[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 61457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27053]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1430-DR]


Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Amendment No. 2 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 the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, (FEMA-1430-DR), dated 
August 6, 2002, 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 August 
6, 2002, Federal funding for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program has 
now been increased from 90 percent to 100 percent of total eligible 
costs for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 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 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. 03-27053 Filed 10-27-03; 8:45 am]
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