Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 185 / Friday, September 24, 2004 / Notices 57337

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

N.E. Mpras, 

Chief, Office of Bridge Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2004–19149] 

National Offshore Safety Advisory 

Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety 

Advisory Committee (NOSAC) and its 

Liftboat Subcommittee will meet to 

discuss various issues relating to 

offshore safety and security. Both 

meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: NOSAC will meet on Thursday, 

October 28, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

The Liftboat Subcommittee will meet on 

Wednesday, October 27, 2004, from 1 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. These meetings may 

close early if all business is finished. 

Written material and requests to make 

oral presentations should reach the 

Coast Guard on or before October 14, 

2004. Requests to have a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the committee should reach the Coast 

Guard on or before October 14, 2004.

ADDRESSES: NOSAC will meet in the 

‘‘Music Hall’’ room of the Hotel Galvez, 

2024 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, 

Texas. The Liftboat Subcommittee will 

meet in the ‘‘West Parlor’’ room of the 

same hotel. Send written material and 

requests to make oral presentations to 

Commander J. M. Cushing, 

Commandant (G–MSO–2), U.S. Coast 

Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001. This 

notice is available on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Commander J. M. Cushing, Executive 

Director of NOSAC, or Mr. Jim Magill, 

Assistant to the Executive Director, 

telephone 202–267–1082, fax 202–267–

4570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

the meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2. 

Agenda of Meetings 

National Offshore Safety Advisory 

Committee. The agenda includes the 

following: 

(1) Report on issues concerning the 

International Maritime Organization and 

the International Organization for 

Standardization. 

(2) SOLAS compliance for foreign 

operation of U.S. flagged Offshore 

Supply Vessels including Liftboats. 

(3) Report from the Liftboat 

Subcommittee on operations procedure/

training for liftboat operators. 

(4) Offshore Helidecks—new and 

revised API and ICAO standards. 

(5) Status report on Coast Guard/

Minerals Management Service 

Inspection of Fixed Facilities. 

(6) Revision of 33 CFR chapter I, 

subchapter N, Outer Continental Shelf 

activities. 

(7) 33 CFR chapter I, subchapter NN, 

Temporary Final Rule on Deepwater 

Ports, and status of license submissions 

for LNG deepwater ports.

Liftboat Subcommittee. The agenda 

includes the following: 

(1) Review and discuss previous 

work. 

(2) Work on outline of Draft Report. 

Procedural 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the meeting may close 

early if all business is finished. At the 

Chair’s discretion, members of the 

public may make oral presentations 

during the meeting. If you would like to 

make an oral presentation at the 

meeting, please notify the Executive 

Director no later than October 14, 2004. 

Written material for distribution at the 

meeting should reach the Coast Guard 

no later than October 14, 2004. If you 

would like a copy of your material 

distributed to each member of the 

committee in advance of the meeting, 

please submit 25 copies to the Executive 

Director no later than October 14, 2004. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

with Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the Executive Director 

as soon as possible.

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

Joseph J. Angelo, 

Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security 

and Environmental Protection.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1549–DR] 

Alabama; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Alabama 

(FEMA–1549–DR), dated September 15, 

2004, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

September 15, 2004, the President 

declared a major disaster under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 

(the Stafford Act), as follows:

I have determined that damage in certain 

areas of the State of Alabama resulting from 

Hurricane Ivan beginning on September 13, 

2004, and continuing, is of sufficient severity 

and magnitude to warrant a major disaster 

declaration under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act). 

I, therefore, declare that such a major disaster 

exists in the State of Alabama. 

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 disaster 

assistance and administrative expenses. 

You are authorized to provide Individual 

Assistance and assistance for debris removal 

and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and B) under the Public 

Assistance program in the designated areas, 

and Hazard Mitigation throughout the State, 

and any other forms of assistance under the 

Stafford Act you may deem appropriate 

subject to completion of Preliminary Damage 

Assessments. Direct Federal assistance is 

authorized. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance be supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, 

and the Other Needs Assistance under 

Section 408 of the Stafford Act will be 

limited to 75 percent of the total eligible 

costs. For a period of up to 72 hours, you are 

authorized to fund assistance for debris 

removal and emergency protective measures, 

including direct Federal assistance, at 100 

percent of the total eligible costs. 

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Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration to the extent 

allowable under the Stafford Act.

The time period prescribed for the 

implementation of section 310(a), 

Priority to Certain Applications for 

Public Facility and Public Housing 

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for 

a period not to exceed six months after 

the date of this declaration. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Under Secretary for Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department 

of Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as amended, Michael Hall, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

declared disaster. 

I do hereby determine the following 

areas of the State of Alabama to have 

been affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster:

Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, 

Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Geneva, 

Mobile, Monroe, and Washington Counties 

for Individual Assistance. 

Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, 

Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, 

Covington, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, 

Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, 

Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, 

Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, Sumter, 

Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Washington, and 

Wilcox Counties for Public Assistance 

Categories A and B, including direct Federal 

assistance, at 100 percent of the total eligible 

costs for a period of up to 72 hours. 

All counties within the State of Alabama 

are eligible to apply for assistance under the 

Hazard Mitigation Grant 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 Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individuals and Households 

Program—Other Needs, 97.036, Public 

Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation 

Grant Program)

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1551–DR] 

Florida; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA–

1551–DR), dated September 16, 2004, 

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 16, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

September 16, 2004, the President 

declared a major disaster under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 

(the Stafford Act), as follows:

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Florida resulting 

from Hurricane Ivan beginning on September 

13, 2004, and continuing, is of sufficient 

severity and magnitude to warrant a major 

disaster declaration under the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the 

Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that such 

a major disaster exists in the State of Florida. 

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 disaster 

assistance and administrative expenses. 

You are authorized to provide Individual 

Assistance and assistance for debris removal 

and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and B) under the Public 

Assistance program in the designated areas, 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State, and 

any other forms of assistance under the 

Stafford Act you may deem appropriate 

subject to completion of Preliminary Damage 

Assessments. Direct Federal assistance is 

authorized. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance be supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, 

and the Other Needs Assistance under 

Section 408 of the Stafford Act will be 

limited to 75 percent of the total eligible 

costs. For a period of up to 72 hours, you are 

authorized to fund assistance for debris 

removal and emergency protective measures, 

including direct Federal assistance, at 100 

percent of the total eligible costs. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration to the extent 

allowable under the Stafford Act.

The time period prescribed for the 

implementation of section 310(a), 

Priority to Certain Applications for 

Public Facility and Public Housing 

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for 

a period not to exceed six months after 

the date of this declaration. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Under Secretary for Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department 

of Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as amended, William L. 

Carwille, III, of FEMA is appointed to 

act as the Federal Coordinating Officer 

for this declared disaster. 

I do hereby determine the following 

areas of the State of Florida to have been 

affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster:

Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, 

Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, 

Liberty, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, 

and Washington Counties for Individual 

Assistance. 

Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, 

Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, 

Leon, Levy, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, 

Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington 

Counties for Public Assistance (Categories A 

and B), including direct Federal assistance at 

100 percent of the total eligible costs for a 

period of up to 72 hours. 

All counties within the State of Florida are 

eligible to apply for assistance under the 

Hazard Mitigation Grant 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 Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individual and 

Household Housing; 97.049, Individual and 

Household Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individual and Household Program—

168 Other Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance 

Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program)

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security.

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