[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 24656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11737]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1173-DR]
South Dakota; Amendment to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the
State of South Dakota (FEMA-1173-DR), dated April 7, 1997, and related
determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 22, 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 22, 1997, the President amended the cost-sharing
arrangements concerning Federal funds provided under the authority of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 51521 et seq.), in a letter to James L. Witt, Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, as follows:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State
of South Dakota, resulting, from severe flooding, severe winter
storms, heavy spring rain, rapid snowmelt, high winds, and ice jams
beginning on February 3, 1997, and continuing, is of sufficient
severity and magnitude that the provision of direct Federal
assistance to ensure public health and safety is warranted under the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(``the Stafford Act'').
Therefore, I amend my declaration of April 7, 1997 to provide
that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may reimburse
100 percent of the costs of providing direct Federal assistance for
emergency work which FEMA approves retroactive to April 7, 1997
through April 30, 1997. This assistance may be provided to all
counties currently designated under the major disaster declaration.
You may extend this assistance for an additional period of time, if
warranted.
Please notify the Governor of South Dakota and the Federal
Coordinating Officer of this amendment to my major disaster
declaration.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster
Assistance)
Dated: April 28, 1997.
Jane A. Bullock,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-11737 Filed 5-5-97; 8:45 am]
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