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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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