[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5366-5367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2261]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Threshold for 
Recommending a Cost Share Adjustment

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that we are increasing the statewide per 
capita threshold for recommending cost share adjustments for disasters 
declared on or after January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004.

DATES: Effective Date: February 4, 2004. Applicability Date: This 
notice applies to major disasters declared on or after January 1, 2004.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 44 CFR 206.47, FEMA annually 
adjusts the statewide per capita threshold that is used to recommend an 
increase of the Federal cost share from 75 percent (75%) to not more 
than 90 percent (90%) of the eligible cost of permanent work under 
section 406 and emergency work under section 403 and section 407 of the 
Stafford Act. The adjustment to the threshold is based on the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban

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Consumers published annually by the U.S. Department of Labor. For 
disasters declared on January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004, the 
qualifying threshold is $106 of State population.
    We base the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price Index 
for All Urban Consumers of 1.9 percent for the 12-month period ended in 
December 2003. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of 
Labor released the information on January 15, 2004.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community 
Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis 
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034, 
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 
Assistance; 97.048, Individual and Household Housing; 97.049, 
Individual and Household Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050 
Individual and Household Program-Other Needs, 97.036, Public 
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)

Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of 
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 04-2261 Filed 2-3-04; 8:45 am]
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