[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35225-35226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17239]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-3126-EM]
Kansas; 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 Kansas (FEMA-3126-EM), dated June 9, 1998,
and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 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 June 9, 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 Kansas, resulting from an explosion on June 8, 1998, is of
sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency
declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, Pub. L. 93-288, as amended (``the Stafford
Act''). I, therefore, declare that such an emergency exists in the
State of Kansas.
Specifically, you are authorized to activate and deploy search
and rescue teams to respond to this event as authorized under
subsection 502(a) of the Stafford Act.
In addition, you are authorized to provide such other forms of
emergency assistance as you may deem necessary.
Emergency assistance which you provide pursuant to this
declaration will be 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 Carolyn J. Coleman 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 Kansas to
have been affected adversely by this declared emergency disaster:
Sedgwick County
FEMA has been authorized to activate and deploy search and
rescue teams to respond to the explosion in Sedgwick County, Kansas,
pursuant to Title V of the Stafford Act.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA)
are to be used
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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. 98-17239 Filed 6-26-98; 8:45 am]
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