[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 69 (Monday, April 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16884-16885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8378]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1829-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2008-0018]


North Dakota; Major Disaster 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 a major 
disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1829-DR), dated March 24, 
2009, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 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 March 24, 2009, the President declared a major disaster under the 
authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of North Dakota resulting from severe storms and flooding beginning 
on March 13, 2009, 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 North Dakota.
    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 assistance for emergency 
protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal 
assistance under the Public Assistance program in the designated 
areas and any other forms of assistance under the Stafford Act that 
you deem appropriate subject to completion of Preliminary Damage 
Assessments (PDAs), unless you determine that 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).
    Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is 
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for 
Public Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs. If Other Needs Assistance is later requested and 
warranted and if Hazard Mitigation is later warranted, Federal 
funding under these programs will also be limited to 75 percent of 
the total eligible costs.
    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, under 
Executive Order 12148, as amended, Michael J. Hall, of FEMA is 
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared 
disaster.

    The following areas of the State of North Dakota have been 
designated as adversely affected by this declared major disaster:
    Adams, Barnes, Benson, Billings, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, 
Dickey, Dunn, Emmons, Foster, Grand Forks, Grant, Hettinger, Kidder, 
LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Nelson, 
Oliver, Pembina, Ramsey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Sioux, Stark, 
Stutsman, Walsh, and Williams Counties and the Standing Rock and 
Spirit Lake Indian Reservations for emergency protective measures 
(Category B), including direct Federal assistance.

(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

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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.
[FR Doc. E9-8378 Filed 4-10-09; 8:45 am]
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