[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24289]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-3140-EM]
California; 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 California (FEMA-3140-EM), dated September
1, 1999, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646-3772.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated September 1, 1999, 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 emergency conditions in certain areas
of the State of California, resulting from severe fires on August
24, 1999, and continuing are of sufficient severity and magnitude to
warrant an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as
amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare that such an
emergency exists in the State of California.
You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for
required emergency protective measures, including the limited
removal of debris which poses a health and safety hazard to the
general public, as authorized under Title V. This assistance
excludes regular time costs for subgrantees regular employees. Other
forms of assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act may be
provided, as you may deem appropriate.
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 emergency assistance and
administrative expenses.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act will
be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs.
Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.
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 Mark Ghilarducci 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
California to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:
Emergency protective measures, including the limited removal of
debris which poses a health and safety hazard to the general public,
as authorized under Title V. This assistance excludes regular time
costs for subgrantees regular employees for Butte, Shasta, Tehama,
and Tuolome Counties.
(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. 99-24289 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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