57954 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 187 / Tuesday, September 28, 2004 / Notices 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Mississippi (FEMA–1550–DR), 

dated September 15, 2004, and related 

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 21, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Mississippi is hereby amended 

to include the following areas among 

those areas determined to have been 

adversely affected by the catastrophe 

declared a major disaster by the 

President in his declaration of 

September 15, 2004:

Clarke and Lauderdale Counties for 

Individual Assistance (already designated for 

Public Assistance Categories A & B, 

including direct Federal assistance, for 100 

percent of the total eligible costs for a period 

of up to 72 hours).

(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.

[FR Doc. 04–21661 Filed 9–27–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1553–DR] 

North Carolina; 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 North Carolina 

(FEMA–1553–DR), dated September 18, 

2004, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 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 18, 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 North Carolina resulting 

from Hurricane Ivan beginning on September 

16, 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). Therefore, I declare that such 

a major disaster exists in the State of North 

Carolina. 

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. 

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, Justin 

DeMello, 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 North Carolina to 

have been affected adversely by this 

declared major disaster:

Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, 

Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, 

Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, 

Rutherford, Transylvania, Watauga, and 

Yancey Counties for Individual Assistance. 

Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, 

Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, 

Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, 

Rutherford, Transylvania, Watauga, and 

Yancey 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 North 

Carolina 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—

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.

[FR Doc. 04–21662 Filed 9–27–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1556–DR] 

Ohio; 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 Ohio (FEMA–

1556–DR), dated September 19, 2004, 

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 19, 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