[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51296-51297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24071]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Notice of Adjustment of Countywide Per Capita Impact Indicator
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that the countywide per capita impact
indicator under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on
or after October 1, 2009, will be decreased.
DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2009, and applies to major disasters
declared on or after October 1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Walke, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
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Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-
3834.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Response and Recovery Directorate Policy No.
9122.1 provides that FEMA will adjust the countywide per capita impact
indicator under the Public Assistance program to reflect annual changes
in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the
Department of Labor.
FEMA gives notice of a decrease in the countywide per capita impact
indicator to $3.23 for all disasters declared on or after October 1,
2009.
FEMA bases the adjustment on a decrease in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers of 1.5 percent for the 12-month period ended in
August 2009. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor released the information on September 16, 2009.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants.)
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E9-24071 Filed 10-5-09; 8:45 am]
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