[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 20 (Monday, February 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 5846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2096]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Threshold for 
Recommending a Cost Share Adjustment

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that the statewide per capita threshold for 
recommending cost share adjustments for major disasters declared on or 
after January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2009, is $122.

DATES: This notice applies to major disasters declared on or after 
January 1, 2009.

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: Pursuant to 44 CFR 206.47, the statewide per 
capita threshold that is used to recommend an increase of the Federal 
cost share from seventy-five percent (75%) to not more than ninety 
percent (90%) of the eligible cost of permanent work under section 406 
and emergency work under section 403 and section 407 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is adjusted 
annually. The adjustment to the threshold is based on the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers published annually by the U.S. 
Department of Labor. For disasters declared on January 1, 2009, through 
December 31, 2009, the qualifying threshold is $122 per capita of State 
population.
    This adjustment in based on an increase of 0.10 percent in the 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the 12-month period 
that ended December 2008. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. 
Department of Labor released the information on January 16, 2009.

    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.

Nancy Ward,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E9-2096 Filed 1-30-09; 8:45 am]
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