[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10269]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1175-DR]


Minnesota; 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 State of Minnesota (FEMA-1175-DR), dated April 8, 
1997, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 8, 1997.

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 April 8, 1997, 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 State 
of Minnesota, resulting from severe flooding, severe winter storms, 
snowmelt, high winds, rain, and ice on March 21, 1997, 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 (``the Stafford Act''). I, 
therefore, declare that such a major disaster exists in the State of 
Minnesota.
    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 Hazard 
Mitigation in the designated areas. Further, you are authorized to 
provide reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protective 
measures under the Public Assistance program. Should snow removal 
assistance be necessary, you are authorized to provide reimbursement 
for the costs of equipment, contracts, and personnel overtime that 
are required to clear one lane in each direction along snow 
emergency routes (or select primary roads in those communities 
without such designated roadways) to hospitals, nursing homes, and 
other critical facilities. Other categories of assistance under the 
Public Assistance program may be added at a later date, as you deem 
appropriate. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance 
be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act 
for Public Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs.

    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 John McKay 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 Minnesota 
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:

    Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Clay, Kittson, Lac Qui 
Parle, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, 
Sherburne, Stearns, Swift, Traverse, Washington, Wilkin, Wright, and 
Yellow Medicine Counties for Individual Assistance, Hazard 
Mitigation, and Categories A and B under the Public Assistance 
program.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster 
Assistance.)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-10269 Filed 4-21-97; 8:45 am]
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