[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6184-6185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3064]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1198-DR]
State of Maine; Major Disaster 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 a major
disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA-1198-DR), dated January 13, 1998,
and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 13, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency
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Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated January 13, 1998, the President declared a major disaster 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 Maine, resulting from severe ice storms, rain, and high winds
beginning on January 5, 1998, and continuing is of sufficient
severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster 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 a major disaster exists in the State of Maine.
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 disaster assistance and
administrative expenses.
You are authorized to provide Public Assistance and Hazard
Mitigation in the designated areas and any other forms of assistance
under the Stafford Act you may deem appropriate. Consistent with the
requirement that Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal
funds provided under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance or
Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 percent of the total
eligible costs.
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 Robert S. Teeri of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this
declared disaster.
I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Maine to
have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:
The counties of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock,
Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Oxford, Sagadahoc,
Somerset, Waldo, Washington, and York for Public Assistance.
All counties within the State of Maine are eligible to apply for
assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster
Assistance)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-3064 Filed 2-5-98; 8:45 am]
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