[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56929-56930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19450]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-3260-EM]


Louisiana; Emergency 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 an 
emergency for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-3260-EM), dated September 
21, 2005, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 21, 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 September 21, 2005, the President declared an emergency 
declaration 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 emergency conditions in certain areas 
of the State of Louisiana resulting from Hurricane Rita beginning on 
September 20, 2005, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and 
magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 
5121-5206 (Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such an 
emergency exists in the State of Louisiana.
    You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for 
required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the 
Stafford Act to save lives, protect public health and safety, and 
property or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 
designated areas. Specifically, you are authorized to provide 
emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal 
assistance, under the Public Assistance program. This assistance 
excludes regular time costs for subgrantees' regular employees. In 
addition, you are authorized to provide such other forms of 
assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act as you may deem 
appropriate.

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    Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be 
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for 
Public Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs. For a period of up to 72 hours, you are authorized 
to provide assistance for emergency protective measures, including 
direct Federal assistance, at 100 percent Federal funding of the 
total eligible costs.
    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.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice 
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Acting Under Secretary for 
Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, 
under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Vice Admiral Thad Allen, of 
the United States Coast Guard is appointed to act as the Federal 
Coordinating Officer for this declared emergency.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Louisiana 
to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    All 64 parishes in the State of Louisiana for Public Assistance 
Category B (emergency protective measures), including direct Federal 
assistance, at 75 percent Federal funding of the total eligible 
costs.
    For a period of up to 72 hours, assistance for emergency 
protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be 
provided at 100 percent Federal funding of the total eligible costs.

(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, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049, 
Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050, 
Individuals and Households Program--Other Needs; 97.036, Public 
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)

R. David Paulison,
Acting Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department 
of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 05-19450 Filed 9-28-05; 8:45 am]
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