[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 63426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25965]


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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, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-2705, or (e-mail) [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act) 
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 $15,000 for all disasters declared on or 
after October 1, 2002.
    We also give notice that we are increasing the amount of any Small 
Project Grant made to the State, local government, or to the owner or 
operator of an eligible private nonprofit facility, under Sec. 422 of 
the Act, to $53,000 for all disasters declared on or after October 1, 
2002.
    We base the adjustments on an increase in the Consumer Price Index 
for All Urban Consumers of 1.8 percent for the 12-month period ended in 
August 2002. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of 
Labor released the information on September 18, 2002.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster 
Assistance)
Joe M. Allbaugh,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-25965 Filed 10-10-02; 8:45 am]
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