[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 16302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8073]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1447-DR]


Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Amendment No. 5 to 
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, (FEMA-1447-DR), dated 
December 11, 2002, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 11, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that special 
conditions are warranted regarding the cost-sharing arrangements 
concerning Federal funds provided under the authority of Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-
5206 (Stafford Act). Therefore, consistent with the Insular Areas Act, 
48 U.S.C. 1469a(d), and the President's declaration letter dated 
December 11, 2002, Federal funds for Public Assistance, including 
direct Federal assistance, and Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs, and 
for Other Needs Assistance under the Individuals and Households Program 
are authorized at 90 percent of total eligible costs for the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(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); 83.542, Fire Suppression 
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.)

Michael D. Brown,
Acting Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 03-8073 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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