Document ID: FEMA-2005-0079-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application Period for the Assistance Program Under the 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001
Posted Date: 2005-12-02T18:33:42Z

[Federal Register: December 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 231)]
[Notices]               
[Page 72305-72306]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

RIN 1660-ZA10

 
Application Period for the Assistance Program Under the 9/11 
Heroes Stamp Act of 2001

AGENCY: United States Fire Administration (USFA), Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001 directed the United States 
Postal Service to issue a semipostal stamp and distribute the proceeds 
through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the families of 
emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled while serving 
in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks against 
the United States on September 11, 2001. This notice announces the 
application period for the Assistance Program Under the 9/11 Heroes 
Stamp Act of 2001.

DATES: The application period for the Assistance Program Under the 9/11 
Heroes Stamp Act of 2001 starts on December 2, 2005 and closes on March 
29, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Olshanski, Heroes Stamp, USFA, 
National Emergency Training Center (NETC), 16825 South Seton Avenue, 
Emmitsburg, MD 21727, or call 1-866-887-9107, or send e-mail to 
FEMA-HeroesStamp@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001, Public 
Law 107-67, sec. 652, 115 Stat. 514 (Nov. 12, 2001) (Heroes Stamp Act), 
directed the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal stamp 
and distribute the proceeds through the Federal

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Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the families of emergency relief 
personnel killed or permanently disabled while serving in the line of 
duty in connection with the terrorist attacks against the United States 
on September 11, 2001. FEMA issued an interim final rule as the 
mechanism by which it will distribute the Heroes Stamp Act funds. See 
70 FR 43214, July 26, 2005.
    The application period for the Assistance Program Under the 9/11 
Heroes Stamp Act of 2001 starts on December 2, 2005 and closes on March 
29, 2006. A copy of the application may be downloaded from http://www.usfa.fema.gov
 or you may obtain a copy by writing to Heroes Stamp, 

USFA, NETC, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727.
    If you have questions, please call the toll free Helpline at 1-866-
887-9107 or e-mail your questions to fema-heroesstamp@dhs.gov. For 
further information, please see http://www.usfa.fema.gov.

(The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number is 
97.085.)

    Dated: November 28, 2005.
R. David Paulison,
Acting Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security.
 [FR Doc. E5-6749 Filed 12-1-05; 8:45 am]

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