[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 1679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-479]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1354-DR]


Arkansas; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major 
disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1354-DR), dated December 29, 
2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated December 29, 2000, 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, et seq., as amended by the Disaster 
Mitigation Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-390, 114 Stat. 1552 (2000), as 
follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Arkansas, resulting from a severe winter ice storm beginning on 
December 12, 2000, and continuing 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., as amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, 
Pub. L. No. 106-390, 114 Stat. 1552 (2000) (Stafford Act), I, 
therefore, declare that such a major disaster exists in the State of 
Arkansas.
    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 Individual Assistance and 
assistance for debris removal (Category A) and emergency protective 
measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under 
Public Assistance in the designated areas and any other forms of 
assistance under the Stafford Act you may deem appropriate subject 
to completion of Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs). 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. If Hazard 
Mitigation is later determined to be warranted, Federal funds 
provided under that program will also 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 time period prescribed for the implementation of section 
310(a), Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility and Public 
Housing Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for a period not to exceed 
six months after the date of this declaration.
    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the authority vested in the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Executive 
Order 12148, I hereby appoint Joe Bray of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 
declared disaster.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Arkansas 
to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster:

    Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Crittenden, 
Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Lonoke, 
Monroe, Nevada, Ouachita, Polk, Prairie, Pulaski, St. Francis, and 
Union Counties for Individual Assistance and debris removal and 
emergency protective measures (Categories A and B), including direct 
Federal assistance under Public Assistance.
    Effective December 29, 2000 the following areas were added: 
Benton, Clark, Crawford, Cross, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, 
Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Little River, 
Logan, Madison, Miller, Mississippi, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, 
Poinsett, Saline, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier, Washington, White, 
Woodruff, and Yell counties for Individual Assistance and debris 
removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B), 
including direct Federal assistance under Public Assistance.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537, Community 
Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis 
Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services Program; 83.541, 
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression 
Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program; 
83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing Program; 
83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)

James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-479 Filed 1-8-01; 8:45 am]
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