[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 52025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19332]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1539-DR]


Florida; Amendment No. 3 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 
State of Florida (FEMA-1539-DR), dated August 13, 2004, and related 
determinations.

DATES: Effective August 16, 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, in a letter 
dated August 16, 2004, the President amended the cost-sharing 
arrangements concerning Federal funds provided under the authority of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 
U.S.C. 5121-5206 (Stafford Act), in a letter to Michael D. Brown, Under 
Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of 
Homeland Security, on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Florida, resulting from Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane 
Charley beginning on August 11, 2004, and continuing, is of 
sufficient severity and magnitude that special conditions are 
warranted regarding the cost sharing arrangements concerning Federal 
funds provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act).
    Therefore, I amend my declaration of August 13, 2004, to 
authorize Federal funds for debris removal (Category A) and 
emergency protective measures (Category B) under Public Assistance 
at 100 percent Federal funding of total eligible costs for the first 
72 hours, and 100 percent Federal funding for direct Federal 
assistance. The law specifically prohibits a similar adjustment for 
funds provided to States for the Individuals and Households Program 
and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. These funds will continue 
to be reimbursed at 75 percent of the total eligible costs.
    This adjustment to State and local cost sharing applies only to 
Public Assistance costs eligible for such adjustment under the law.
    Please notify the Governor of Florida and the Federal 
Coordinating Officer of this amendment to my major disaster 
declaration.

    These cost shares are 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: 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. 04-19332 Filed 8-23-04; 8:45 am]
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