[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 229 (Thursday, November 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83566-83567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26286]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-3600-EM; Docket ID FEMA-2023-0001]


Louisiana; 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 Louisiana (FEMA-3600-EM), dated September 
27, 2023, and related determinations.

DATES: The declaration was issued September 27, 2023.

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 September 27, 2023, 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 Louisiana resulting from seawater intrusion 
beginning on September 20, 2023, 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 et seq. (``the Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare 
that such an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana.
    You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for 
required emergency measures,

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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 limited to temporary 
measures that address reduced water treatment capability due to 
saltwater intrusion resulting from low water levels of the 
Mississippi River for no more than 90 days from the date of 
declaration.
    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 
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, Department 
of Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Benjamin 
Abbott, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer 
for this declared emergency.
    The following areas of the State of Louisiana have been designated 
as adversely affected by this declared emergency:

    Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard Parishes for 
emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, 
under the Public Assistance program limited to temporary measures 
that address reduced water treatment capability due to saltwater 
intrusion resulting from low water levels of the Mississippi River 
for no more than 90 days from the date of declaration.
    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.

Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-26286 Filed 11-29-23; 8:45 am]
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