Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 184 / Monday, September 25, 2017 / Notices 44635 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4335– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Virgin Islands; Amendment No. 1 to 

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster for the territory of the 

U.S. Virgin Islands (FEMA–4335–DR), 

dated September 7, 2017, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: This amendment was issued 

September 9, 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 9, 2017, the President 

amended the cost-sharing arrangements 

regarding Federal funds provided under 

the authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

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

(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), in a letter to Brock 

Long, Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the territory of the U.S. Virgin 

Islands resulting from Hurricane Irma 

beginning on September 6, 2017, and 

continuing, is of sufficient severity and 

magnitude that special cost sharing 

arrangements are warranted regarding 

Federal funds provided under the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

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

‘‘Stafford Act’’). 

Therefore, I amend my declaration of 

September 7, 2017, to authorize the 

following: a 90 percent Federal cost share for 

debris removal, including direct Federal 

assistance; and a 100 percent Federal cost 

share for emergency protective measures, 

including direct Federal assistance, for 30 

days from the start of the incident period, 

and then a 90 percent Federal cost share 

thereafter. 

This adjustment to State and local cost 

sharing applies only to Public Assistance 

costs and direct Federal assistance eligible 

for such adjustments under the law. The 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act specifically 

prohibits a similar adjustment for funds 

provided for Other Needs Assistance (Section 

408), and the Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program (Section 404). These funds will 

continue to be reimbursed at 75 percent of 

total eligible costs. 

(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. 2017–20465 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2017–0002] 

Changes in Flood Hazard 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: New or modified Base (1- 

percent annual chance) Flood 

Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, 

Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) 

boundaries or zone designations, and/or 

regulatory floodways (hereinafter 

referred to as flood hazard 

determinations) as shown on the 

indicated Letter of Map Revision 

(LOMR) for each of the communities 

listed in the table below are finalized. 

Each LOMR revises the Flood Insurance 

Rate Maps (FIRMs), and in some cases 

the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, 

currently in effect for the listed 

communities. The flood hazard 

determinations modified by each LOMR 

will be used to calculate flood insurance 

premium rates for new buildings and 

their contents. 

DATES: Each LOMR was finalized as in 

the table below. 

ADDRESSES: Each LOMR is available for 

inspection at both the respective 

Community Map Repository address 

listed in the table below and online 

through the FEMA Map Service Center 

at www.msc.fema.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services 

Branch, Federal Insurance and 

Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 400 

C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–7659, or (email) 

patrick.sacbibit@fema.dhs.gov; or visit 

the FEMA Map Information eXchange 

(FMIX) online at 

www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_

main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) makes the final flood hazard 

determinations as shown in the LOMRs 

for each community listed in the table 

below. Notice of these modified flood 

hazard determinations has been 

published in newspapers of local 

circulation and 90 days have elapsed 

since that publication. The Deputy 

Associate Administrator for Insurance 

and Mitigation has resolved any appeals 

resulting from this notification. 

The modified flood hazard 

determinations are made pursuant to 

section 206 of the Flood Disaster 

Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, 

and are in accordance with the National 

Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 

4001 et seq., and with 44 CFR part 65. 

For rating purposes, the currently 

effective community number is shown 

and must be used for all new policies 

and renewals. 

The new or modified flood hazard 

information is the basis for the 

floodplain management measures that 

the community is required either to 

adopt or to show evidence of being 

already in effect in order to remain 

qualified for participation in the 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP). 

This new or modified flood hazard 

information, together with the 

floodplain management criteria required 

by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that 

are required. They should not be 

construed to mean that the community 

must change any existing ordinances 

that are more stringent in their 

floodplain management requirements. 

The community may at any time enact 

stricter requirements of its own or 

pursuant to policies established by other 

Federal, State, or regional entities. 

This new or modified flood hazard 

determinations are used to meet the 

floodplain management requirements of 

the NFIP and also are used to calculate 

the appropriate flood insurance 

premium rates for new buildings, and 

for the contents in those buildings. The 

changes in flood hazard determinations 

are in accordance with 44 CFR 65.4. 

Interested lessees and owners of real 

property are encouraged to review the 


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