28910 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2001 / Notices

The municipalities of Cabo Rojo, Lajas,

Gua ́nica, Guayanilla, San Germa ́n, and Yauco

for Individual Assistance.

All municipalities within the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 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.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1369–DR]

Wisconsin; 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 Wisconsin

(FEMA–1369–DR), dated May 11, 2001,

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 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 May

11, 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 Wisconsin,

resulting from flooding and severe storms on

April 10, 2001 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 (Stafford Act).

I, therefore, declare that such a major disaster

exists in the State of Wisconsin.

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 Thomas P. Davies 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 Wisconsin to have

been affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

Buffalo, Burnett, Crawford, Douglas, Grant,

La Crosse, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix,

Trempealeau, and Vernon Counties for

Individual Assistance.

Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo,

Burnett, Crawford, Douglas, Grant, Iron, La

Crosse, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix,

Trempealeau, Vernon, and Washburn

Counties for Public Assistance.

All counties within the State of

Wisconsin 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.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Open Meeting, Advisory Committee

(Expert Panel on Cost Estimating) for

the Public Assistance Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463, 5

U.S.C. App.), announcement is made of

the following committee meeting:

Name: Advisory Committee (Expert

Panel on Cost Estimating) for the Public

Assistance Program.

Date of Meeting: June 26–28, 2001.

Place: Crystal City Marriott, 1999

Jefferson Davis Highway, Salons B and

C, Arlington, VA 22202.

Time: June 26: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., June 27:

8 a.m.–5 p.m., June 28: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Proposed Agenda: The Panel will be

provided with: (1) An overview of the

Stafford Act (P.L. 93–288) and the

provision of the Disaster Mitigation Act

of 2000 (P.L. 106–390) that directs

FEMA to establish a methodology,

consistent with industry practices, for

estimating the cost to repair, restore or

replace eligible public facilities that are

damaged during a major disaster. (2) A

briefing on the Grant Acceleration

Program that FEMA employed during

the Northridge Earthquake. (3) A

briefing on the Cost Estimating Format

for Large Projects that FEMA has used

since the inception of the redesigned

Public Assistance Program. Discussion

will also be held regarding the Public

Assistance Program and cost estimating

issues for roads and bridges, water

control facilities, buildings, utility

systems, and recreational facilities.

Finally, the Panel will consider current

and future requirements for making

recommendations on both a cost

estimating methodology and reasonable

floor and ceiling percentages related to

the estimated cost by the first quarter of

calendar year 2002.

The meeting will be open to the

public, with seats available on a firstcome, first-served basis. All members of

the public interested in attending

should contact James D. Duffer, at 202–

646–3532.

Minutes of the meeting will be

prepared and available for public

viewing at the Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA),

Infrastructure Division, Response and

Recovery Directorate, 500 C Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20472 and posted on

FEMA’s Web Page located at http://

www.fema.gov/r-n-r/pa. Copies of the

meeting minutes will be available upon

request 90 days after the meeting.

Robert J. Adamcik,

Deputy Associate Director, Response &

Recovery Directorate.

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