[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55127-55128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27547]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3132-EM]


Mississippi; Emergency 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 an 
emergency for the State of Mississippi

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(FEMA-3132-EM), dated September 28, 1998, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 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 September 28, 1998, the President declared an emergency 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 Mississippi, resulting from Hurricane Georges on September 28, 
1998, and continuing 1998, is of sufficient severity and magnitude 
to warrant an emergency 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 an 
emergency exists in the State of Mississippi.
    You are authorized to coordinate all disaster relief efforts 
which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering 
caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide 
appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized 
under Title V of the Stafford Act to save lives, protect property 
and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a 
catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are 
authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at your discretion, 
equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the 
disaster. I have further authorized direct Federal assistance and 
emergency protective measures (Category B) for the first 72 hours at 
100 percent Federal funding, if deemed necessary, and debris removal 
(Category A) at 75 percent Federal funding. The time period for this 
direct Federal assistance and emergency protective measures at 100 
percent Federal funding may be extended by FEMA, if warranted.
    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.

    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 Michael J. Polny 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 
Mississippi to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    FEMA is authorized to provide appropriate assistance for 
required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the 
Stafford Act to save lives, protect property and public health and 
safety, and lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe. 
Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide 
at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate 
the impacts of the disaster.
    Direct Federal assistance and emergency protective measures 
(Category B) for the first 72 hours at 100 percent Federal funding 
and debris removal (Category A) at 75 percent Federal funding will 
be provided for the counties of: Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl 
River, Stone, George, Pike, Walthall, Marion, Lamar, Forrest, Perry, 
Greene, Lawrence, Jefferson Davis, Covington, Jones and Wayne.

(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. 98-27547 Filed 10-13-98; 8:45 am]
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