[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 53239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17699]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-3213-EM]


Mississippi; Emergency and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an 
emergency for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-3213-EM), dated August 28, 
2005, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 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 28, 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 Mississippi, resulting from Hurricane Katrina 
beginning on August 27, 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 Mississippi.
    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), 
including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance 
program, 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 L. Carwile, III, 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 
Mississippi to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    The counties of Covington, Forrest, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, 
Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, and Stone 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 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.
[FR Doc. 05-17699 Filed 9-6-05; 8:45 am]
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