[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65577-65578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31674]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-3123-EM]


Rhode Island; 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 Rhode Island (FEMA-3123-EM), dated November 
19, 1996 and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pauline C. Campbell, Response and 
Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, 
DC 20472, (202) 646-3606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated November 19, 1996, 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 damage in certain areas of the State 
of Rhode Island resulting from a major water main break on November 
18, 1996, and continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to 
warrant an emergency declaration under subsection 501(a) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the 
Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that such an emergency exists 
in the State of Rhode Island.
    You are authorized to coordinate all disaster relief efforts 
which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering 
caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide 
appropriate assistance for emergency assistance, authorized under 
Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and 
public health and safety, and lessen or avert the threat of a 
catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are 
authorized to provide for and/or restore water service, under 
emergency assistance as authorized under subsection 502(a).

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    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 
authorized to coordinate and direct other Federal agencies and fund 
activities not authorized under other Federal statutes and allocate 
from funds available for these purposes, such amounts as you find 
necessary for Federal emergency assistance and administrative 
expenses.
    Pursuant to this emergency declaration, you are authorized to 
provide emergency assistance as you deem appropriate under Title V 
of the Stafford Act at 75 percent Federal funding.

    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 Kevin M. Merli 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 Rhode 
Island to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    The counties of Kent and Providence.
    FEMA has been authorized to provide for the emergency provision 
and/or restoration of water service as authorized under Title V of 
the Stafford Act, subsection 502(a), to alleviate the impacts to the 
public health and safety as a result of the water main break.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster 
Assistance)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 96-31674 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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