[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 25481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12283]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-3125-EM]
Arkansas; 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 Arkansas (FEMA-3125-EM), dated April 24,
1998, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 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 24, 1998, 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 damage in certain areas of the State
of Arkansas resulting from severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding on
April 16, 1998, 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 (the Stafford
Act). I, therefore, declare that such an emergency exists in the
State of Arkansas.
You are authorized to provide assistance for temporary housing
(provision of mobile homes) pursuant to subsection 502(a)(6) of the
Stafford Act. FEMA will transport and donate the mobile homes to the
State of Arkansas at time of delivery.
Pursuant to this emergency declaration, you are also authorized
to provide emergency assistance, as you deem appropriate under Title
V of the Stafford Act at 75 percent Federal funding.
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 Graham L. Nance of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this
declared emergency.
I do hereby determine the following area of the State of Arkansas
to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:
Mississippi County.
FEMA has been authorized to provide mobile homes pursuant to
subsection 502 (a)(6) of the Stafford Act. FEMA will transport and
donate the mobile homes to the State of Arkansas at the time of
delivery.
(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. 98-12283 Filed 5-7-98; 8:45 am]
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