[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26756-26757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12346]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-3139-EM]
Florida; 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 Florida (FEMA-3139-EM), dated April 27,
1999, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 1999.
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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 April 27, 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 emergency conditions in certain areas
of the State of Florida, resulting from fire hazards on April 15,
1999, 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, P.L. 93-288, as amended (``the Stafford Act''). I,
therefore, declare that such an emergency exists in the State of
Florida.
You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for
required emergency protective measures as authorized under Title V,
excluding regular time costs for subgrantees regular employees. The
assistance provided under this declaration does not include debris
removal assistance.
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.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act will
be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs.
You are further 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 Paul W. Fay 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 Florida
to have been affected adversely by this declared an emergency:
The counties of Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Broward,
Calhoun, Charlotte, Collier, Columbia, Dade, Desoto, Franklin,
Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry,
Highlands, Hillsborough, Holms, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson,
Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Monroe, Okeechobee,
Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota,
Seminole, St. Lucie, Swannee, Union, Wakulla, Walton, and
Washington. FEMA will provide appropriate assistance for required
emergency protective measures as authorized under Title V of the
Stafford Act. The assistance provided under this declaration does
not include debris removal assistance.
(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. 99-12346 Filed 5-14-99; 8:45 am]
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