[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61225-61226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27051]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1473-DR]


American Samoa; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster 
Declaration

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for American 
Samoa, (FEMA-1473-DR), dated June 6, 2003, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 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 June 
6, 2003, Federal funds for the Public 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 American Samoa. This cost share is effective as of the date 
of the President's major disaster declaration.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used

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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,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response.
[FR Doc. 03-27051 Filed 10-24-03; 8:45 am]
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