Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2001 / Notices 28909

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 Nebraska.

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 Public

Assistance in the designated areas, Hazard

Mitigation throughout the State, 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.

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 Carlos Mitchell 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 Nebraska to have

been affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Brown, Chase,

Cherry, Cheyenne, Deuel, Gage, Garden,

Hayes, Hooker, Johnson, Keith, Keya Paha,

Kimball, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Morrill,

Nuckolls, Perkins, Rock, Saline, Sioux, and

Thomas counties for Public Assistance.

All counties within the State of

Nebraska 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. 01–13267 Filed 5–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1372–DR]

Puerto Rico; 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 declaration for the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (FEMA–

1372–DR), dated May 16, 2001, and

related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 17, 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

of a major disaster declaration for the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby

amended to include Public Assistance

and 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 May 16, 2001:

Adjuntas, Rincon and Sabana Grande for

Individual Assistance and Public Assistance.

An ̃ asco, Hormigueros, Lares, Las Marias,

Maricao and Moca for Public Assistance.

Cabo Rojo, Gua ́ica, Guayanilla, Lajas, San

German and Yauco 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.)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 01–13261 Filed 5–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–M

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1372–DR]

Puerto Rico; 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 Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico (FEMA–1372–DR), dated

May 16, 2001, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 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

16, 2001, the President declared a major

disaster under the authority of the

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act, 42 USC

5121, as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico, resulting from severe storms, flooding

and mudslides beginning on May 6, 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 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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, Hazard

Mitigation throughout the Commonwealth,

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

Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75

percent of the total eligible costs. If Public

Assistance is later warranted, Federal funds

provided under that program will also 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 Justo Hernandez 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 Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico to have been affected adversely by

this declared major disaster: