[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 26758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12343]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1272-DR]


Oklahoma; 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 Oklahoma (FEMA-1272-DR), dated May 4, 1999 
and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated May 4, 1999, 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 Oklahoma, resulting from tornadoes and severe storms on May 3-4, 
1999, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major 
disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended (``the 
Stafford Act'').
    I, therefore, declare that such a major disaster exists in the 
State of Oklahoma.
    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, debris 
removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B) under 
the Public Assistance program, and Hazard Mitigation in the 
designated areas and other forms of assistance under the Stafford 
Act you may deem appropriate. 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.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.

    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 Robert Hendrix 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 Oklahoma 
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:

    Caddo, Cleveland, Creek, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma, Kingfisher, 
Lincoln, Logan, Pottawatomie, and Tulsa Counties for Individual 
Assistance and debris removal and emergency protective measures 
(Categories A and B) under the Public Assistance program.

    All counties within the State of Oklahoma 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. 99-12343 Filed 5-14-99; 8:45 am]
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