[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22035]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1234-DR]
Indiana; 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 Indiana (FEMA-1234-DR), dated July 22, 1998
and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 22, 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 22, 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:
As requested, I have declared a major disaster under the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, P.L. 93-
288, as amended (the Stafford Act) for the State of Indiana due to
damage resulting from severe storms, tornadoes and flooding on June
11, through July 7, 1998. I have authorized Federal relief and
recovery assistance in the affected area.
Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will be provided.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for
Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs in the designated areas.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will coordinate
Federal assistance efforts and designate specific areas eligible for
such assistance. The Federal Coordinating Officer will be Mr. Philip
Zaferopulos of FEMA. He will consult with you and assist in the
execution of the FEMA-State Disaster Assistance Agreement governing
the expenditure of Federal funds.
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 Philip Zaferopulos 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 Indiana
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:
Fayette, Franklin, Gibson, Greene, Howard, Knox, Lawrence,
Monroe, Montgomery, Orange, Owen, Putnam, and Vigo Counties for
Public Assistance.
All counties within the State of Indiana are eligible to apply for
assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
(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. 98-22035 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]
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