[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 184 (Monday, September 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20465]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4335-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2017-0001]
Virgin Islands; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the
territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands (FEMA-4335-DR), dated September 7,
2017, and related determinations.
DATES: This amendment was issued September 9, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated September 9, 2017, the President amended the cost-sharing
arrangements regarding Federal funds provided under the authority of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act''), in a letter to Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as follows:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the
territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands resulting from Hurricane Irma
beginning on September 6, 2017, and continuing, is of sufficient
severity and magnitude that special cost sharing arrangements are
warranted regarding Federal funds provided under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act'').
Therefore, I amend my declaration of September 7, 2017, to
authorize the following: a 90 percent Federal cost share for debris
removal, including direct Federal assistance; and a 100 percent
Federal cost share for emergency protective measures, including
direct Federal assistance, for 30 days from the start of the
incident period, and then a 90 percent Federal cost share
thereafter.
This adjustment to State and local cost sharing applies only to
Public Assistance costs and direct Federal assistance eligible for
such adjustments under the law. The Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act specifically prohibits a similar
adjustment for funds provided for Other Needs Assistance (Section
408), and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (Section 404). These
funds will continue to be reimbursed at 75 percent of total eligible
costs.
(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.
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017-20465 Filed 9-22-17; 8:45 am]
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