[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9668-9669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4728]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3172-EM]


Louisiana; Emergency 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 an 
emergency for the State of Louisiana: Space Shuttle Columbia (FEMA-
3172-EM), dated February 1, 2003, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 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 memorandum 
dated February 1, 2003, the President declared an emergency 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 emergency conditions in certain areas 
of the State of Louisiana in connection with the events relating to 
the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, are of 
sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency 
declaration under section to make this declaration pursuant to 
section 501(b) of the Stafford Act includes the fact that the space 
shuttle and the space program are Federal property and Federal 
programs. I, therefore, declare that such an emergency exists in the 
State of Louisiana.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 
authorized to coordinate and direct other Federal agencies and fund 
activities not authorized under other Federal statutes and allocate 
from funds available for these purposes, such amounts as you find 
necessary for Federal emergency assistance and administrative 
expenses.
    Pursuant to this emergency declaration, you are authorized to 
provide emergency assistance as you deem appropriate under title V 
of the Stafford Act at 100 percent Federal funding.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.


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    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 Alexander S. Wells of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer 
for this declared emergency.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Louisiana 
to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    Bossier, Caddo, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Sabine, and 
Vernon Parishes for debris removal (Category A), and emergency 
protective measures (Category B), at 100 percent Federal funding 
under the Public Assistance 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. 03-4728 Filed 2-27-03; 8:45 am]
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