[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 63589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27210]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3155-EM]


New York; Emergency and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an 
emergency for the State of New York (FEMA-3155-EM), dated October 11, 
2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated October 11, 2000, the President declared an emergency under the 
authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), as follows:

    I have determined that the emergency conditions in certain areas 
of the State of New York, as a result of the West Nile Virus on July 
15, 2000, and continuing is 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). I, therefore, declare that such an emergency 
exists in the State of New York.
    You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for 
required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the 
Stafford Act to save lives, protect property and public health and 
safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 
designated areas. Specifically, you are authorized to provide 
emergency protective measures (Category B) at 75 percent Federal 
funding for eligible expenses incurred by local governments. This 
assistance excludes regular time costs for subgrantees regular 
employees. In addition, you are authorized to provide such other 
forms of assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act, as you may 
deem appropriate.
    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. However, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5193 
(b), Federal assistance under this declaration will be limited to $5 
million. In the event the assistance exceeds $5 million, you shall 
report to Congress on the nature and extent of emergency assistance 
and shall propose additional legislation if necessary, in accordance 
with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5193 (b)(3).
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the authority vested in the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Executive 
Order 12148, I hereby appoint Michael Byrne of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 
declared emergency.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of New York 
to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    New York City and the counties of Albany, Allegany, Broome, 
Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, 
Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, 
Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, 
Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, 
Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, 
Sullivan, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Westchester, and Yates 
for assistance as specified in the declaration letter quoted above.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537, Community 
Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis 
Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services Program; 83.541, 
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression 
Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program; 
83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing Program; 
83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)

James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-27210 Filed 10-23-00; 8:45 am]
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