Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 235 / Friday, December 6, 2024 / Notices 97053 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

September 28, 2024, the President 

issued a major disaster declaration 

under the authority of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 

(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of North Carolina 

resulting from Tropical Storm Helene 

beginning on September 25, 2024, 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 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford 

Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such a major 

disaster exists in the State of North Carolina. 

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 and assistance for debris removal 

and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and B), including direct 

Federal assistance, under the Public 

Assistance program in the designated areas, 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State, and 

any other forms of assistance under the 

Stafford Act that you deem appropriate 

subject to completion of Preliminary Damage 

Assessments. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance is supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Hazard Mitigation and Other Needs 

Assistance under section 408 will be limited 

to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance also will be limited 

to 75 percent of the total eligible costs, with 

the exception of projects that meet the 

eligibility criteria for a higher Federal costsharing percentage in FEMA’s Public 

Assistance Mitigation Cost Share Incentives 

Policy. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration for the approved 

assistance 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 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Thomas J. McCool, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

major disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

North Carolina have been designated as 

adversely affected by this major disaster: 

Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, 

Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Clay, 

Cleveland, Gaston, Haywood, Henderson, 

Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, 

McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, 

Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey 

Counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians for Individual Assistance. 

Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, 

Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Clay, 

Cleveland, Gaston, Haywood, Henderson, 

Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, 

McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, 

Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey 

Counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians for debris removal and emergency 

protective measures (Categories A and B), 

including direct federal assistance under the 

Public Assistance program. 

All areas within the State of North Carolina 

are eligible 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; 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. 2024–28626 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3618– 

EM; Docket ID FEMA–2024–0001] 

Alabama; Emergency and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of an 

emergency for the State of Alabama 

(FEMA–3618–EM), dated September 26, 

2024, and related determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued 

September 26, 2024. 

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 26, 2024, 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 certain areas of the State of 

Alabama resulting from Hurricane Helene 

beginning on September 22, 2024, and 

continuing, 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 State of Alabama. 

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 emergency protective 

measures (Category B), including direct 

Federal assistance, in selected areas; 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

limited to direct Federal assistance and 

reimbursement for mass care including 

evacuation and shelter support, in selected 

areas; and emergency protective measures 

(Category B), limited to direct Federal 

assistance, in selected areas. 

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, Keith Denning, of FEMA is 

appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the State of 

Alabama have been designated as 

adversely affected by this declared 

emergency: 

Houston County for emergency protective 

measures (Category B), including direct 

Federal assistance under the Public 

Assistance program. 

Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, 

Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Covington, 

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97054 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 235 / Friday, December 6, 2024 / Notices 

Henry, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lee, Limestone, 

Macon, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, 

Randolph, Russell, and Tallapoosa Counties 

for emergency protective measures (Category 

B), limited to direct federal assistance and 

reimbursement for mass care including 

evacuation and shelter support under the 

Public Assistance program. 

Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, 

Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, and Washington 

Counties for emergency protective measures 

(Category B), limited to direct federal 

assistance 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. 2024–28645 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4742– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2024–0001] 

Tennessee; Amendment No. 2 to 

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Tennessee (FEMA–4742–DR), 

dated September 27, 2023, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: This change occurred on October 

7, 2024. 

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: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Darryl L. Dragoo, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this disaster. 

This action terminates the 

appointment of Leda M. Khoury as 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

disaster. 

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. 2024–28590 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4829– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2024–0001] 

South Carolina; Amendment No. 8 to 

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of South Carolina (FEMA–4829– 

DR), dated September 29, 2024, and 

related determinations. 

DATES: This amendment was issued 

October 21, 2024. 

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: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of South Carolina is hereby 

amended to include the following areas 

among those areas determined to have 

been adversely affected by the event 

declared a major disaster by the 

President in his declaration of 

September 29, 2024. 

Kershaw County for Public Assistance, 

including direct Federal assistance (already 

designated for Individual Assistance). 

Lancaster County for Public Assistance, 

including direct Federal assistance. 

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. 2024–28656 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4819– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2024–0001] 

Illinois; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of 

a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Illinois (FEMA–4819–DR), 

dated September 20, 2024, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: This change occurred on October 

23, 2024. 

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: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Waddy Gonzalez, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this disaster. 

This action terminates the 

appointment of Darrin Ricketts as 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

disaster. 


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