[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28167]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 206

RIN: 1660-AA17


Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; Correction

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

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: FEMA announces a technical correction to 44 CFR 206.435 which 
was amended in the Federal Register on August 30, 1990, at 55 FR 35532 
and again amended on February 26, 2002, at 67 FR 8844. This document 
corrects a reference made in Sec.  206.435 to the old Sec.  206.434 
(b), now paragraph (c).

DATES: This document is effective November 10, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Lawless, Division Director, 
FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 417, Washington, DC 20472; 202-646-3027.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    FEMA announces a technical correction to 44 CFR 206.435. The final 
rule entitled Disaster Assistance; Hazard Mitigation Grant Program 
(Subpart N) was published on August 30, 1990, at 55 FR 35532. Changes 
to the rule at Sec.  206.434 were subsequently published on February 
26, 2002, at 67 FR 8844. These changes resulted in Sec.  206.434 
redesignating Minimum project criteria from paragraph (b) to (c). This 
correcting amendment changes a reference to the old paragraph (b), to 
paragraph (c) at Sec.  206.435(b).

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulations contain an error which may 
prove misleading, and needs to be clarified.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 206

    Administrative practice and procedure, Disaster assistance, Grant 
programs, Mitigation planning, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

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Accordingly, 44 CFR part 206 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 206--FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTERS DECLARED ON OR 
AFTER NOVEMBER 23, 1988

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1. The authority citation for part 206 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 
1978, 43 FR 41943, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 
19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376; E.O. 12148, 44 FR 43239, 3 CFR, 
1979 Comp., p. 412; and E.O. 12673, 54 FR 12571, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., 
p. 214.

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2. Revise the inductory text of paragraph (b) of Sec.  206.435 to read 
as follows:


Sec.  206.435  Project identification and selection criteria.

* * * * *
    (b) Selection. The State will establish procedures and priorities 
for the selection of mitigation measures. At a minimum, the criteria 
must be consistent with the criteria stated in Sec.  206.434(c) and 
include:
* * * * *

    Dated: October 31, 2003.
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of 
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 03-28167 Filed 11-7-03; 8:45 am]
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