all disasters declared on or after October 1, 2013.

FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers of 1.5 percent for the 12-month period ended in August 2013. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor released the information on September 17, 2013.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Disaster Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters).

W. Craig Fugate,

Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.