Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Notices 45875 

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 

September 18, 2017, the President 

issued 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 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico resulting from 

Hurricane Maria beginning on September 17, 

2017, 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 et seq. (‘‘the 

Stafford Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such 

an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico. 

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 ensure 

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 debris 

removal and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and B), including direct 

Federal assistance, under the Public 

Assistance program. 

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 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, Department of Homeland 

Security, under Executive Order 12148, 

as amended, Alejandro DeLaCampa, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have 

been designated as adversely affected by 

this declared emergency: 

All 78 municipalities in the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for debris 

removal and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and 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. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21104 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3389– 

EM; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Alabama; 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 Alabama 

(FEMA–3389–EM), dated September 11, 

2017, and related determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued 

September 11, 2017. 

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 

September 11, 2017, the President 

issued 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 

Alabama resulting from Hurricane Irma 

beginning on September 8, 2017, 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 et seq. (‘‘the Stafford 

Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such an 

emergency exists in the State of Alabama. 

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 ensure 

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. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance is 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 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, Department of Homeland 

Security, under Executive Order 12148, 

as amended, Warren J. Riley, of FEMA 

is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas of the State of 

Alabama have been designated as 

adversely affected by this declared 

emergency: 

All 67 counties in the State of Alabama and 

the Poarch Band of Creek Indians for debris 

removal and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and 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. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21103 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] 

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