[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 99 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 32097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12809]



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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3154-EM]


New Mexico; 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 New Mexico (FEMA-3154-EM), dated May 10, 
2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 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 May 10, 2000, 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 New Mexico, resulting from severe fire threats on 
May 10, 2000, 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 New Mexico.
    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 further authorized to 
identify, mobilize, and provide at your discretion, equipment and 
resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency and 
such other forms of assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act, as 
you may deem appropriate. In addition, you are authorized to provide 
emergency protective measures (Category B). This assistance excludes 
regular time costs for subgrantees regular employees. Assistance 
under this emergency is authorized at 75 percent Federal funding for 
eligible costs.
    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 Mark S. Ghilarducci 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 State of New 
Mexico to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:
    The counties of Los Alamos, Sandoval and Santa Fe for assistance as 
specified in the declaration letter quoted above.

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. 00-12809 Filed 5-19-00; 8:45 am]
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