[Federal Register: September 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[FEMA-1604-DR]
Mississippi; 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 Mississippi (FEMA-1604-DR), dated August 29,
2005, and related determinations.
DATES: 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 Mississippi, resulting from Hurricane Katrina 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 Mississippi.
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 in the
designated areas, Hazard Mitigation throughout the State, 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
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costs. For a period of up to 72 hours, you are authorized to fund
assistance for 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 L. Carwile, III, 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
Mississippi to have been affected adversely by this declared major
disaster:
Amite, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson,
Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Stone, Walthall, and
Wilkinson Counties for Individual Assistance.
Adams, Amite, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke,
Clay, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock,
Harrison, Hinds, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson
Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee,
Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee,
Oktibbeha, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith,
Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, and Winston
Counties for 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.
All counties within the State of Mississippi 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. 05-17998 Filed 9-9-05; 8:45 am]
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