[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 51831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17788]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-3278-EM]


Minnesota; Emergency and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an 
emergency for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-3278-EM), dated August 21, 
2007, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: August 21, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated August 21, 2007, 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 Minnesota resulting from a bridge collapse on August 
1, 2007, 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 (the Stafford 
Act). Therefore, I declare that such an emergency exists in the 
State of Minnesota for the time period beginning on August 1, 2007, 
and ending on August 15, 2007.
    You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for 
required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the 
Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public 
health and safety in the designated areas for the time period noted 
above. Specifically, you are authorized to provide assistance for 
emergency protective measures (Category B), 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.
    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.
    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 emergency 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 Administrator, Department 
of Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Carlos 
Mitchell, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating 
Officer for this declared emergency.
    I do hereby determine the following area of the State of Minnesota 
to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    Hennepin County for emergency protective measures (Category B) 
under the Public Assistance 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, 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,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 [FR Doc. E7-17788 Filed 9-10-07; 8:45 am]
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