[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19828]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1233-DR]
New York; 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 New York (FEMA-1233-DR), dated July 7, 1998,
and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 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 July 7, 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 New York, resulting from severe storms and flooding beginning on
June 25, 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, P.L. 93-
288, as amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare that
such a major disaster exists in the State of New York.
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 and Public
Assistance 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 will be
limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. If Hazard
Mitigation is later requested, Federal funds provided under that
program will also 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 Marianne C. Jackson 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 New York
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:
Cattaraugus, Clinton, Erie, Essex and Wyoming Counties for
Individual Assistance.
Cattaraugus, Clinton, Erie, Essex, Franklin and Wyoming Counties
for Public 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. 98-19828 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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