[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 12642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6672]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
[FEMA-1162-DR]


Arkansas; Major Disaster 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 a major 
disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1162-DR), dated March 2, 1997, 
and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated March 2, 1997, 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 et seq.), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Arkansas resulting from severe storms and tornadoes on March 1, 
1997 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 (''the Stafford Act''). 
I, therefore, declare that such a major disaster exists in the State 
of Arkansas.
    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. Further, you are authorized to provide 
reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protective measures 
under the Public Assistance program and Hazard Mitigation. Other 
assistance under Public Assistance may be added at a later date, if 
warranted. 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.

    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.
    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 James McClanahan 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 Arkansas 
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:

Clark, Cross, Greene, Hempstead, Jackson, Lonoke, Nevada, Pulaski, 
and Saline Counties for Individual Assistance, Hazard Mitigation and 
Categories A and B under the Public Assistance Program.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster 
Assistance)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-6672 Filed 3-14-97; 8:45 am]
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