[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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.