[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 53889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21673]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-3290-EM]


Texas; 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 Texas (FEMA-3290-EM), dated August 29, 2008, 
and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated August 29, 2008, the President declared an emergency declaration 
under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act), as 
follows:

    I have determined that the emergency conditions in certain areas 
of the State of Texas resulting from Hurricane Gustav beginning on 
August 27, 2008, 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. 
5121-5207 (the Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such an 
emergency exists in the State of Texas.
    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, and to lessen or avert the threat of a 
catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are 
authorized to provide assistance for 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.
    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, Sandy 
Coachman, of FEMA, is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating 
Officer for this declared emergency.
    The following areas of the State of Texas have been designated as 
adversely affected by this declared emergency:

    Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bee, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, 
Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Collin, Colorado, Dallas, 
Denton, DeWitt, El Paso, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Hardin, 
Harris, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, 
Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Liberty, Lubbock, Matagorda, Montgomery, 
Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Polk, Potter, Refugio, 
Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Shelby, Smith, Starr, Tarrant, 
Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Victoria, Waller, Walker, Webb, 
Wharton, and Willacy for emergency protective measures (Category B), 
including direct Federal assistance, 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; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048, 
Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households in 
Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially 
Declared Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for 
Individuals and Households; 97.050, Presidentially Declared Disaster 
Assistance to Individuals and Households--Other Needs, 97.036, 
Disaster Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared 
Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.)

R. David Paulison,
Administrator,Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8-21673 Filed 9-16-08; 8:45 am]
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