58734 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 194 / Friday, October 7, 2005 / Notices 

23, 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 Texas. 

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 in the designated areas, 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State, 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 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. 

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 

Acting Under Secretary for Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department 

of Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as amended, Alexander S. 

Wells, 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 Texas to have been 

affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster: 

The counties of Chambers, Galveston, 

Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, 

Orange, and Tyler for Individual Assistance. 

All 254 counties in the State of Texas for 

Public Assistance Categories A and B (debris 

removal and emergency protective measures), 

including direct Federal assistance, at 75 

percent of the total eligible costs. For a 

period of up to 72 hours, assistance for debris 

removal and emergency protective measures, 

including direct Federal assistance, will be 

funded at 100 percent of the total eligible 

costs. 

All counties within the State of Texas 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.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Acting Under Secretary, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 05–20291 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Notice of Adjustment of Countywide 

Per Capita Impact Indicator 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that the 

countywide per capita impact indicator 

under the Public Assistance program for 

disasters declared on or after October 1, 

2005 will be increased. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2005 and 

applies to major disasters declared on or 

after October 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James A. Walke, Recovery Division, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 

646–3834. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Response 

and Recovery Directorate Policy No. 

9122.1 provides that FEMA will adjust 

the countywide per capita impact 

indicator under the Public Assistance 

program to reflect annual changes in the 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers published by the 

Department of Labor. 

FEMA gives notice of an increase in 

the countywide per capita impact 

indicator to $2.94 for all disasters 

declared on or after October 1, 2005. 

FEMA bases the adjustment on an 

increase in the Consumer Price Index 

for All Urban Consumers of 3.6 percent 

for the 12-month period ended in 

August 2005. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics of the U.S. Department of 

Labor released the information on 

September 15, 2005. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.036, Public Assistance Grants.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Acting Under Secretary, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 05–20293 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per 

Capita Impact Indicator 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that the 

statewide per capita impact indicator 

under the Public Assistance program for 

disasters declared on or after October 1, 

2005 will be increased. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2005 and 

applies to major disasters declared on or 

after October 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James A. Walke, Recovery Division, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 

646–3834. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 44 CFR 

206.48 provides that FEMA will adjust 

the statewide per capita impact 

indicator under the Public Assistance 

program to reflect changes in the 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers published by the 

Department of Labor. 

FEMA gives notice that the statewide 

per capita impact indicator will be 

increased to $1.18 for all disasters 

declared on or after October 1, 2005. 

FEMA bases the adjustment on an 

increase in the Consumer Price Index 

for All Urban Consumers of 3.6 percent 

for the 12-month period ended in 

August 2005. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics of the U.S. Department of 

Labor released the information on 

September 15, 2005.