[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10269]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1175-DR]
Minnesota; 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 Minnesota (FEMA-1175-DR), dated April 8,
1997, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 8, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646-3260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated April 8, 1997, 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 Minnesota, resulting from severe flooding, severe winter storms,
snowmelt, high winds, rain, and ice on March 21, 1997, 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 (``the Stafford Act''). I,
therefore, declare that such a major disaster exists in the State of
Minnesota.
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 Individual Assistance and Hazard
Mitigation in the designated areas. Further, you are authorized to
provide reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protective
measures under the Public Assistance program. Should snow removal
assistance be necessary, you are authorized to provide reimbursement
for the costs of equipment, contracts, and personnel overtime that
are required to clear one lane in each direction along snow
emergency routes (or select primary roads in those communities
without such designated roadways) to hospitals, nursing homes, and
other critical facilities. Other categories of assistance under the
Public Assistance program may be added at a later date, as you deem
appropriate. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance
be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act
for Public Assistance 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 John McKay 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 Minnesota
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:
Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Clay, Kittson, Lac Qui
Parle, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau,
Sherburne, Stearns, Swift, Traverse, Washington, Wilkin, Wright, and
Yellow Medicine Counties for Individual Assistance, Hazard
Mitigation, and Categories A and B under the Public Assistance
program.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster
Assistance.)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-10269 Filed 4-21-97; 8:45 am]
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