[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 52317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25173]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1294-DR]
Pennsylvania; 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 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (FEMA-1294-DR), dated
September 18, 1999, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 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 18, 1999, 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
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, resulting from Hurricane Floyd on
September 16, 1999 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 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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
assistance for debris removal (Category A) and emergency protective
measures (Category B) including direct Federal assistance under
Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation in the designated areas and
other categories of assistance under the Public Assistance you may
deem appropriate. Consistent with the requirement that Federal
assistance be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the
Stafford Act for Public Assistance or Hazard Mitigation 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.
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 Jack Schuback 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 Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to have been affected adversely by this declared major
disaster:
The counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery,
Philadelphia, and York for Individual Assistance.
The counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery,
Philadelphia, and York for debris removal (Category A) and emergency
protective measures (Category B) including direct Federal assistance
under the Public Assistance program.
All counties within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 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. 99-25173 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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