[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26854-26855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12159]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1367-DR]


Iowa; 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 Iowa (FEMA-1367-DR), dated May 2, 2001, and 
related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 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 May 2, 2001, 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, as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Iowa, resulting from severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding 
beginning on April 8, 2001, 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 (Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that such a 
major disaster exists in the State of Iowa.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 
authorized to allocate from funds

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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 
assistance for debris removal (Category A) and emergency protective 
measures (Category B) under Public 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 Public Assistance or 
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.

    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 Michael Bolch 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 Iowa to 
have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:

Allamakee, Buchanan, Clayton, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jackson, 
Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Ringgold, Scott, and Wapello Counties for 
Individual Assistance.
Clayton, Jackson, Lee, Louisa, Ringgold, and Scott Counties for 
debris removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and 
B) under the Public Assistance Program.

    All counties within the State of Iowa 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)

Joe M. Allbaugh,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-12159 Filed 5-14-01; 8:45 am]
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