65928 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 210 / Tuesday, November 1, 2005 / Notices 

Emergency Management Agency, 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

October 19, 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 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resulting 

from severe storms and flooding beginning 

on October 7, 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 

(Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such 

an emergency exists in the affected area. 

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 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

under the Public Assistance program. 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. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance be supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance will be limited to 

75 percent of the total eligible costs. 

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 

Acting Director, Department of 

Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as amended, Peter 

Martinasco, of FEMA is appointed to act 

as the Federal Coordinating Officer for 

this declared emergency. 

I do hereby determine the following 

area of the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts to have been affected 

adversely by this declared emergency: 

Bristol County for Public Assistance 

(Category B) emergency protective 

measures. 

(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.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Acting Director, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 05–21710 Filed 10–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1604–DR] 

Mississippi; Amendment No. 7 to 

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster for the State of 

Mississippi (FEMA–1604–DR), dated 

August 29, 2005, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 22, 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 

October 22, 2005, the President 

amended the cost sharing arrangements 

concerning Federal funds provided 

under the authority of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 

(Stafford Act), in a letter to R. David 

Paulison, Acting Director Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Department of Homeland Security as 

follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Mississippi 

resulting from Hurricane Katrina on August 

29–October 14, 2005, is of sufficient severity 

and magnitude that special conditions are 

warranted regarding the cost sharing 

arrangements concerning Federal funds 

provided under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act). 

Therefore, I amend my declarations of 

August 29, 2005, and September 1, 2005, to 

authorize Federal funds for debris removal 

and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and B), including direct 

Federal assistance, under the Public 

Assistance program, at 100 percent of total 

eligible costs, through and including 

November 26, 2005. 

Please notify Governor Barbour and the 

Federal Coordinating Officer of this 

amendment to my major disaster declaration. 

This cost share is effective as of the 

date of the President’s major disaster 

declaration. 

(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.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Acting Director, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 05–21705 Filed 10–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1604–DR] 

Mississippi; Amendment No. 8 to 

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster for the State of 

Mississippi (FEMA–1604–DR), dated 

August 29, 2005, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 22, 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 

October 22, 2005, the President 

amended the cost sharing arrangements 

concerning Federal funds provided 

under the authority of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 

(Stafford Act), in a letter to R. David 

Paulison, Acting Director Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Department of Homeland Security as 

follows: