24372 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 93 / Monday, May 14, 2001 / Notices

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Arkansas, (FEMA–1354–DR), dated

December 29, 2000, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

is hereby given that as authorized by the

President in a letter dated March 1,

2001, FEMA is extending the time

period for Federal funding for debris

removal at 100 percent of total eligible

costs through June 28, 2001.

(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.

[FR Doc. 01–12031 Filed 5–11–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1365–DR]

Mississippi; Major Disaster and

Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the State of Mississippi

(FEMA–1365–DR), dated April 17, 2001,

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 2001.

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 April

17, 2001, 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, as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the State of Mississippi,

resulting from severe storms and flooding on

April 3–5, 2001, 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 (Stafford Act). I,

therefore, declare that such a major disaster

exists in the State of Mississippi.

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, Public Assistance, and Hazard

Mitigation in the designated areas. 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 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 John D. Hannah 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 Mississippi to have

been affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

Attala, Holmes, and Lee Counties for

Individual Assistance.

Attala, Holmes, Leake, Lee, and

Neshoba Counties for Public

Assistance.

All counties within the State of

Mississippi 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)

Joe M. Allbaugh,

Director.

[FR Doc. 01–12032 Filed 5–11–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Open Meeting of the Federal

Interagency Committee on Emergency

Medical

Services (FICEMS)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: FEMA announces the

following open meeting.

Name: Federal Interagency Committee

on Emergency Medical Services

(FICEMS).

Date of Meeting: June 7, 2001.

Place: Room N–408, Building N,

National Emergency Training Center

(NETC), 16825 South Seton Avenue in

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727.

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Proposed Agenda: Review and

submission for approval of previous

FICEMS Committee Meeting Minutes;

Ambulance Design Subcommittee and

Technology Subcommittee Reports;

presentation of member agency reports;

reports of other Interested parties; and a

discussion on Data Collection on the

Use of Automatic External Defibrillators

(AED) by Federal agencies.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting will be open to the public with

limited seating available on a first-come,

first-served basis. Members of the

general public who plan to attend the

meeting should contact Cindy Wivell,

United States Fire Administration,

16825 South Seton Avenue,

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727, (301)

447–1083, on or before Tuesday, June 5,

2001.

Minutes of the meeting will be

prepared and will be available upon

request 30 days after they have been

approved at the next FICEMS

Committee Meeting on September 6,

2001. The minutes will also be posted

on the United States Fire

Administration website at http://

www.usfa.fema.gov/ems/ficems.htm

within 30 days after their approval at

the September 6, 2001 FICEMS

Committee Meeting.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Kenneth O. Burris, Jr.,

Acting U.S. Fire Administrator, United States

Fire Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–12034 Filed 5–11–01; 8:45 am]

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