[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1087]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1451-DR]


South 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 South Carolina (FEMA-1451-DR), dated January 
8, 2003, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 2003.

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 January 8, 2003, 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 South 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 South 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 limited to 
debris removal (Category A), emergency protective measures (Category 
B), and utilities (Category F) in the designated areas, and Hazard 
Mitigation throughout the State, 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 Charles M. Butler 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 South 
Carolina to have been affected adversely by this declared major 
disaster:

    Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, and York 
Counties for debris removal (Category A), emergency protective 
measures (Category B), and public utilities (Category F) under the 
Public Assistance program.

    All counties within the State of South Carolina 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. 03-1087 Filed 1-16-03; 8:45 am]
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