Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 185 / Friday, September 24, 2004 / Notices 57341

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1546–DR] 

North Carolina; Amendment No. 2 to 

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of North Carolina (FEMA–1546–

DR), dated September 10, 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: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of North Carolina 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 10, 2004:

Alexander, Bladen, Cabarrus, Catawba, 

Cleveland, Columbus, Cumberland, Gaston, 

Hoke, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, 

Scotland, Robeson, and Union Counties for 

Individual Assistance.

(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 ProgramOther 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. 04–21453 Filed 9–23–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1552–DR] 

Puerto Rico; 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 Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico (FEMA–1552–DR), dated 

September 17, 2004, and related 

determinations.

DATES: Effective September 17, 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 17, 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 Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico resulting from Tropical Storm Jeanne 

and resulting landslides and mudslides 

beginning on September 14, 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 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

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 assistance of 

debris removal and emergency protective 

measures (Categories A and B) under the 

Public Assistance program and Hazard 

Mitigation in the designated areas, 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 and Hazard 

Mitigation 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. If Other Needs Assistance under 

Section 408 of the Stafford Act is later 

requested and warranted, Federal funding 

under that program will also be limited to 75 

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 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, Peter 

Martinasco, of FEMA is appointed to act 

as the Federal Coordinating Officer for 

this declared disaster. 

I do hereby determine the following 

areas of the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico to have been affected adversely by 

this declared major disaster:

All Commonwealth municipalities for 

assistance for debris removal and emergency 

protective measures, including direct Federal 

assistance, at 100 percent Federal funding of 

the total eligible costs for a period of up to 

72 hours. 

All municipalities within the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 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; 97.309, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program)

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security.

[FR Doc. 04–21451 Filed 9–23–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1547–DR] 

South Carolina; Major Disaster and 

Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.