Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 175 / Monday, September 12, 2005 / Notices 53803 

Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation 

Grant Program.) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

[FR Doc. 05–17993 Filed 9–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1603–DR] 

Louisiana; Major Disaster 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 a major 

disaster for the State of Louisiana 

(FEMA–1603–DR), dated August 29, 

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: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

August 29, 2005, the President declared 

a major disaster under the authority of 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 

U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act), as 

follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Louisiana, 

resulting from Hurricane Katrina beginning 

on August 29, 2005, 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. 5121–5206 (the 

Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such 

a major disaster exists in the State of 

Louisiana. 

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 and assistance for debris removal 

and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and B) under the Public 

Assistance program, and Hazard Mitigation 

in the designated areas; and any other forms 

of assistance under the Stafford Act you may 

deem appropriate subject to completion of 

Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs), 

unless you determine the incident is of such 

unusual severity and magnitude that PDAs 

are not required to determine the need for 

supplemental Federal assistance pursuant to 

44 CFR 206.33(d). Direct Federal assistance is 

authorized. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance be supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation 

and the Other Needs Assistance under 

Section 408 of the Stafford Act will be 

limited to 75 percent of the total eligible 

costs. For a period of up to 72 hours, you are 

authorized to fund assistance for debris 

removal and emergency protective measures, 

including direct Federal assistance, at 100 

percent of the total eligible costs. Federal 

funding for debris removal will remain at 75 

percent. 

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. 

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 disaster. 

I do hereby determine the following 

areas of the State of Louisiana to have 

been affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster: 

The parishes of Acadia, Ascension, 

Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton 

Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, 

Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, 

Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Pointe 

Coupee, Plaquemines, St. Barnard, St. 

Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. 

Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, 

Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West 

Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana for 

Individual Assistance. 

The parishes of Acadia, Ascension, 

Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton 

Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, 

Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, 

Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Pointe 

Coupee, Plaquemines, St. Barnard, St. 

Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. 

Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, 

Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West 

Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana for Public 

Assistance Categories A and B (debris 

removal and emergency protective measures), 

including direct Federal assistance. For a 

period of up to 72 hours, assistance for 

emergency protective measures, including 

direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 

100 percent of the total eligible costs. The 

period of up to 72 hours at 100 percent 

excludes debris removal. 

The parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, 

Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, 

Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, 

Desoto, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, 

Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, 

Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, 

Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, 

Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West 

Carroll, and Winn for Public Assistance 

Category B (emergency protective measures), 

including direct Federal assistance, will be 

provided at 100 percent of the total eligible 

costs. 

The parishes of St. Mary, St. Tammany, 

and Ouachita in the State of Louisiana 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: 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, Individual and 

Household Housing; 97.049, Individual and 

Household Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050, Individual and Household 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. 05–17994 Filed 9–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1603–DR] 

Louisiana; Amendment No. 1 to Notice 

of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster for the State of 

Louisiana (FEMA–1603–DR), dated 

August 29, 2005, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 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 

September 1, 2005, the President 

amended the cost sharing arrangements 

concerning Federal funds provided