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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 the State of Texas, resulting 

from the influx of evacuees from states 

impacted by Hurricane Katrina beginning on 

August 29, 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 (the 

Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such 

an emergency exists in the State of Texas. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act 

to save lives and protect public health and 

safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a 

catastrophe in the designated areas. 

Specifically, you are authorized to provide 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

including direct Federal assistance, under the 

Public Assistance program, at 100 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 emergency 

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, Gary Jones, 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 Texas to have been 

affected adversely by this declared 

emergency: 

All 254 counties in the State of Texas for 

Public Assistance Category B (emergency 

protective measures), including direct 

Federal assistance, at 100 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. 

[FR Doc. 05–18099 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3223–EM] 

Utah; 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 Utah (FEMA–

3223–EM), dated September 5, 2005, 

and related determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 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 5, 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 the State of Utah, resulting 

from the influx of evacuees from states 

impacted by Hurricane Katrina beginning on 

August 29, 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 Utah. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act 

to save lives and protect public health and 

safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a 

catastrophe in the designated areas. 

Specifically, you are authorized to provide 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

including direct Federal assistance, under the 

Public Assistance program, at 100 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 emergency 

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, Douglas A. 

Gore, 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 Utah to have been 

affected adversely by this declared 

emergency: 

All 29 counties in the State of Utah for 

Public Assistance Category B (emergency 

protective measures), including direct 

Federal assistance, at 100 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. 05–18106 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3221–EM] 

West Virginia; 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 West Virginia 

(FEMA–3221–EM), dated September 5, 

2005, and related determinations. 

54068 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 13, 2005 / Notices 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 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 5, 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 the State of West Virginia 

resulting from the influx of evacuees from 

states impacted by Hurricane Katrina 

beginning on August 29, 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 (the Stafford Act). 

Therefore, I declare that such an emergency 

exists in the State of West Virginia. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act 

to save lives and protect public health and 

safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a 

catastrophe in the designated areas. 

Specifically, you are authorized to provide 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

including direct Federal assistance, under the 

Public Assistance program, at 100 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 emergency 

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, Patricia G. 

Arcuri, 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 West Virginia to 

have been affected adversely by this 

declared emergency: 

All 55 counties in the State of West 

Virginia for Public Assistance Category B 

(emergency protective measures), including 

direct Federal assistance, at 100 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. 

[FR Doc. 05–18104 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4950–C–03A] 

Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 

Notice of Funding Availability Policy 

Requirements and General Section to 

SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary 

Grant Programs; Community 

Development Technical Assistance 

NOFA; Competition Reopening 

Announcement 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding 

Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 

Discretionary Grant Programs; 

Community Development Technical 

Assistance (CD–TA) NOFA; competition 

reopening announcement. 

SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD 

published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

Policy Requirements and General 

Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s 

Discretionary Grant Programs. The CD–

TA NOFA competition, which was 

included in the SuperNOFA, closed on 

June 1, 2005. This document announces 

the reopening of the CD–TA NOFA 

competition. 

DATES: The new application submission 

date for the CD–TA is October 13, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Phyllis Shanks, Office of Community 

Planning and Development, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7218, 

Washington, DC 20410–7000; telephone 

202–708–3176, extension 4626 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Persons with 

speech or hearing impairments may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Information Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD published 

its FY2005 SuperNOFA. The CD–TA, 

which was included in the SuperNOFA, 

made available approximately $30.1 

million in HUD assistance. According to 

the SuperNOFA, the application 

submission date for the CD–TA NOFA 

was June 1, 2005. On May 11, 2005 (70 

FR 24835), HUD published additional 

guidance to the General Section, which 

included a link to Frequently Asked 

Questions, located at http:// 

www.grants.gov/ForApplicants#. 

Frequently asked questions can also be 

found on the HUD Web site at http:// 

www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/ 

egrants/grantsgovfaqs.pdf. 

For the FY2005 CD–TA competition, 

HUD noted a significant decrease from 

previous funding competitions in the 

number of CD–TA applications 

submitted. The decrease also 

demonstrated a considerable reduction 

in the geographic diversity of 

applications. HUD understands that 

many eligible applicants may have had 

difficulty submitting their applications. 

Therefore, in order to give all NOFA 

applicants sufficient time to submit 

completed applications and ensure 

Grants.gov registration is complete, this 

notice published in today’s Federal 

Register reopens the CD–TA NOFA 

competition. The new application 

submission date for the CD–TA NOFA 

competition is October 13, 2005. 

Applicability of SuperNOFA General 

Section and CD–TA NOFA 

Requirements to Reopened Competition 

Please note that the CD–TA NOFA 

competition description, application 

submission information, and 

application review information were 

published in the FY2005 SuperNOFA 

on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575). All 

requirements listed in the SuperNOFA 

General Section and in the CD–TA 

NOFA are applicable to this reopened 

competition except for those 

requirements explicitly changed by this 

notice (such as the due date and 

requirement for electronic submission). 

Submission Instructions 

If you have already submitted an 

application electronically through 

Grants.gov, you do not need to resubmit 

another application. If you submitted a 

paper application, however, without 

first obtaining a waiver from the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

must resubmit your application 

electronically or by paper submission. 

For the competition reopening, a waiver 

will not be required for paper 

submission, however electronic 

submissions are the preferred method.