[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 72511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23173]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-3599-EM; Docket ID FEMA-2023-0001]


Massachusetts; Emergency and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an 
emergency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-3599-EM), dated 
September 15, 2023, and related determinations.

DATES: The declaration was issued September 15, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and 
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2833.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated September 15, 2023, the President issued an emergency declaration 
under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act), as 
follows:

    I have determined that the emergency conditions in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts resulting from Hurricane Lee during 
the period of September 15 to September 17, 2023, are of sufficient 
severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (``the Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare 
that such an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for 
required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the 
Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public 
health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a 
catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are 
authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures 
(Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance and reimbursement 
for mass care, including evacuation and sheltering support, under 
the Public Assistance program.
    Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be 
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for 
Public Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs. 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 emergency 
assistance and administrative expenses.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
for the approved assistance 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 Administrator, Department 
of Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, E. Craig 
Levy, Sr., of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating 
Officer for this declared emergency.
    The following areas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have been 
designated as adversely affected by this declared emergency:

    Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, 
Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and 
Worcester Counties for emergency protective measures (Category B), 
limited to direct Federal assistance and reimbursement for mass 
care, including evacuation and sheltering support, under the Public 
Assistance 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; 97.032, Crisis 
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster 
Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance 
Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and 
Households In Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing 
Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households--Other 
Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially 
Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.

Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-23173 Filed 10-19-23; 8:45 am]
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