Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 12, 2005 / Notices 59361 

Emergency Management Agency, 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

September 30, 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 New York, 

resulting from the influx of evacuees from 

states impacted by Hurricane Katrina 

beginning on August 29, 2005, and 

continuing, are 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 New York. 

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, Kathryn G. 

Rise Humphrey, 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 New York to have 

been affected adversely by this declared 

emergency: 

All 62 counties in the State of New York 

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.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Acting Under Secretary, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 05–20428 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1606–DR] 

Texas; Amendment No. 3 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 declaration for the 

State of Texas (FEMA–1606–DR), dated 

September 24, 2005, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Texas is hereby amended to 

include Categories C through G under 

the Public Assistance program for 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 September 24, 2005: 

Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, 

Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, and Tyler 

Counties for Public Assistance [Categories 

C—G] (already designated for Individual 

Assistance and debris removal and 

emergency protective measures [Categories A 

and B] under the Public Assistance program, 

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 ProgramOther Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance 

Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Acting Under Secretary, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 05–20425 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4975–N–33] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Assistance Payment Contract—Notice 

of Termination, Suspension, or 

Reinstatement 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 

12, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 

Officer, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room 

8001, Washington, DC 20410 or 

Wayne_Eddins@hud.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

McCloskey, Director, Office of Single 

Family Asset Management, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20410, telephone (202) 708–1672 (this is 

not a toll free number) for copies of the 

proposed forms and other available 

information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed