[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55026-55027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23351]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1340-DR]


Montana; 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 State of Montana (FEMA-1340-DR), dated August 30, 
2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 30, 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 August 30, 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 State 
of Montana, resulting from wildfires on July 13, 2000 and 
continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a 
major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 
Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that such a major disaster 
exists in the State of Montana.
    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 Individual 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 Hazard Mitigation will be 
limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. If Public 
Assistance is later requested and warranted, Federal funds provided 
under that program will also 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.
    The time period prescribed for the implementation of section 
310(a), Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility and 
Public Housing Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for a period not 
to exceed six months after the date of this declaration.
    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 Carlos Mitchell 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 
Montana to have been affected adversely by this declared major 
disaster:

    The counties of Beaverhead, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Deer 
Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Judith 
Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, 
Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, 
Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, and Wheatland for Individual 
Assistance.
    The Blackfeet Indian Reservation and Flathead Indian Reservation 
for Individual Assistance.
    All counties within the State of Montana 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

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Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-23351 Filed 9-11-00; 8:45 am]
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