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designated areas 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

or Hazard Mitigation 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 State Emergency Management Agency

(SEMA) will manage the Public Assistance

operation, including project eligibility

reviews, process control, and resource

allocation. FEMA will retain obligation

authority, the final approval of

environmental and historic preservation

reviews, and will assist SEMA to the extent

that such assistance is necessary and is

specifically requested by SEMA.

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 Charles M. Butler of the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

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, Gulf,

Jefferson, Leon, Okaloosa, and Walkulla

Counties for Public Assistance.

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: 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.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1344–DR]

Florida; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of

a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida (FEMA–1344–DR), dated

October 3, 2000, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 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 the incident period for

this disaster is closed effective October

4, 2000.

(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.)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1345–DR]

Florida; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of

a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida, (FEMA–1345–DR), dated

October 4, 2000, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida is hereby amended to include

the Public Assistance program to the

following areas among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of October 4, 2000:

Miami-Dade and Broward Counties for

Public Assistance.

(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)

Larry Zensinger,

Division Director, Human Services Division.

[FR Doc. 00–26535 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

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MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1292–DR]

North Carolina; Amendment No. 6 to

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of North

Carolina (FEMA–1292–DR), dated

September 16, 1999, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 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

September 29, 2000, the President

amended the cost-sharing arrangements

concerning Federal funds provided

under the authority of the Robert T.

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 51521 et seq.),

in a letter to James L. Witt, Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency, as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

North Carolina resulting from Hurricane

Floyd beginning on September 15, 1999, and

continuing through November 2, 1999, is of

sufficient severity and magnitude that special

conditions are warranted regarding the costsharing arrangements concerning Federal

funds provided under the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the Stafford Act).

Therefore, I amend my previous

declaration to authorize Federal funds for

Public Assistance at 90 percent of total

eligible costs.

This adjustment to State and local cost

sharing applies only to Public Assistance

costs eligible for such adjustment under the

law. The law specifically prohibits a similar

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adjustment for funds provided to the State for

the Individual and Family Grant program,

mobile home group site development under

Section 408, Temporary Housing, and Hazard

Mitigation Assistance. These funds will

continue to be reimbursed at 75 percent of

total eligible costs.

(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.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1343–DR]

Ohio; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of Ohio,

(FEMA–1343–DR), dated September 26,

2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of Ohio

is hereby amended to include Public

Assistance for the following area among

those areas determined to have been

adversely affected by the catastrophe

declared a major disaster by the

President in his declaration of

September 26, 2000:

Greene County for Public Assistance

(already designated for Individual

Assistance).

(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.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant

Amounts

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that we

are increasing the statewide per capita

impact indicator under the Public

Assistance program for disasters

declared on or after October 1, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 44 CFR

206.48 prescribes that we (FEMA) must

adjust the statewide per capita impact

indicator under the Public Assistance

program to reflect changes in the

Consumer Price Index for All Urban

Consumers published by the

Department of Labor.

We give notice that we are increasing

the statewide per capita impact

indicator to $1.04 for all disasters

declared on or after October 1, 2000.

We base the adjustments on an

increase in the Consumer Price Index

for All Urban Consumers of 3.4 percent

for the 12-month period ended in

August 2000. The Bureau of Labor

Statistics of the U.S. Department of

Labor released the information on

September 15, 2000.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Dated: October 6, 2000.

James L. Witt,

Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

and the Assistant Secretary for Health

have taken final action in the following

case:

Randall P. French, Ph.D., Fox Chase

Cancer Center: Based on the report of an

investigation conducted by the Fox

Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) and

additional analysis conducted by ORI in

its oversight review, the U.S. Public

Health Service (PHS) finds that Dr.

French, postdoctoral associate, FCCC,

engaged in scientific misconduct by

fabricating published research

supported by National Cancer Institute

(NCI), National Institutes of Health

(NIH), grants T32 CA09035 and P30

CA06927.

Specifically, Dr. French fabricated

research results published in

Developmental Biology 217:62–76,

2000, by falsely claiming in the text and

Table 1 that he had assayed mouse

embryos transgenic for a modified DNA

construct (cG5/lacZ-F) for a study on the

expression of cGATA–5 transcription

factor during heart development in

mice. An erratum replacing the

fabricated data was published by the

authors in Developmental Biology

223:463, 2000.

Dr. French has accepted the PHS

finding and has entered into a Voluntary

Exclusion Agreement with PHS in

which he has voluntarily agreed for a

period of three (3) years, beginning on

September 28, 2000:

(1) To exclude himself from serving in

any advisory capacity to PHS, including

but not limited to service on any PHS

advisory committee, board, and/or peer

review committee;

(2) That any institution that submits

an application for PHS support for a

research project on which Dr. French’s

participation is proposed or that uses

Dr. French in any capacity on PHS

supported research, or that submits a

report of PHS-funded research in which

Dr. French is involved, must

concurrently submit a plan for

supervision of his duties to the funding

agency for approval. The supervisory

plan must be designed to ensure the

scientific integrity of Dr. French’s

research contribution. The institution

must also submit a copy of the

supervisory plan to ORI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Director, Division of Investigative

Oversight, Office of Research Integrity,

5515 Security Lane, Suite 700,

Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 443–5330.

Chris Pascal,

Director, Office of Research Integrity.

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