[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR1815.0-5]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 1810_INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL GUIDANCE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 1815_Disaster Relief
 
Sec. 1815.0-5  Definitions.

    Major disaster means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high 
water, winddriven water, tidal wave, earthquake, drought, fire, or other 
catastrophe in any part of the United States, which, in the 
determination of the President, is or threatens to be of sufficient 
severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal 
Government to supplement the efforts and available resources of States, 
local governments, and relief organizations in alleviating the damage, 
loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby, and with respect to which 
the Governor of any State in which such catastrophe occurs or threatens 
to occur certifies the need for Federal disaster assistance and gives 
assurance of the expenditure of a reasonable amount of the funds of such 
State, its local governments, or other agencies for alleviating the 
damage, loss, hardship or suffering resulting from such catastrophe.