[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 129 (Monday, July 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36289-36290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17654]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY


Disaster Assistance; Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (Subpart N)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice revises the current designation process for 
disaster declarations for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant 
Program (HMGP), authorized by Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert F. Shea, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472; (202) 646-3619, 
(facsimile) (202) 646-3104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the past, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program 
(HMCP) funds were only available in counties designated eligible by 
FEMA for Individual Assistance (IA) or Public Assistance (PA). Pursuant 
to the Stafford Act, both PA and IA funds address damage or hardship 
resulting from the major disaster, however, HMGP funds are intended to 
reduce the

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risk future damage or hardship. As a result, FEMA has determined that 
the use of HMGP funds should not be limited only to counties designated 
eligible for IA or PA funds. Therefore, this notice makes pubic that 
following the declaration of a major disaster by the President, all 
counties within the State may be designated by FEMA as eligible for 
HMGP funds. The process of requesting that FEMA designate areas for 
assistance will remain unchanged.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster 
Assistance)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-17654 Filed 7-3-97; 8:45 am]
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