Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 28 / Thursday, February 11, 2016 / Notices 7371 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4253– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2016–0001 

Washington; Major Disaster and 

Related Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Washington 

(FEMA–4253–DR), dated February 2, 

2016, and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: February 2, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

February 2, 2016, the President issued a 

major disaster declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 

(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Washington 

resulting from a severe winter storm, straightline winds, flooding, landslides, mudslides, 

and a tornado during the period of December 

1–14, 2015, 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 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford 

Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such a major 

disaster exists in the State of Washington. 

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 Public 

Assistance in the designated areas and 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. 

Consistent with the requirement that Federal 

assistance be supplemental, any Federal 

funds provided under the Stafford Act for 

Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 

percent of the total eligible costs. Federal 

funds provided under the Stafford Act for 

Public Assistance also will be limited to 75 

percent of the total eligible costs, with the 

exception of projects that meet the eligibility 

criteria for a higher Federal cost-sharing 

percentage under the Public Assistance 

Alternative Procedures Pilot Program for 

Debris Removal implemented pursuant to 

section 428 of the Stafford Act. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration for the approved 

assistance 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 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Thomas J. Dargan, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

major disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Washington have been designated as 

adversely affected by this major disaster: 

Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, 

Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, 

and Wahkiakum Counties for Public 

Assistance. 

All areas within the State of Washington 

are eligible 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; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02754 Filed 2–10–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–MB–2016–N218; 91400–5110– 

0000]; [91400–9410–0000] 

Multistate Conservation Grant 

Program; Fiscal Year 2016 Priority List 

and Approval for Award of the 

Conservation Projects 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list 

and approval of projects. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 priority list of 

wildlife and sport fish conservation 

projects from the Association of Fish 

and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). As 

required by the Wildlife and Sport Fish 

Restoration Programs Improvement Act 

of 2000, AFWA submits a list of projects 

to us each year to consider for funding 

under the Multistate Conservation Grant 

Program. We reviewed the list and have 

awarded all the grants from the list. 

ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate 

Conservation Grants Program 

Coordinator; Wildlife and Sport Fish 

Restoration Program; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike; 

MS: WSFR; Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3808. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

C. Stremple, (703) 358–2156 (phone) or 

John_Stremple@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fish 

and Wildlife Programs Improvement 

and National Wildlife Refuge System 

Centennial Act of 2000 (Improvement 

Act, Pub. L. 106–408) amended the 

Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 

Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) and the 

Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 

Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) and 

established the Multistate Conservation 

Grant Program. The Improvement Act 

authorizes us to award grants of up to 

$3 million annually from funds 

available under each of the restoration 

acts, for a total of up to $6 million 

annually. Projects can be funded from 

both funds depending on the project 

activities. We may award grants to 

projects from a list of priority projects 

recommended to us by the Association 

of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The 

Service Director, exercising the 

authority of the Secretary of the Interior, 

need not fund all projects on the list, 

but all projects funded must be on the 

list. 

The Improvement Act provides that 

funding for Multistate grants is available 

in the year it is appropriated and for the 

following year. Total funding for the FY 

2016 Multistate Conservation grants is 

in excess of $6 million due to funding 

that has been carried over from FY 2015, 

as well as the availability of funding 

that had previously been sequestered. 

Grantees under this program may use 

funds for sport fisheries and wildlife 

management and research projects, 

boating access development, hunter 

safety and education, aquatic education, 

fish and wildlife habitat improvements, 

and other purposes consistent with the 

enabling legislation. 

To be eligible for funding, a project 

must benefit fish and/or wildlife 

conservation for at least 26 States, for a 

majority of the States in any one Service 

Region, or for one of the regional 

associations of State fish and wildlife 

agencies. We may award grants to a 

State, a group of States, or one or more 

nongovernmental organizations. For the 

purpose of carrying out the National 

Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and 

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