[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24293]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3142-EM]


Texas; 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 Texas (FEMA-3142-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 Texas, resulting from extreme fire hazards on August 
1, 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, P.L. 93-288, as 
amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare that such an 
emergency exists in the State of Texas.
    You are authorized to coordinate with other Federal agencies to 
provide any form of direct Federal assistance which you deem 
appropriate for required emergency measures, authorized under the 
Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and 
safety, and lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 
designated areas. You are also authorized to provide reimbursement 
for the eligible costs associated with the pre-staging of Emergency 
Management Assistance Compact and State fire suppression assets. 
Reimbursement for costs associated with suppressing wildland fires 
will continue to be authorized under Section 420 of the Stafford 
Act. This assistance excludes regular time costs for subgrantees 
regular employees. In addition, you are authorized to provide such 
other forms of assistance under the Stafford Act, as you may deem 
appropriate.
    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. Consistent with the requirement that 
Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under 
the Stafford Act 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.

    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 E. 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 Texas to 
have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    FEMA has been authorized to coordinate with other Federal 
agencies to provide any form of direct Federal assistance 
appropriate for required emergency measures, authorized under the 
Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and 
safety, and lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe. 
Reimbursement for the eligible costs associated with the pre-staging 
of Emergency Management Assistance Compact and State fire 
suppression assets is authorized. Reimbursement for costs associated 
with wildland fires will continue to be authorized under Section 420 
of the Stafford Act.
    This assistance is for the counties of: Anderson, Andrews, 
Angelina, Archer, Armstrong, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Bastrop, 
Baylor, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, 
Brazos, Brewster, Briscoe, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, 
Calhoun, Callahan, Camp, Carson, Cass, Castro, Chambers, Cherokee, 
Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, 
Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, 
Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, 
Delta, Denton, DeWitt, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, El 
Paso, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, 
Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Gaines, Galveston, Garza, Gillespie, 
Glasscock, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hale, 
Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, 
Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hill, Hockley, Hood, 
Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, 
Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, 
Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Knox, Lamar, Lamb, 
Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Lipscomb, Llano, 
Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Madison, Marion, Martin, Mason, Matagorda, 
McCulloch, McLennan, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam, Mills, 
Mitchell, Montague, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Motley, Nacogdoches, 
Navarro, Newton, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Palo Pinto, 
Panola, Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Polk, Potter, Presidio, Rains, 
Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River, Reeves, Roberts, Robertson, 
Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San 
Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Shelby, Sherman, Smith, 
Somerveil, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, 
Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, 
Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, 
Victoria, Walker, Waller, Ward, Washington, Wharton, Wheeler, 
Wichita, Wilbarger, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Wood, Yoakum, 
and Young.

(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. 99-24293 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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