[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR206.32]

[Page 423]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 206--FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTERS DECLARED ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 23, 1988--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--The Declaration Process
 
Sec. 206.32  Definitions.

    All definitions in the Stafford Act and in Sec. 206.2 apply. In 
addition, the following definitions apply:
    (a) Appeal: A request for reconsideration of a determination on any 
action related to Federal assistance under the Stafford Act and these 
regulations. Specific procedures for appeals are contained in the 
relevant subparts of these regulations.
    (b) Commitment: A certification by the Governor that the State and 
local governments will expend a reasonable amount of funds to alleviate 
the effects of the major disaster or emergency, for which no Federal 
reimbursement will be requested.
    (c) Disaster Application Center: A center established in a 
centralized location within the disaster area for individuals, families, 
or businesses to apply for disaster aid.
    (d) FEMA-State Agreement: A formal legal document stating the 
understandings, commitments, and binding conditions for assistance 
applicable as the result of the major disaster or emergency declared by 
the President.
    (e) Incident: Any condition which meets the definition of major 
disaster or emergency as set forth in Sec. 206.2 which causes damage or 
hardship that may result in a Presidential declaration of a major 
disaster or an emergency.
    (f) Incident period: The time interval during which the disaster-
causing incident occurs. No Federal assistance under the Act shall be 
approved unless the damage or hardship to be alleviated resulted from 
the disaster-causing incident which took place during the incident 
period or was in anticipation of that incident. The incident period will 
be established by FEMA in the FEMA-State Agreement and published in the 
Federal Register.