[Federal Register: September 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[FEMA-1603-DR]
Louisiana; Major Disaster and Related Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-1603-DR), dated August 29,
2005, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated August 29, 2005, the President declared a major disaster under
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act), as follows:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State
of Louisiana, resulting from Hurricane Katrina beginning on August
29, 2005, 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 Louisiana.
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 debris removal and emergency protective measures
(Categories A and B) under the Public Assistance program, and Hazard
Mitigation in the designated areas; and any other forms of
assistance under the Stafford Act you may deem appropriate subject
to completion of Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs), unless you
determine 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). Direct Federal
assistance is authorized.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for
Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation and the Other Needs Assistance
under Section 408 of the Stafford Act will be limited to 75 percent
of the total eligible costs. For a period of up to 72 hours, you are
authorized to fund assistance for debris removal and emergency
protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, at 100
percent of the total eligible costs. Federal funding for debris
removal will remain at 75 percent.
Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
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 Under Secretary for
Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security,
under Executive Order 12148, as amended, William Lokey, of FEMA is
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared
disaster.
I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Louisiana
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:
The parishes of Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu,
Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville,
Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston,
Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Plaquemines, St. Barnard, St. Charles, St.
Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany,
Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and
West Feliciana for Individual Assistance.
The parishes of Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu,
Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville,
Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston,
Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Plaquemines, St. Barnard, St. Charles, St.
Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany,
Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and
West Feliciana for Public Assistance Categories A and B (debris
removal and emergency protective measures), including direct Federal
assistance. For a period of up to 72 hours, assistance for emergency
protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be
provided at 100 percent of the total eligible costs. The period of
up to 72 hours at 100 percent excludes debris removal.
The parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville,
Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, Desoto,
East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle,
Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red
River, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster,
West Carroll, and Winn for Public Assistance Category B (emergency
protective measures), including direct Federal assistance, will be
provided at 100 percent of the total eligible costs.
The parishes of St. Mary, St. Tammany, and Ouachita in the State
of Louisiana 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 Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individual and Household Housing; 97.049,
Individual and Household Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050,
Individual and Household Program--Other Needs; 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 05-17994 Filed 9-9-05; 8:45 am]
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