[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10958]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1214-DR]
Alabama; 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 Alabama (FEMA-1214-DR), dated April 9, 1998,
and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 9, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, 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 9, 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 Alabama, resulting from severe storms and tornadoes beginning on
April 8, 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, Public Law
93-288, as amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare
that such a major disaster exists in the State of Alabama.
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, debris
removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B) under
the Public Assistance program, 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 Glenn C. Woodard, Jr. 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 Alabama
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:
Jefferson, St. Clair, and Tuscaloosa Counties for Individual
Assistance and Categories A and B under the Public Assistance
program.
All counties within the State of Alabama are eligible to apply for
assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
(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. 98-10958 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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