03-478. Northern Mariana Islands; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, (FEMA-1447-DR), dated December 11, 2002, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

December 24, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, [phone] or [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is hereby amended to include Individual Assistance for the following area among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of December 11, 2002:

The Island of Rota for Individual Assistance (already designated for debris removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B) under Public Assistance, including direct Federal assistance, at 75 percent Federal funding).

(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); 83.556, Fire Management Assistance; 83.558, Individual and Household Housing; 83.559, Individual and Household Disaster Housing Operations; 83.560, Individual and Household Program—Other Needs, 83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)

Joe M. Allbaugh,

Director.