63166 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 209 / Friday, October 29, 2004 / Notices 

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–1570–DR] 

Virginia; 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 

Virginia (FEMA–1570–DR), dated 

October 18, 2004, and related 

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 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 

October 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 the damage in 

certain areas of the Commonwealth of 

Virginia, resulting from severe storms and 

flooding from the remnants of Hurricane 

Jeanne, beginning on September 27, 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 Virginia. 

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 in the designated areas and 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the 

Commonwealth. Consistent with the 

requirement that Federal assistance be 

supplemental, any Federal funds provided 

under the Stafford Act for 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. If Public Assistance is later requested 

and warranted, Federal funds provided 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 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, Marianne 

Jackson, 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 Virginia 

to have been affected adversely by this 

declared major disaster:

The independent cities of Salem and 

Roanoke, and the counties of Alleghany, 

Craig, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Patrick, and 

Roanoke for Individual Assistance. 

All jurisdictions within the 

Commonwealth of Virginia 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 HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4900–FA–25] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

Fiscal Year 2004 Historically Black 

Colleges and Universities Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding 

awards. 

SUMMARY: This document identifies the 

entities selected for funding under the 

Fiscal Year 2004 Historically Black 

Colleges and Universities program 

(HBCUs). The HBCUs program assists 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities in expanding their role and 

effectiveness in addressing community 

development needs in their localities, 

consistent with the purposes of HUD’s 

Community Development Block Grant 

program (CDBG). This notice is 

published in accordance with section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Brunson, Office of University 

Partnerships, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, Room 8106, 

451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20410–6000, telephone (202) 708–

3061, ext. 3852. To provide service for 

persons who are hearing-or speechimpaired, this number may be reached 

via TTY by dialing the Federal 

Information Relay Service on 800–877–

8339 or 202–708–1455. (Telephone 

number, other than ‘‘800’’ TTY numbers 

are not toll free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities program was enacted under 

Section 107 of the CDBG appropriation 

for Fiscal Year 2004, as part of the 

‘‘Veterans Administration, HUD and 

Independent Agencies Appropriations 

Act of 2004’’ and is administered by the 

Office of University Partnerships under 

the Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Development and Research. In addition 

to this program, the Office of University 

Partnerships administers HUD’s ongoing 

grant programs to institutions of higher 

education as well as creates initiatives 

through which colleges and universities 

can bring their traditional missions of 

teaching, research, service, and outreach 

to bear on the pressing local problems 

in their communities. 

The HBCU program provides funds 

for a wide range of CDBG-eligible 

activities, including housing 

rehabilitation and financing, property