[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69763-69764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32352]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3153-EM]


Massachusetts; 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

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emergency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-3153-EM), dated 
December 6, 1999, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 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 December 6, 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resulting from a fire 
beginning on December 3, 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 Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts.
    You are authorized to provide emergency protective measures 
(Category B) under the Public Assistance Program. You are 
specifically authorized to provide for the activation and deployment 
of search and rescue teams in Worcester County.
    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.

    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 Sharon Lee Stoffel of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer 
for this declared emergency.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts to have been affected adversely by this declared 
emergency:

    FEMA intends to provide emergency protective measures (Category 
B) under the Public Assistance program. Specifically, FEMA is 
authorized to provide for the activation and deployment of search 
and rescue teams in Worcester County. This assistance will be funded 
at 75 percent Federal funding.

(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. 99-32352 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
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