[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-612]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1134-DR]


North Carolina; Amendment to Notice of a Major Disaster 
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for North 
Carolina, (FEMA-1134-DR), dated September 6, 1996, and related 
determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated December 6, 1996, the President amended the cost-sharing 
arrangements concerning Federal funds provided under the authority of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 51521 et seq.), in a letter to James L. Witt, Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of North Carolina, resulting from Hurricane Fran on September 5 
through October 21, 1996, is of sufficient severity and magnitude 
that special conditions are warranted regarding the cost-sharing 
arrangements concerning Federal funds provided under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (``the 
Stafford Act'') for the Public Assistance program.
    Therefore, I amend my previous declaration to authorize Federal 
funds for Public Assistance at 90 percent of total eligible costs, 
except for direct Federal assistance costs authorized at 100 percent 
Federal funding. This 90 percent reimbursement applies to all 
authorized Public Assistance costs, including debris removal to 
eliminate immediate threats to public health and safety, emergency 
work to save lives and protect public health and safety, and repair 
or reconstruction of uninsured public and private non-profit 
facilities.
    This adjustment to State and local cost sharing applies only to 
Public Assistance costs eligible for such adjustment under the law. 
The law specifically prohibits a similar adjustment for funds 
provided to States for the Individual and Family Grant program. 
These funds will continue to be reimbursed at 75 percent of total 
eligible costs.
    Please notify the Governor of the State of North Carolina and 
the Federal Coordinating Officer of this amendment to my major 
disaster declaration.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster 
Assistance)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-612 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am]
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