[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53804-53805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17998]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1604-DR]


Mississippi; 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 Mississippi (FEMA-1604-DR), dated August 29, 
2005, and related determinations.

DATES: 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 Mississippi, resulting from Hurricane Katrina 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 Mississippi.
    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 in the 
designated areas, Hazard Mitigation throughout the State, 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

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costs. For a period of up to 72 hours, you are authorized to fund 
assistance for 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 L. Carwile, III, 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 
Mississippi to have been affected adversely by this declared major 
disaster:

    Amite, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, 
Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Stone, Walthall, and 
Wilkinson Counties for Individual Assistance.
    Adams, Amite, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, 
Clay, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, 
Harrison, Hinds, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson 
Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, 
Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, 
Oktibbeha, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, 
Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, and Winston 
Counties for 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.
    All counties within the State of Mississippi 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. 05-17998 Filed 9-9-05; 8:45 am]
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