[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25872-25873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10935]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1905-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2010-0002]


Virginia; 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 Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-1905-DR), dated April 
27, 2010, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: April 27, 2010.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Recovery 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 April 27, 2010, the President issued a major disaster declaration 
under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford 
Act''), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the 
Commonwealth of Virginia resulting from severe winter storms and 
snowstorms during the period of February 5-11, 2010, 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 et seq. (the ``Stafford 
Act''). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in 
the Commonwealth of Virginia.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes in 
such amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance 
and administrative expenses.
    You are authorized to provide Public Assistance in the 
designated areas and Hazard Mitigation throughout the Commonwealth. 
You are further authorized to provide emergency protective measures, 
including snow assistance, under the Public Assistance program for 
any continuous 48-hour period during or proximate to the incident 
period. You may extend the period of assistance, as warranted. This 
assistance excludes regular time costs for the sub-grantees' regular 
employees.
    Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is 
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for 
Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 
percent of the total eligible costs.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
for the approved assistance 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, Regis Leo Phelan of FEMA is 
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major 
disaster.
    The following areas of the Commonwealth of Virginia have been 
designated as adversely affected by this major disaster:

    The counties of Albemarle, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta, 
Buckingham, Caroline, Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax, 
Fauquier, Fluvanna, Frederick, Greene, Highland, King George, 
Loudoun, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Prince William, 
Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Tazewell, and 
Warren, and the independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls 
Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, Waynesboro, and 
Winchester for Public Assistance.
    The counties of Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, 
Frederick, Highland, Loudoun, Prince William, Shenandoah, 
Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren, and the independent cities of 
Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, 
Waynesboro, and Winchester for emergency protective measures 
(Category B), including snow assistance, under the Public Assistance 
program for any continuous 48-hour period during or proximate to the 
incident period.
    All counties within the Commonwealth of Virginia are eligible to 
apply for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant 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.

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-10935 Filed 5-7-10; 8:45 am]
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