[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 18958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05520]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4340-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2024-0001]


Virgin Islands; Amendment No. 7 to Notice of a Major Disaster 
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the 
territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands (FEMA-4340-DR), dated September 
20, 2017, and related determinations.

DATES: This amendment was issued February 8, 2024.

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 February 8, 2024, the President amended the cost-sharing 
arrangements regarding Federal funds provided under the authority of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act''), in a letter to Deanne 
Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as 
follows:

    I have determined that the unprecedented and combined impact of 
hurricanes Irma and Maria on the territory of the U.S. Virgin 
Islands warrant special cost-sharing arrangements for Federal funds 
provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act'').
    Therefore, I amend the declarations signed by the President on 
September 7, 2017, and September 20, 2017, to authorize the 
following: An increase in the Federal share to 95 percent for all 
Public Assistance categories, retroactive to include all projects 
currently funded at less than 100 percent; and an increase in the 
Federal share to 98 percent until September 30, 2024, for all 
projects utilizing Section 428 procedures. The additional 3 percent 
Federal share apply only to projects for which a Fixed Cost Offer 
has been accepted by September 30, 2024, subject to extension on a 
per-project basis by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for specific and unavoidable extenuating 
circumstances. Section 428 projects not completed by December 31, 
2035, revert to a 95 percent Federal cost share.

    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. 2024-05520 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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