Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 17, 2008 / Notices 53889 

August 30, 2008, the President declared 

an emergency declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 

(the Stafford Act), as follows: 

I have determined that the emergency 

conditions in the State of Mississippi 

resulting from Hurricane Gustav beginning 

on August 28, 2008, 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 

Mississippi. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, 

to save lives, protect property and public 

health and safety, or to lessen or avert the 

threat of a catastrophe in the designated 

areas. Specifically, you are authorized to 

provide assistance for emergency protective 

measures (Category B), including direct 

Federal assistance, 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 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 

Administrator, Department of Homeland 

Security, under Executive Order 12148, 

as amended, Michael L. Parker, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the State of 

Mississippi have been designated as 

adversely affected by this declared 

emergency: 

All 82 counties in the State of Mississippi 

for emergency protective measures (Category 

B), including direct Federal assistance, under 

the Public Assistance 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.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–21671 Filed 9–16–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3290–EM] 

Texas; Emergency and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of an 

emergency for the State of Texas 

(FEMA–3290–EM), dated August 29, 

2008, and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

August 29, 2008, the President declared 

an emergency declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 

(the Stafford Act), as follows: 

I have determined that the emergency 

conditions in certain areas of the State of 

Texas resulting from Hurricane Gustav 

beginning on August 27, 2008, 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. 5121–5207 (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 to protect property and 

public health and safety, and to lessen or 

avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 

designated areas. Specifically, you are 

authorized to provide assistance for 

emergency protective measures (Category B), 

including direct Federal assistance, 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 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 

Administrator, Department of Homeland 

Security, under Executive Order 12148, 

as amended, Sandy Coachman, of 

FEMA, is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the State of 

Texas have been designated as adversely 

affected by this declared emergency: 

Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bee, Bexar, 

Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, Calhoun, 

Cameron, Chambers, Collin, Colorado, Dallas, 

Denton, DeWitt, El Paso, Fort Bend, 

Galveston, Goliad, Hardin, Harris, Hidalgo, 

Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim 

Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Liberty, 

Lubbock, Matagorda, Montgomery, 

Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nueces, 

Orange, Polk, Potter, Refugio, Sabine, San 

Jacinto, San Patricio, Shelby, Smith, Starr, 

Tarrant, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, 

Victoria, Waller, Walker, Webb, Wharton, 

and Willacy for emergency protective 

measures (Category B), including direct 

Federal assistance, under the Public 

Assistance 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.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator,Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–21673 Filed 9–16–08; 8:45 am] 

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