[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68798-68799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27877]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-3354-EM;Docket ID FEMA-2012-0002]
New Jersey; Emergency and Related Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an
emergency for the State of New Jersey (FEMA-3354-EM), dated October 28,
2012, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: October 28, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated October 28, 2012, the President issued an emergency declaration
under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act), as
follows:
I have determined that the emergency conditions in certain areas
of the State of New Jersey resulting from Hurricane Sandy beginning
on October 26, 2012, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq. (``the Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare that such
an emergency exists in the State of New Jersey.
You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for
required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the
Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public
health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a
catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are
authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures
(Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public
Assistance program.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is
supplemental, any
[[Page 68799]]
Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance
will be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. In order
to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby authorized to allocate
from funds available for these purposes such amounts as you find
necessary for Federal emergency assistance and administrative
expenses.
Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
for the approved assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, Department
of Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as amended,
Elizabeth Turner, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this declared emergency.
The following areas of the State of New Jersey have been designated
as adversely affected by this declared emergency:
All counties in the State of New Jersey for emergency protective
measures (Category B), limited to direct federal assistance, under
the Public Assistance program.
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.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-27877 Filed 11-15-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-23-P