[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 53803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1603-DR]


Louisiana; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major 
disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-1603-DR), dated August 29, 
2005, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2005.

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 29, 2005, the President declared a major disaster under 
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Louisiana, resulting from Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 
29, 2005, and continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to 
warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 
(the Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster 
exists in the State of Louisiana.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes such 
amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and 
administrative expenses.
    You are authorized to provide Individual Assistance and 
assistance for debris removal and emergency protective measures 
(Categories A and B) under the Public Assistance program, and Hazard 
Mitigation in the designated areas; and any other forms of 
assistance under the Stafford Act you may deem appropriate subject 
to completion of Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs), unless you 
determine the incident is of such unusual severity and magnitude 
that PDAs are not required to determine the need for supplemental 
Federal assistance pursuant to 44 CFR 206.33(d). Direct Federal 
assistance is authorized.
    Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be 
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for 
Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation and the Other Needs Assistance 
under Section 408 of the Stafford Act will be limited to 75 percent 
of the total eligible costs. For a period of up to 72 hours, you are 
authorized to fund assistance for debris removal and emergency 
protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, at 100 
percent of the total eligible costs. Federal funding for debris 
removal will remain at 75 percent.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.

    The time period prescribed for the implementation of section 
310(a), Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility and Public 
Housing Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for a period not to exceed 
six months after the date of this declaration.
    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice 
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Under Secretary for 
Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, 
under Executive Order 12148, as amended, William Lokey, of FEMA is 
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared 
disaster.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Louisiana 
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:

    The parishes of Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, 
Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, 
Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, 
Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Plaquemines, St. Barnard, St. Charles, St. 
Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany, 
Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and 
West Feliciana for Individual Assistance.
    The parishes of Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, 
Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, 
Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, 
Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Plaquemines, St. Barnard, St. Charles, St. 
Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany, 
Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and 
West Feliciana for Public Assistance Categories A and B (debris 
removal and emergency protective measures), including direct Federal 
assistance. For a period of up to 72 hours, assistance for emergency 
protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be 
provided at 100 percent of the total eligible costs. The period of 
up to 72 hours at 100 percent excludes debris removal.
    The parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, 
Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, Desoto, 
East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, 
Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red 
River, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, 
West Carroll, and Winn for Public Assistance Category B (emergency 
protective measures), including direct Federal assistance, will be 
provided at 100 percent of the total eligible costs.
    The parishes of St. Mary, St. Tammany, and Ouachita in the State 
of Louisiana are eligible to apply for assistance under the Hazard 
Mitigation Grant Program.

(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. 05-17994 Filed 9-9-05; 8:45 am]
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