[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63658-63659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26118]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1437-DR]


Louisiana; 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 Louisiana, (FEMA-1437-DR), dated October 3, 
2002, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 2002.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated October 3, 2002, the President declared a major disaster under 
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  5121-5206 (Stafford Act), as 
follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Louisiana, resulting from Hurricane Lili beginning on October 1, 
2002, 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. Sec. Sec.  
5121-5206 (Stafford Act).
    I, therefore, declare that such a major disaster exists in the 
State of Louisiana.
    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 Individual Assistance and 
assistance for debris removal (Category A) and emergency protective 
measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance under the 
Public Assistance program in the designated areas, and Hazard 
Mitigation throughout the State, and any other forms of assistance 
under the Stafford Act you may deem appropriate subject to 
completion of Preliminary Damage Assessments. Consistent with the 
requirement that Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal 
funds provided under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance, Hazard 
Mitigation, and the Individual and Family Grant program 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 Carlos Mitchell 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 Louisiana 
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:

    Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, 
Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson, 
Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, 
St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. 
Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and 
Vermillion Parishes for Individual Assistance.
    Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, 
Cameron, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson 
Davis, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Natchitoches, 
Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Bernard, St. 
Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, 
St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne,

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Vermillion, and West Baton Rouge Parishes for debris removal 
(Category A) and emergency protective measures (Category B), 
including direct Federal assistance under the Public Assistance 
program.

    All parishes within the State of Louisiana 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); 83.556, Fire Management 
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. 02-26118 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
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