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Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

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 $3.28 for all disasters 

declared on or after October 1, 2008. 

FEMA bases the adjustment on an 

increase in the Consumer Price Index 

for All Urban Consumers of 5.4 percent 

for the 12-month period ended in 

August 2008. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics of the U.S. Department of 

Labor released the information on 

September 16, 2008. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.036, Public Assistance Grants. 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–24064 Filed 10–9–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per 

Capita Impact Indicator 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

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, 

2008, will be increased. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2008, 

and applies to major disasters declared 

on or after October 1, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James A. Walke, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

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 $1.31 for all disasters 

declared on or after October 1, 2008. 

FEMA bases the adjustment on an 

increase in the Consumer Price Index 

for All Urban Consumers of 5.4 percent 

for the 12-month period ended in 

August 2008. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics of the U.S. Department of 

Labor released the information on 

September 16, 2008. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.036, Public Assistance Grants. 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–24066 Filed 10–9–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1797–DR] 

Alabama; 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 Alabama 

(FEMA–1797–DR), dated September 26, 

2008, and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 26, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

September 26, 2008, the President 

declared a major disaster 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 damage in 

certain areas of the State of Alabama 

resulting from severe storms and flooding 

associated with Hurricane Ike during the 

period of September 12–14, 2008, 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. 5121–5207 (the 

Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such 

a major disaster exists in the State of 

Alabama. 

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, Hazard 

Mitigation throughout the State, and any 

other forms of assistance under the Stafford 

Act that you deem appropriate. Direct 

Federal assistance is authorized. 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, except for any particular 

projects that are eligible for a higher Federal 

cost-sharing percentage under the FEMA 

Public Assistance Pilot Program instituted 

pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 777. If Other Needs 

Assistance under Section 408 of the Stafford 

Act is later requested and warranted, Federal 

funding under that program also will be 

limited to 75 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 Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, W. Michael Moore, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

declared disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Alabama have been designated as 

adversely affected by this declared 

major disaster: 

Baldwin and Mobile Counties for Public 

Assistance. 

All counties within the State of Alabama 

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; 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. E8–24076 Filed 10–9–08; 8:45 am] 

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