[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3333]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-3301-EM; Docket ID FEMA-2008-0018]


Arkansas; 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 Arkansas (FEMA-3301-EM), dated January 28, 
2009, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: January 28, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated January 28, 2009, the President issued 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 Arkansas resulting from a severe winter storm 
beginning on January 26, 2009, and continuing, 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 Arkansas.
    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 debris removal and emergency 
protective measures (Category B), limited to 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, W. 
Michael Moore, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating 
Officer for this declared emergency.
    The following areas of the State of Arkansas have been designated 
as adversely affected by this declared emergency:

    Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, 
Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, 
Garland, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, 
Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, 
Newton, Perry, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, St. 
Francis, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, 
Washington, White, Woodruff, and Yell Counties 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.)

Nancy Ward,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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