[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 79632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32860]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1448-DR]


North Carolina; 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 North Carolina (FEMA-1448-DR), dated December 
12, 2002, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 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 12, 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 State 
of North Carolina resulting from a severe ice storm on December 4-6, 
2002, 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 
State of North Carolina.
    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 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 and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 
percent of the total eligible costs. If Other Needs Assistance under 
Section 408 of the Stafford Act is later requested and warranted, 
Federal funds provided under that program will also 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.

    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 North 
Carolina to have been affected adversely by this declared major 
disaster:

    Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham, 
Cleveland, Davidson, Durham, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, 
Halifax, Harnett, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, McDowell, Mechlenburg, 
Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rowan, 
Rutherford, Stanly, Union, Vance, and Wake Counties for Public 
Assistance.
    Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, 
Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, 
Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Iredell, Lee, 
Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenberg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Orange, 
Person, Randolph, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Union, Vance, and Wake 
Counties 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. 02-32860 Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]
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