[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 52 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14281-14282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6541]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1318-DR]


Virginia; 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 Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-1318-DR), dated 
February 28, 2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2000.

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 February 28, 2000, 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 
Commonwealth of Virginia, resulting from a severe winter storm on 
January 25-30, 2000, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to 
warrant a major disaster 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 a major disaster exists in the 
Commonwealth of Virginia.
    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 assistance for debris removal 
(Category A), emergency protective measures (Category B), and 
utilities (Category F) under Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation 
in the designated areas and any 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.

    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 Stephen Emory 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 Commonwealth of 
Virginia to have been affected adversely by this declared major 
disaster:

    The City of Alexandria, City of Colonial Heights, City of 
Emporia, City of Fairfax, City of Franklin, City of Fredericksburg, 
City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg, City of Richmond, City of 
Suffolk, City of Williamsburg, and the counties of Accomack, 
Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, 
Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buchanan, Buckingham, 
Campbell, Caroline, Carroll, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, 
Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Essex, 
Fairfax, Fauquier, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin, Frederick, Giles, 
Goochland, Grayson, Greene, Greensville, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, 
Henry, Highland, Isle of Wight, James City, King George, King 
William, King and Queen, Lancaster, Lee, Loudoun, Louisa, Lunenburg, 
Madison, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Montgomery,

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Nelson, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottoway, Orange, 
Page, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, 
Prince William, Pulaski, Rappahannock, Richmond, Roanoke, 
Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Shenandoah, Smyth, 
Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Sussex, Tazewell, 
Warren, Washington, Westmoreland, Wise, Wythe, and York.

    All counties within the Commonwealth of Virginia 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. 00-6541 Filed 3-15-00; 8:45 am]
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