[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24351]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3169-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-3169-EM), dated September 
19, 2001, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Readiness, Response and 
Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, 
DC 20472, (202) 646-2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated September 19, 2001, the President declared an emergency under the 
authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5204c (the Stafford Act), as follows:

    Pursuant to the request of the Acting Governor of the State of 
New Jersey, I hereby declare that an emergency within the meaning of 
Section 501 (a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5204c (the Stafford Act), 
exists in the State of New Jersey.
    I so declare based on the Acting Governor's finding that the 
conditions in New Jersey resulting from fires and explosions in the 
State of New York on September 11, 2001, are of such severity and 
magnitude that effective response requires Federal assistance. These 
events in New York have had a direct and significant impact on New 
Jersey, which has provided response services and emergency measures 
at an extraordinary level due to its immediate proximity to the 
disaster site in New York, as well as its joint responsibility, 
through the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, for 
facilities such as bridges to New York City.
    You are authorized to coordinate all disaster relief efforts 
that have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering of 
the local population caused by the emergency and to provide 
appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, as 
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. You are further 
authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at your discretion 
equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the 
emergency and such other forms of assistance under Title V of the 
Stafford Act, as you may deem appropriate. Specifically, you are 
authorized to provide emergency protective measures (Category B) at 
100 percent Federal funding. This assistance excludes regular time 
costs for subgrantees' regular employees.
    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.
    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 Peter Martinasco 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:

    Emergency protective measures (Category B) under the Public 
Assistance program at 100 percent Federal funding for all 21 
counties in the State of New Jersey.


(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. 01-24351 Filed 9-27-01; 8:45 am]
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