[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65575-65576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31673]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-3122-EM]
Hawaii; 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 Hawaii (FEMA-3122-EM), dated November 18,
1996, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 18, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pauline C. Campbell, Response and
Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington,
DC 20472, (202) 646-3606.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated November 18, 1996, 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 Hawaii resulting from severe storms and flooding beginning on
November 5, 1996, and continuing, is of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration under subsection
501(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (the Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that such
an emergency exists in the State of Hawaii.
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, and lessen or avert the threat of a
catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are
authorized to provide assistance for the alleviation of public
health and safety concerns resulting from the existence of
contaminated standing water, under emergency protective measures as
authorized under subsection 502(a)(4).
In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby
authorized to coordinate and direct other Federal agencies and fund
activities not authorized under other Federal statutes and allocate
from funds available for these purposes, such amounts as you find
necessary for Federal emergency assistance and administrative
expenses.
Pursuant to this emergency declaration, you are authorized to
provide emergency
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assistance as you deem appropriate under Title V of the Stafford Act
at 75 percent Federal funding.
The time period prescribed for the implementation of section
310(a), Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility and Public
Housing Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for a period not to exceed
six months after the date of this declaration.
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 David P. Grier of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this
declared emergency.
I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Hawaii to
have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:
The City of Honolulu and the County of Honolulu for appropriate
assistance for required emergency protective measures as authorized
under Title V of the Stafford Act, subsection 502(a)(4), to
alleviate the impacts to the public health and safety as a result of
the existence of contaminated standing water.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster
Assistance)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 96-31673 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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