[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10020-10021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5141]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1203-DR]


State of California; 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 California (FEMA-1203-DR), dated February 9, 
1998, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, 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 February 9, 1998, 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 California, resulting from severe winter storms and flooding 
beginning on February 2, 1998, 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, 
Pub. L. 93-288 as amended, (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, 
declare that such a major disaster exists in the State of 
California.
    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, 
reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protective measures 
under the Public Assistance program, and Hazard Mitigation in the 
designated areas and any other forms of assistance under the 
Stafford Act you may deem appropriate.

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Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be 
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for 
Public Assistance or Hazard Mitigation 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 Dorothy M. Lacey 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 
California to have been affected adversely by this declared major 
disaster:

    Alameda, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, 
Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, San 
Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, 
Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, 
Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba Counties for Individual Assistance and 
reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protective measures 
under the Public Assistance program (Categories A and B).

    All counties within the State of California are eligible to apply 
for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

(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); 83.542, Fire Suppression 
Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program; 
83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing Program; 
83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-5141 Filed 2-26-98; 8:45 am]
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