E9-24071. 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, 2009, will be decreased.

DATES:

Effective Date: October 1, 2009, and applies to major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James A. Walke, Disaster Assistance Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Response and Recovery Directorate Policy No. 9122.1 provides that 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 a decrease in the countywide per capita impact indicator to $3.23 for all disasters declared on or after October 1, 2009.

FEMA bases the adjustment on a decrease in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers of 1.5 percent for the 12-month period ended in August 2009. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor released the information on September 16, 2009.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Public Assistance Grants.)

W. Craig Fugate,

Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.