[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52318-52319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25175]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1293-DR]
Commonwealth of Virginia; 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 Virginia (FEMA-1293-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 Virginia, resulting from Hurricane Floyd beginning
on September 13, 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 disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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, Public
Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation in the designated areas.
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 Mr. Robert J. Gunter 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
Virginia to have been affected adversely by this declared major
disaster:
The City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Portsmouth, City
of Newport News, City of
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Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach, and the counties of James City,
Isle of Wight, and Southampton for Individual Assistance and Public
Assistance.
All counties within the Commonwealth of Virginia 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. 99-25175 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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