[Federal Register: October 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 211)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[FEMA-1802-DR]
Kentucky; 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 Kentucky (FEMA-1802-DR), dated October
9, 2008, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: October 9, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated October 9, 2008, the President declared a major disaster under
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act), as follows:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky resulting from a severe wind storm
associated with Tropical Depression Ike, 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. 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such
a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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 Public Assistance in the
designated areas, Hazard Mitigation throughout the Commonwealth, and
any other forms of assistance under the Stafford Act that you deem
appropriate. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance
be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act
for Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 percent of the total
eligible costs. Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for
Public Assistance also will be limited to 75
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percent of the total eligible costs, except for any particular
projects that are eligible for a higher Federal cost-sharing
percentage under the FEMA Public Assistance Pilot Program instituted
pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 777. If Other Needs Assistance under Section
408 of the Stafford Act is later requested and warranted, Federal
funding under that program also will be limited to 75 percent of the
total eligible costs.
Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
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, under
Executive Order 12148, as amended, Kim R. Kadesch, of FEMA is appointed
to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared disaster.
The following areas of the Commonwealth of Kentucky have been
designated as adversely affected by this declared major disaster:
Ballard, Boone, Breckenridge, Bullitt, Caldwell, Calloway,
Campbell, Carlisle, Carroll, Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton, Gallatin,
Graves, Hancock, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Jefferson, Livingston,
Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Meade, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Oldham,
Shelby, Trigg, Trimble, Union, and Webster Counties for Public
Assistance.
All counties within the Commonwealth of Kentucky 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; 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.
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8-25872 Filed 10-29-08; 8:45 am]
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