[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66916-66917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31090]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3152-EM]


U.S. Virgin Islands; 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 U.S. Virgin Islands (FEMA-3152-EM), dated November 
17, 1999, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 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 November 17, 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 the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, resulting from Hurricane Lenny on November 17, 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 U.S. Virgin Islands.
    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 
emergency. I have further authorized direct Federal assistance, at 
75 percent Federal funding. This assistance excludes regular time 
costs for subgrantees regular employees. In addition, you are 
authorized to provide such other forms of assistance under Title V 
of 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.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.


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    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 Barbara T. Russell of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer 
for this declared emergency.
    I do hereby determine the U.S. Virgin Islands to have been affected 
adversely by this declared emergency:

    The U.S. Virgin Islands for assistance as follows:
    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, 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 at 75 percent Federal funding 
will be provided.

(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. 99-31090 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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