[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 191 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58770-58771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25243]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY


Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant Amounts

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that we are increasing the maximum amounts 
for Individual and Family Grants and Small Project Grants to State and 
local governments and private nonprofit facilities for disasters 
declared on or after October 1, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2000.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., prescribes that 
we (FEMA) must adjust annually grants made under section 411, 
Individual and Family grant Program, and Small Project Grants made 
under section 422, Simplified Procedure, relating to the Public 
Assistance program, to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for 
All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor.
    We give notice that we are increasing the maximum amount of any 
grant made to an individual or family for disaster-related serious 
needs and necessary expenses under section 411 of the Act, with respect 
to any single disaster, to $14,400 for all disasters declared on or 
after October 1, 2000.
    We also give notice that we are increasing the amounts of any Small 
Project Grant made to the State, local government, or to the owner or 
operator of an eligible private nonprofit facility, under section 422 
of the Act, to $50,600 for all disasters declared on or after October 
1, 2000.
    We base the adjustments on an increase in the Consumer Price Index 
for All Urban Consumers of 3.4 percent for the 12-month period ended in 
August 2000. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of 
Labor released the information on September 15, 2000.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster 
Assistance)

    Dated: September 22, 2000.
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-25243 Filed 9-29-00; 8:45 am]
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