[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3809]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1503-DR]


Virgin Islands; 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 the 
Virgin Islands, (FEMA-1503-DR), dated December 9, 2003, and related 
determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 10, 2004.

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 9, 2003, Federal funding for the Hazard Mitigation Grant 
Program is authorized at 100 percent of total eligible costs for the 
Virgin 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, Department of 
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 04-3809 Filed 2-20-04; 8:45 am]
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