[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24969-24970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12007]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 206

RIN 3067-AC67


Disaster Assistance; Public Assistance Program Appeals; Hazard 
Mitigation Grant Program Appeals

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Correction of final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the final rule published on Wednesday, 
April 8, 1998 (63 FR 17108). The rule pertains to review and 
disposition of appeals related to Public Assistance grants and the 
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1998.

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, about 
HMGP appeals; or Melissa M. Howard, Response and Recovery Directorate, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20472, (202) 646-3053, facsimile (202) 646-3304, about Public 
Assistance appeals.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
published a final rule on April 8, 1998 that changed from three to two 
the number of appeals allowed from decisions made about Public 
Assistance grants and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. As published 
the final rule contained two incorrect citations, the one in the 
Supplementary Information, and the other in the rule. In the Background 
statement of the Supplementary Information, the text read 44 CFR 
202.206 and should have read 44 CFR 206.206. In the rule, 
Sec. 206.206(e)(2) read 44 CFR 206.440 and should have read 44 CFR 
206.206.
    Accordingly, the final rule published as FR Doc. 98-9207 on April 
8, 1998, 63 FR 17108, is corrected as follows:
    (a) On page 17108, in the third column, under Supplementary 
Information, Background, in the first paragraph the second sentence is 
corrected to read as follows:

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Background

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Current FEMA regulations at 44 CFR 206.206 and 206.440 provide for a 
three-stage appellate process, with appeals directed to the Regional 
Director, the Associate Director, and to the Director.
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    (b) On page 17111, in the first column, Sec. 206.206(e)(2) is 
corrected to read as follows:


Sec. 206.206  Appeals

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    (e) * * *
    (2) Appeals pending from a decision of an Associate Director/
Executive Associate Director before May 8, 1998 may be appealed to the 
Director in accordance with 44 CFR 206.206 as it existed before May 8, 
1998 (44 CFR, revised as of October 1, 1997).
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    Dated: April 28, 1998.
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-12007 Filed 5-5-98; 8:45 am]
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