[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79632-79633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32859]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1447-DR]


Northern Mariana Islands; 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 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (FEMA-
1447-

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DR), dated December 11, 2002, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 11, 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 December 11, 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. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, resulting from Super 
Typhoon Pongsona on December 8, 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. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act). I, 
therefore, declare that such a major disaster exists in the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    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 assistance for debris removal and 
emergency protective measures (Categories A and B) under Public 
Assistance, including direct Federal assistance, in the designated 
areas, Hazard Mitigation throughout the Commonwealth, 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 
and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs. If Individual Assistance is later requested and 
warranted, Federal funds provided under the Individuals and 
Households Program will also be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs. You are authorized to make adjustments as warranted 
to the non-Federal cost shares as provided under the Insular Areas 
Act, 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d).
    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 David Fukutomi of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 
declared disaster.
    I do hereby determine the following area of the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands to have been affected adversely by this 
declared major disaster:

    Island of Rota for debris removal and emergency protective 
measures (Categories A and B) under the Public Assistance program.

    All areas within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
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; 83.558, Individual and Household Housing; 83.559, 
Individual and Household Disaster Housing Operations; 83.560 
Individual and Household Program-Other Needs, 83.544, Public 
Assistance Grants; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
Joe M. Allbaugh,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-32859 Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]
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