[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10888-10889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4131]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1359-DR]


Florida; 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 Florida (FEMA-1359-DR), dated February 5, 
2001, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2001.

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 5, 2001, the President declared a major disaster under 
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, 42 USC 5121, et seq., as amended by the Disaster 
Mitigation Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-390, 114 Stat. 1552 (2000), as 
follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Florida, resulting from a severe freeze on December 1, 2000, 
through January 25, 2001, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to 
warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 USC 5121, et seq., 
as amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-
390, 114 Stat. 1552 (2000) (Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare 
that such a major disaster exists in the State of Florida.
    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 Disaster Unemployment Assistance 
and Hazard Mitigation in the designated areas and any other forms of 
assistance under the Stafford Act you may deem appropriate in the 
designated areas. 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.
    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 Bolch of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency

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to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared disaster.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Florida 
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:

    The counties of Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, 
Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Dixie, Miami-Dade, 
DeSoto, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Glades, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, 
Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lafayette, Lake, 
Lee, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Nassau, Okeechobee, 
Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, 
Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Suwannee, Sumter, Union, 
and Volusia for Disaster Unemployment Assistance under the 
Individual Assistance program.

    All counties within the State of Florida 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.)

G. Clay Hollister,
Acting Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-4131 Filed 2-16-01; 8:45 am]
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