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available for these purposes, such amounts as 

you find necessary for Federal disaster 

assistance and administrative expenses. 

You are authorized to provide Individual 

Assistance, Public Assistance, and Hazard 

Mitigation in the designated areas. 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. 

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, Peter J. 

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 State of New Jersey to have 

been affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster:

Hunterdon, Mercer, Sussex, and Warren 

Counties for Individual Assistance. 

Mercer, Sussex, and Warren Counties for 

Public Assistance. 

Hunterdon, Mercer, Sussex, and Warren 

Counties within the State of New Jersey 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.

[FR Doc. 04–23330 Filed 10–18–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1564–DR] 

New York; 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 New York 

(FEMA–1564–DR), dated October 1, 

2004, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective October 1, 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 

October 1, 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 New York 

resulting from severe storms and flooding on 

August 29–September 16, 2004, 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 New 

York. 

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 Public 

Assistance in the designated areas; Hazard 

Mitigation throughout the State; and any 

other forms of assistance under the Stafford 

Act you may deem appropriate. 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. If Other 

Needs Assistance under Section 408 of the 

Stafford Act is later 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, Theodore A. 

Monette, 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 New York to have 

been affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster:

Allegany, Broome, Columbia, Delaware, 

Monroe, Onondaga, Steuben, Sullivan, 

Ulster, and Warren Counties for Public 

Assistance. 

All counties within the State of New York 

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.

[FR Doc. 04–23331 Filed 10–18–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1565–DR] 

New York; 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 New York 

(FEMA–1565–DR), dated October 1, 

2004, and related determinations.

DATE: Effective October 1, 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 

October 1, 2004, the President declared