[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67747-67748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29005]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3156-EM]


New Jersey; 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 Jersey (FEMA-3156-EM), dated November 1, 
2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 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 November 1, 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 Jersey, as result of the West Nile Virus on 
August 5, 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, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 5121 et seq. (the Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that 
such an emergency exists in the State of New Jersey.
    You are authorized 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. Specifically, you are authorized to provide 
emergency protective measures (Category B) at 75 percent Federal 
funding for eligible expenses incurred by local governments. This 
assistance excludes regular time costs for subgrantees' regular 
employees. In addition, you are authorized to provide such other 
forms of assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act, as you may 
deem appropriate.
    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. However, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 5193(b), Federal assistance under this declaration will be 
limited to $5 million. In the event the assistance exceeds $5 
million, you shall report to Congress on the nature and extent of 
emergency assistance and shall propose additional legislation if 
necessary, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5193(b)(3).
    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 Michael Byrne 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 
Jersey to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, 
Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, 
Morries, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren 
Counties 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

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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. 00-29005 Filed 11-09-00; 8:45 am]
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