99-31654. Virginia; Emergency and Related Determinations  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 68355]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-31654]
    
    
    
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    FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
    
    [FEMA-3147-EM]
    
    
    Virginia; 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 Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-3147-EM), dated 
    September 16, 1999, and related determinations.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: September 16, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
    Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
    (202) 646-3772.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
    dated September 16, 1999, 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 
    Commonwealth of Virginia, resulting from Hurricane Floyd beginning 
    on September 13, 1999, and continuing is of sufficient severity and 
    magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration under the Robert T. 
    Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, P.L. 93-288, 
    as amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare that such 
    an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
        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, or to lessen or avert the threat of a 
    catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are 
    authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at your discretion, 
    equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the 
    emergency. I have further authorized debris removal (Category A) and 
    emergency protective measures (Category B) including direct Federal 
    assistance, at 75 percent Federal funding. This assistance excludes 
    regular time costs for subgrantees regular employees. In addition, 
    you are authorized to provide such other forms of assistance under 
    the Stafford Act, as you may deem appropriate.
        In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 
    authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes, such 
    amounts as you find necessary for Federal emergency assistance and 
    administrative expenses.
        Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
    to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.
    
        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 Robert J. Gunter 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 Commonwealth of 
    Virginia to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:
    
        FEMA intends 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, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe 
    in the designated areas. Specifically, FEMA is authorized to 
    identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and 
    resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. FEMA 
    is further authorized to provide debris removal (Category A) and 
    emergency protective measures (Category B) including direct Federal 
    assistance, at 75 percent Federal funding.
        This assistance is for: the City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, 
    City of Portsmouth, City of Poquoson, City of Newport News, City of 
    Norfolk, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach, and the counties 
    of Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, 
    Northumberland, Northampton, Richmond, Sussex, Westmoreland, and 
    York.
    
    (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. 99-31654 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
9/16/1999
Published:
12/07/1999
Department:
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
99-31654
Dates:
September 16, 1999.
Pages:
68355-68355 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FEMA-3147-EM
PDF File:
99-31654.pdf