[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 56360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24676]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4404-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2018-0001]


Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; 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 the Northern Mariana Islands (FEMA-
4404-DR), dated October 26, 2018, and related determinations.

DATES: The declaration was issued October 26, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and 
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2833.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated October 26, 2018, 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 the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands resulting from Super Typhoon Yutu beginning 
on October 24, 2018, 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 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare that such 
a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands.
    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 Individual Assistance and 
assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B) under the 
Public Assistance program in the designated areas, Hazard Mitigation 
throughout the Commonwealth, and any other forms of assistance under 
the Stafford Act that you deem appropriate subject to completion of 
Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs). Direct Federal assistance is 
authorized.
    Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is 
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for 
Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and Other Needs Assistance 
will be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. For a 
period of 30 days, you are authorized to fund assistance for 
emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, 
at 100 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 time period prescribed for the implementation of section 
310(a), Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility and Public 
Housing Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for a period not to exceed 
six months after the date of this declaration.
    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice 
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, under 
Executive Order 12148, as amended, Benigno Bern Ruiz, of FEMA is 
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major 
disaster.
    The following areas of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands have been designated as adversely affected by this major 
disaster:

    The municipalities of Rota, Saipan, Tinian, and the Northern 
Islands for Individual Assistance.
    The municipalities of Rota, Saipan, Tinian, and the Northern 
Islands for emergency protective measures (Category B), including 
direct federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program.
    All areas within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands are eligible 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.

Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2018-24676 Filed 11-9-18; 8:45 am]
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