[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24291]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3141-EM]


North Carolina; 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 North Carolina (FEMA-3141-EM), dated 
September 1, 1999, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 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 September 1, 1999, 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 emergency conditions in certain areas 
of the State of North Carolina, resulting from Hurricane Dennis 
beginning on August 29, 1999, and continuing, is of sufficient 
severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
Public Law 93-288, as amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, 
declare that such an emergency exists in the State of North 
Carolina.
    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 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. You are authorized to identify, 
mobilize, and provide at your discretion, equipment and resources 
necessary to alleviate the impacts of the disaster. I have 
authorized emergency protective measures, which includes direct 
Federal assistance at 75 percent Federal funding. This assistance 
excludes regular time costs for subgrantees regular employees.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.

    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 Glenn C. Woodard, Jr. 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 North 
Carolina to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    Emergency protective measures, which includes direct Federal 
assistance at 75 percent Federal funding will be provided for 
Brunswick, Carteret, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, New Hanover, Onslow, 
Pamlico and Pender Counties.

(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. 99-24291 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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