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Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation 

Grant Program.) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3212–EM] 

Louisiana; Emergency and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of an 

emergency for the State of Louisiana 

(FEMA–3212–EM), dated August 27, 

2005, and related determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

August 27, 2005, the President declared 

an emergency declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 

(the Stafford Act), as follows: 

I have determined that the emergency 

conditions in certain areas of the State of 

Louisiana, resulting from Hurricane Katrina 

beginning on August 26, 2005, and 

continuing is 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. 5121–5206 (Stafford Act). 

Therefore, I declare that such an emergency 

exists in the State of Louisiana. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act 

to save lives, protect public health and safety, 

and property or to lessen or avert the threat 

of a catastrophe in the designated areas. 

Specifically, you are authorized to provide 

debris removal and emergency protective 

measures (Categories A and B) under the 

Public Assistance program, including direct 

Federal assistance, at 75 percent Federal 

funding. This assistance excludes regular 

time costs for subgrantees’ regular 

employees. In addition, you are authorized to 

provide such other forms of assistance under 

Title V of the Stafford Act as you may deem 

appropriate. 

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. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration 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 

Under Secretary for Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department 

of Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as amended, William 

Lokey, of FEMA is appointed to act as 

the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

declared emergency. 

I do hereby determine the following 

areas of the State of Louisiana to have 

been affected adversely by this declared 

emergency: 

The parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, 

Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, 

Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, 

De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East 

Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, 

Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Livingston, 

Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Pointe 

Coupee, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, 

Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, 

Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West 

Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn for Public 

Assistance Categories A and B (debris 

removal and emergency protective measures), 

including direct Federal assistance, at 75 

percent Federal funding. 

(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 Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individuals and Households ProgramOther Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance 

Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program.) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3212–EM] 

Louisiana; Amendment No. 1 to Notice 

of an Emergency Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of an emergency declaration for the 

State of Louisiana (FEMA–3212–EM), 

dated August 27, 2005, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of an emergency declaration for the 

State of Louisiana is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the catastrophe declared an 

emergency by the President in his 

declaration of August 27, 2005: 

The parishes of Acadia, Calcasieu, 

Cameron, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, St. 

Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion, and West Baton 

Rouge for Public Assistance Category B 

(emergency protective measures), including 

direct Federal assistance. 

The parishes of Ascension, Assumption, 

Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, 

St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, 

St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and 

Washington for Public Assistance Categories 

A and B (debris removal and emergency 

protective measures), 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 Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individuals and Households 

Program—Other Needs, 97.036, Public 

Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation 

Grant Program.) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

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